rock and roll. nature. books. green tea mochi. open windows and doors. fancy words with a little cussing. escapism. realism. making mistakes. making eggs. aesthetic unity. the scratches and spots on film and other analog imperfections. simplicity. furniture. art nouveau. winning the party. subtleties. swimming. tripping out on things, sober or otherwise. framed art and posters. cookouts and campfires.
amish rastafarians, transcendendalists, electric druids. Don't want to meet random bands... no soliciting please.
krautrock, 70s glam, 60s, dub, 70s outlaw country, minimalist electronic ... i.e. beatles can bowie byrds t.rex the clean boards of canada fela kuti fleetwood mac dwight twilley jacques dutronc sound team the movies ronnie lane and the faces fred neil dylan the clean gbv stereolab love kinks van halen king tubby alice coltrane pole spacemen 3 microstoria oval tommy james the small faces todd rundgren royal trux new riders of the purple sage new york dolls buffalo springfield and all their friends
whit stillman, truffaut, dogme 95 films and just about every scandanavian film I've ever seen, school of rock, rockumentaries, kurosawa, anything with toshiro mifune, hmm... drawing a blank like when you walk in the video store.
murakami, tolstoy, murdoch, kundera, hesse, solzhenitsyn, laxness, and all their friends
Nick Lowe, Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood