distractions. big ones.
people who like museums. people who like to dance. people who don't talk too much. people who know cool things to do in los angeles.
used cassettes from amoeba. cds are for rich people.
free music from blogs and free music from friends.
whatever
not having cable is AWESOME
ian mcewan, jesus' son, my life in heavy metal, the evil b.b. chow, the illustrated man, the martian chronicles, absalom absalom, tropic of cancer, the big money, marabou stork nightmares, home to harlem, the book of the new sun, pastoralia, suddenly last summer, cat on a hot tin roof, period of adjustment, the milk train doesn't stop here anymore, the red devil battery sign, the pillowman, the lonesome west, a skull in connemara, the lieutenant of inishmore, and everything richard scarry ever made
anyone who's ever made anything. but especially the ones who got famous doing it.