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A ideal dinner party would include (in no particular seating arrangement: David Bowie (although I wouldn't have the nerve to talk to him) Jon Stewart & Rick Mercer (but nobody would be able to get a political word in edgewise) Tori Amos Jimi Goodwin & the Williams brothers from Doves Ernest Hemingway (drunk and gone before anybody else arrives) Tennesee Williams Keith Giffen (and the awkward jokes would never end) Hugh Laurie (if and only if he was accompanied by Stephen Fry) Nigella Lawson (and I would ensure Cheryl was in the room at all times to keep me in line)
I like a lot of stuff, but I always listen for that one artist who makes my world a better place just by throwing on my headphones.Pleasures: Doves, Keane, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, Emiliana Torrini, Dresden Dolls, Regina Spektor, Bent, Pulp, solo Jarvis, The Coral, Tori, Ani DiFranco, Be Good Tanyas, Sigur Ros, Interpol, Bend Sinister, Morcheeba, Metric, Teitur, DJ Z-Trip, Thievery Corp, Jurassic 5, Manics, Perishers, Postal Service, Modest Mouse, Rufus Wainwright, Simon & Garfunkel, Three Dog Night, Yo La Tengo, Ben Folds, Heather Nova, early Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sly, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Vince Guaraldi, Ella, Billie, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Chopin, Mozart, Elgar, and the Beatles VS the Beach Boys battle.Guilty Pleasures: Disco (even some Village People), 20s high-hat hittin' jazz, "Downtown" by Petula Clark, angst-ridden female singer/songwriter music, and more that I'm too afraid to mention.
A lot of them... but the good ones.
Seinfeld, Family Guy, Twin Peaks, MST3K, Battlestar Gallactica (new), Bonnie Hunt shows, and Saturday morning cartoons.I've watched a LOT of TV in my days, and over time I've norrowed my dependency down to just the essentials.
Hemingway, Neil Gaiman, Raymond Carver, Robertson Davies, Wodehouse, Timothy Findley, Mordecai Richler, Sartre, Shakespeare. I regret not reading more.Design books
Art history booksComics: Sandman; Timothy Hunter; JL; LSH; Eternal Warrior; Alien Legion; Hawkman; Moonshadow; Enimga (one of the best Mini-series I have ever read); DC Earth-2 series from the 70s & 80s;
words by Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan, Keith Giffen, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Peter David, J.M. Dematteis, Roy Thomas, James Robinson;
art by Kevin Maguire, Brian Bolland, Duncan Fegredo, Ted McKeever, Larry Stroman, Steve Pugh, Bart Sears, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Keith Giffen, Neal Adams, Timothy Truman, Charles Vess, Alex Ross.
My folks