Pool, kite flying. i'm afraid of the dark, spiders and chickens.
diane arbus
Califone, Low, Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks, Hank Williams, Irma Thomas, anything by Bloodshot Records(shout out to Devil in a Woodpile!) Yo La Tengo, Kid Dakota, Bobby Bear SR.(n Jr), PATTI SMITH, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Paul Simon, Led Zep., PJ Harvey, Pixies, Dick Buckley Jazz show on Sunday afternoon NPR, T Bone Burnett, Nick Cave n the Bad Seeds, Howlin Wolf, Optiganally Yours, the phenomenal Jazz bands that play at the Charelston(sorry about all the noise we make back in the pool room...)Motown, PoLkAhOlIcs! Brave Combo, Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones, Jeff Buckley, Mucca Pazza, Urban Djin, Wilco, Can.Ky.Ree, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Stringband, Curtis Mayfield,Johnny Cash, when no ones listening: I vacuum the house to cheesy disco.
The Saddest Music in the World, Little Miss Sunshine, Delicatesan(sic), FREAKS, Fishing With John, Bottlerocket, anything by the Coen Brothers, anything by Jim Jarmusch: especially 'Dead Man', Peter Sellers: The Party, Being There, and especially Dr. Strangelove, Alfred Hitchcock,
I obsess about laugh tracks, so I can't watch television. in fact, I have never bought a television in my life. the only one i ever owned was one given to me out of pity by a close friend: a black n white nineteen 70's doo hickey tv with coat hangers for the antenna. when i moved from my second floor apt., i threw it out the window.
favorites: tennesse williams, Henrik Ibsen, J.D. Salinger, eudora welty, arthur miller, Kurt Vonnegut, hemingway, e.e.cummings, edgar alan poe, kafka, edith wharton, f.scott fitzgerald, t.s. eliot, ray bradbury,alan ginsberg, i don't know: i have eighteen boxes of books in the basement i need to unload at Myopic used books.
my Mom, for working 14 hours a day and managing to take care of my Dad. My Dad: for learning how to walk, talk, and read again. my brother- for getting his doctorate while working for google and mapping mars for nasa(although i'm still upset at him for telling me he found martians) my sister in law Irene, and my wonderful nephews Kaven and baby James, plus my friends for putting up with my spazmodic monkey ass.