My family and friends, the whimsical and the surreal, goofing off & nerding out, record shopping, unabashed & unabated Beatlemania, movie marathons, Garbo's Daughter (where the rock & roll innocents go), Anglophilia, The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Long-Haired Men, girl groups & girl singers, The Weed in Tweed, Howard & Vince, Billy Paliselli (swoon!), the Egyptian Shumba, monkey geniuses, sewing, screenprinting, daydreaming, trumpets & bookmarks, The Paley Vortex, in-jokes, Eric Carmen's hair, giving lectures about Bobby Sherman's thriftiness & benevolence, brushes with greatness, silly love songs, tambourines the size of hula-hoops, keeping it foolish, 45's (especially with picture sleeves), rosy cheeks, the unsolved mystery, dance parties in my living room, photographs & postcards, superstars in superstar machines taking it to the stars (emotion lotion!), that heavenly Lennon-McCartney magic, crippling nostalgia, yawning festivals, laughing until I cry, falling in love with rock & roll groups, sugar & spice & everything groovy.
The Beatles (together & solo), Bob Dylan, Small Faces, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Twinkle, Kevin Ayers, Redd Kross, The Raspberries, Jacques Dutronc, Sandie Shaw, The Shangri-Las, The Easybeats, The Tages, Georgie Fame, The Cake, France Gall, Sharon Tandy, The Kinks, The Zombies, Colin Blunstone (and Neil MacArthur!), David Bowie, T. Rex, The Hollies, The Monkees, Michael Nesmith, Donovan, Duncan Browne, Syd Barrett, Syd's Pink Floyd, The Byrds, Gene Clark, Manfred Mann, Paul Jones, Mike d'Abo, Nick Drake, Beryl Marsden, Jacqueline Taieb, Ellie Greenwich, Sylvie Vartan, Tomorrow, Keith West, The Herd, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Billy Nicholls, Lulu, Francoise Hardy, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, Harmony Grass, Tony Rivers & the Castaways, Cilla Black, Paul & Barry Ryan, Otis Redding, The Soft Machine, Love, Emitt Rhodes, The Merry-Go-Round, The Tammys, The Mascots, Ola & the Janglers, Grapefruit, John's Children, Dusty Springfield, The Equals, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, DDBM&T, Lori Burton,
Artful Dodger, The Wind, Nick Lowe, Dwight Twilley, Phil Seymour, The Quick, Beathoven, The Paley Brothers, Reparata & the Delrons, The Mighty Hannibal, Samantha Jones, Irma Thomas, 10cc, Dolly Mixture, The Sweet, The Zephyrs, The Velvelettes, Brett Smiley, The Jook, Bay City Rollers, Cheap Trick, Jesse Hector, The Dixie Cups, Hello, Simon Turner, Billie Davis, Chris Spedding, The Colors, Fanny, The Clingers, anything Joey Levine touched, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Jackson 5, The Outsiders, Wally Tax, Steampacket, The Poppy Family, Thane Russal, Anna Karina, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, The Poppees/Boyfriends, The Pleasure Seekers, Suzi Quatro, The Troggs, The Move, The Shanes, The Elgins, The Temptations, Shotgun Express, Os Mutantes, Ronnie Bird, The Ronettes, Dana Gillespie, Milk 'N' Cookies, Lio, The Paper Dolls, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, Bonnie St. Claire, Pussy Cat, Stone, The Osmonds, The Lollipops, Duffy Power, Bonzo Dog Band, Vance or Towers, Lynsey De Paul, Christine Pilzer, Jack Wild, Zoot, Rick Springfield, Kaleidoscope (UK), Boyce & Hart, Herman's Hermits, Sweeney Todd, Nick Gilder, P.P. Arnold, Clothilde, Sparks, Marianne Faithfull, The Turtles, Slade, Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, The Wombles, Alice Cooper, Rolling Stones, The Faces, The Archies, Roxy Music, The Left Banke, Banana Splits, The Who, The Action and about a zillion more!
All Beatles movies, Bedazzled, Smashing Time, Georgy Girl, The Science of Sleep, The Knack...and How to Get It, Melody, Sooner or Later, Blow-Up, Wild in the Streets, Billy Liar, Toomorrow, The Touchables, Christopher Guest, Michael Caine, Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, Allison Anders, anything with Paula Prentiss (she is the best!!), The Trip, Psych-Out, Privilege, Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Born to Boogie, Bunny Lake is Missing, Bad News Tour/More Bad News, Flame, Girl with Green Eyes, Don't Look Back, The Kid Stays in the Picture, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,
Head, Modesty Blaise, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Fabulous Stains, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Guru, The Committee, Klute, Suspiria, Deep Red - The Hatchet Murders, Gas-s-s-s, Grease 2 (nerd alert!), sappy romantic comedies starring Hugh Grant (double nerd alert!), Harold and Maude, Work is a Four Letter Word, Spirit of '76, Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Nashville, The Girl Can't Help It, Psychomania, To Sir With Love, Messiah of Evil, Lord Love a Duck, Performance, and LOTS more!
And anything from the 70's that has Elliot Gould and/or George Segal. I love those guys!
I'm also a firm believer in the theory that if Shelley Winters is in it, it's gonna be good.
I love collecting and watching music videos of my favorite bands. God bless YouTube. Here is my absolute favorite song and video of the moment, Dwight Twilley Band with "Looking for the Magic." So wonderful!
Also, I love The Mighty Boosh (madly in love!), Arrested Development, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mr. Show, Freaks & Geeks, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Office (UK & US), The Monkees, Good Times, What's Happening, I Love Lucy, Absolutely Fabulous, Spaced, I'm Alan Partridge, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Chappelle's Show, Golden Girls, Young Ones, The Simpsons, H.R. Pufnstuf, and The Bugaloos.
I also love made-for-TV biopics, especially about the rise and fall of 70's & 80's sitcom stars. Extra points if the actual subjects appear as themselves at the end of the movie.
I really love to read about music, film, and pop culture. I'm a total nut for biographies and autobiographies. My two faves are Mac's All the Rage and Michael Caine's What's It All About. Basically, I like when people tell the stories of their lives in an honest and humorous way. I'm also a sucker for old music and teen mags from the 60's and 70's.
My parents.
My main squeezes.