I like lots of stuff. A little too much. like:classic american cars, art deco, surrealism, Bua, Shag, dali, Van Gogh, lindy hop, blues dancing, salsa dancing, lindy exchanges, going to shows, slam poetry, Tourettes Without Regrets, fedoras, making art, working with kids, travelling, theatre, musicals, chorus boys, New York, 80s movies, 90s tv, comedy, stand up, improv, doing shit that scares me, skydiving/hangliding/parasailing/feeling like i'm flying, frolicking, dancing on the beach like a fool, singing in the shower, trying to beat box and failing miserably, friends, pubbin', smiling, college, sporks, christmas lights, dance parties, theme parties, cast parties, record players, playing music ((guitar, piano, drums)), creativity, discovering new things, thrift stores, quirkiness, polka dots, swankiness, making people laugh, cuddling, Buster Keaton, Edinburgh Fringe, making long lists that people probably won't even read....
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The short, general list: ska, rockabilly, old country, swing, old r&b, soul, blues, jazz, doo wop, punk, salsa, 80s, dub, a capella, musicals, irish drinking songs....or the long, specific list that is most likely quite incomplete and in no intended order: Toasters, Specials, Slackers, Hepcat, Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, Monkey, Uptones, Scofflaws, Op Ivy, Alien Spy, KGB, Green Day, Flogging Molly, Pogues, Warsaw, Sublime, Kings of Nuthin, Keen Kousins, Stray Cats, Reverend Horton Heat, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Rat Pack, Eligible Bachelors, Cloud 9, Awaken A Capella, Obertones, BB King, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Sublime, Aquabats, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Lavay Smith, Stompy Jones, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Billie Holliday, Ella, Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Bobby McFerrin, Presidents of the USA, Chonk, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Hardy Harr, Damien Rice, Elliot Smith, Iron and Wine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Devil Makes Three, Celia Cruz, Go Jimmy Go, Me 1st and the Gimme Gimmes, Otis Redding, The People, Proclaimers, Queen, Ray Charles, Ramones, Simon and Garfunkle, Zap Mama, Cat Stevens, Chordettes, Supremes, Dion and the Bellmonts, Stevie Wonder, Janis Joplin, Etta James, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Woodie Guthrie, Leadbelly, and sooo many more
Almost any 80s movie, John Hughes, John Cusack, Jon Cryer, Johnny Depp, John Leguizamo, John waters, John Cameron Mitchell, Tim Burton, Baz Luhrman, Kevin Smith, Michel Gondry; Almost any dancin movie; Artsy shit like Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, Science of Sleep, and Sin City; Brat Pack, slapstick comedy, clever comedy, dark comedy, musicals, the occasional ((more often then I'd like to admit)) chick flick, cult shit, classics, horror, film noir...Between me and my roommate we have about 200 movies. Literally. I can't even imagine listing my favorites.But I do hate epics. Hate.
Scrubs! Lost, 6 Feet Under, Freaks and Geeks, Man Vs. Wild, Full House, Saved by the Bell, Step by Step, Who's the Boss, Perfect Strangers, Boy Meets World, The Wonder Years, Growing Pains, Out of this World, Fresh Prince, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Gilmore Girls ((guilty pleasure)), Degrassi. And home decorating shows ((another embarassing guilty pleasure...))I kind of hate tv And kind of love it at the same time.I like to watch dumb dating shows. It makes me lose faith in humanity, but it makes me feel better about my life.
Catcher in the Rye, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Fight Club, The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness, A Million Little Pieces ((fuck the controversy, it's a good book)), My Friend Leonard, anything David Sedaris, Nick Hornby, Dr. Suess, Shel Silverstein, or Maurice Sendak, The Little Prince, Calvin and Hobbes, most of the chapbooks I own ((especially Buddy Wakefield, Mike Mcgee, Chesko, Jaylee, Shane Hawley, Taylor Mali...))I really don't read enough. I'm working on that.