the lightness in laughter~the diligent quest for sincerity (and altruism for that matter)~remaining open to growth and learning~fearless honesty~pushing paint around
most people don't know that there are angels here whose only job is to make sure that you don't get too comfortable, fall asleep and miss your life
costello, tom waits, nin, 12 rounds, GBH, billy holiday, mingus, etta james, the devics, the dagons, tv on the radio, mr. bungle, peeping tom, my chemical romance, cat power, mars volta, portugal the man, murder city devils, pumpkins, blonde redhead, spain, naked eyes, joe jackson, portishead, the roots, outkast, tosh, aphex twin, squarepusher, cash and patsy cline... just throw in the new with the old, classics and undiscovered, take out the opera and new country and consider me satisfied~ i can respect anything that tries to break the mold.
clockwork orange, full metal jacket (all kubrick's), night on earth, stranger than paradise, down by law (all jarmusch, for he is the king)... as far as somewhat recent: V for VENDETTA was the shit... i love a good horror movie, japanese creep reigns but they never make any sense. i 3 huckabees, shopgirl, digby goes down... Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers & Tides leaves you speechless, pretty much all documentaries... too many to list really. recommendations welcome!
siddhartha, shambhala: path of the warrior... bukowski, robbins, ntozake shange, rilke, hmmm... pam houston, t. coraghessan boyle...