Dorking around, the guitar, indie pop music, graphic design, art...
From a bathing tub - I throw water into the lake - slight muddiness appears. - Kawahigashi, Hekigodo. (1873-1937)
The winds that blows - ask them, which leaf on the tree - will be next to go. - Kyoshi Takahama (1874 - 1959)
"Maybe chance is a pretty common thing after all. These kinds of coincidences are happening all around us, all the time, but most of them don't even catch our attention and we just let them go by." — Hiruki Maurikami from "Chance Traveler"
Imogen Heap, Feist, Lali Puna, M83, the Decemberists, Interpol, Helio Sequence, Iron & Wine, The Incredible Moses Leroy, Blond Readhead, All, descendents, tahiti 80, postal service, death cab for cutie, Poundsign, Kissing Book, Straylight Run, Ben Folds, Mates of State!!!, Maritime, TPR, belle and sebastian, brittle stars, built to spill, Lucksmiths, Pipas, Yo La tengo, Smiths, Everything But the Girl, Vermont, Hot Hot Heat, Shins, Thermals, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Matt Pond PA, Cat Power, My Favorite, Braid, Hey Mercedes, Minus the Bear, The Polyphonic Spree, the Cure, Elliot Smith, Sean Lennon, Sarah Shannon, the Crabs, Softies, Streets, Go Sailor, Rose Melberg, Figurine, Lucksmiths, Thermals, New Amsterdams, GUpK, Jimmy Eat World, Groovie Ghoulies, Unwound, Sicko, Jellyfish, Moz, Cibo Matto, Mirah, Sprites, Barcelona, Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, Esthero, Beulah, yeah...
I just got this book by designer Stephen Sagmeister!!! I think everyone should as well!
Shel Silverstein, Berkeley Breathed, David Wiesner, Harry Potter; Steve Martin, Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, Clive Cussler, Dean Koontz and many more. Currently reading... Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day, Chris Adrian's The Children's Hospital, Haruki Murakami's Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Jonathan Lethem's Men and Cartoons & Dean Koontz's Brother Odd.
Milo Aukerman, Shel Silverstein, Natas.