gutai group, the bakhtinian grotesque, the independents, fluxus, vision and power (ala foucault, lacan, kaplan, etc), gaten and grosz and body theory, photoshop, scanning old pictures of my parents, my camera, taking pictures with said camera, playing soul caliber 2 on my parents' big tv, knitting, my super nice friends, postwar central european art/graphic design (i.e. under soviet occupation/institutionalized censorship, etc.), 19th century printmaking, vuillard, rouault, alpern, goldin
I'd like to meet:
my maternal grandmother c. 1928
Music:
the envelopes, agent simple, the go! team, the pipettes, CSS, panda bear, of montreal, songs: ohia, loudon wainright III, cooper, television, wolf parade, jolie holland, joanna newsom, fannypack, halo benders, brigitte bardot, clap your hands say yeah, the decemberists, the sea and cake, elvis (the sun sessions), silver jews, the soft pink truth, carl perkins, billy bragg, electrelane, the rolling stones, the beatles, yo la tengo, mum, my bloody valentine, david bowie, the smiths, new order, the velvet underground, tom waits, takako minekawa, smog, the album leaf, gladys knight and the pips, guided by voices, tom petty, prince and the revolution, slowdive, stereo total, phoenix, smoosh, magnolia electric co
Movies:
my number 1 movie obsession is Grey Gardens, then come the rest: smokey and the bandit, honeymoon in vegas, the last unicorn, spirited away, henry and june, castle in the sky, mystic pizza, urban cowboy, the life aquatic, harold and maude, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, from russia with love, in like flint, howl's moving castle, nausicaa of the valley of the wind, oh yea - and mystery train!
Television:
king of the hill, naruto, heroes, greys anatomy, ugly betty, ANTM, the simpsons, buffy, gilmore girls, medium, angel, firefly
Books:
pattern recognition, idoru, snowcrash, mona lisa overdrive, the diamond age or a young lady's illustrated primer, (yes, i'm obviously a geek for the cyber-punk fiction), LOTR, manga (from eroica with love, wish, naruto, love hina), optic nerve, 100 demons by lynda barry, norwegian wood, harry potters, the belgariad. also, i'm a sucker for bad historical mysteries - holy grail searches and what have you.
Heroes:
it's gotta be my mom and dad - mamma for insisting that she keep on doing life even though cancer does its best to kick her ass and pop for growing up in nazi occupied poland. how tough can one couple get? and they have the most amazing and forgiving attitude towards life.
