Laughing too loudly and often inappropriately, reading, knitting, writing, enjoying a fine vintage PBR, stained-glass making, going to shows.
I write for a few publications, among them the Colorado Springs Independent , the Rocky Mountain Chronicle and the fine Chicago-centric website Gaper's Block .
Like-minded folk. Or at least somewhat-minded folk. Okay, anyone, really.
Simply put: most everything, and doubly so if i can dance to it. But some specifics: Man Man, Beck, Tom Waits, Martina Topley-Bird, Jolie Holland, Spank Rock, Erase Errata, My Bloody Valentine, The Swirlies, Beirut, Nation of Ulysses, the Peechees, Perez Prado, Irma Thomas, The Scissor Girls, Trenchmouth, Decemberists, Huggy Bear, Rasputina, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Sly and the Family Stone, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Constellations, The Pixies, The Breeders, Etta James, Tricky, Fugazi, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dan the Automator, Public Enemy, Kaada, Beastie Boys, PJ Harvey, the Gr'ups, the Gossip, Le Tigre, TV on the Radio, Celebration, Team Dresch, Liars, the Eternals, Saul Williams, Bikini Kill, Matson Jones, Sleater-Kinney...
Oh, if i only still had cable.But when i did: Daily Show, Adult Swim, Fooly Cooly, The Office, Simpsons, Kids in the Hall, MST3K, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and Arrested Development. i also have a certain fondness for good ol' Law & Order.
Again, amongst the many: Neil Gaiman, Lynda Barry, Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, The Onion, William Faulkner, Maria Doria Russell, Phillip Pullman, James Morrow, Tom Robbins, "The Muse Asylum," Jose Saramago, Connie Willis, Adrian Tomine, Craig Thompson, los bros. Hernandez, Dave McKean, books of factoids, Winsor McKay's "Little Nemo" comics, Angela Carter, the Best American Nonrequired Reading collection, Anne Sexton, Bust magazine, James Morrow, Jorge Luis Borges, Don DeLillo, Kate Atkinson, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Monroe, "The Mole People," women's history, "Alice in Wonderland," Judy Blume, Cat and Girl comics at catandgirl.com, children's literature, and oh-so-much more.
You need to check out:
Twice-weekly comics at www.catandgirl.com
and pretty much anything by Lynda Barry