I'd like to meet:
magnetic, zestful peoples...connesuiers of high and low arts...peoples fearless in stormy weather
Music:
miles davis, otis redding, lee perry, leonard cohen, lou reed/vu, david bowie, john coltrane, missy elliot, manu chao, thievery corp., gotan project, hector lavoe, galaxie 500/luna, serge gainsborg, king tubby, augustus pablo, morcheeba, lovage, the walkmen, bo diddley, massive attack, alton ellis, horace andy, talvin singh, fela kuti, chet baker, blood-and-fire/soul jazz, ninjatunes compilations and trojan box sets...salsa/merengue/dancehall mix cds from the 14th street station...
Movies:
amores perros, before night falls, siddartha, chungking express (wong kar-wai generally), henry & june, notorious (hitchcock generally), the harder they come, city of god, the emperor jones, winged migration, hard days night., night on earth, black orpheus, latcho drom, me without you...
Television:
frontier house, frontline documentaries, the o.c., old twilight zones, leave it to beaver, simpsons...
Books:
dirty havana trilogy, love in a blue time, tropic of cancer, the dragon can't dance, story of the eye, the handbook of yoruba religious concepts...the art of travel...
Heroes:
charles darwin, miles davis, henri cartier-bresson, fela kuti, emile durkheim...