I love Basquiat.
freelance writing, writing for page and stage, film and video, otis and jackson, the thug miss, the fellas, cool bars, movie metaphors, most metaphors, the language of recovery, beer, music, the video store, the record store, the electronics store, walking & running, vintage stereos, road trips, speaking engagements, papi couture, sneakers, theatre, apartment therapy, barware, decorating the office, maximizing space, succulents and other plantlife, breakfast, vespas and furniture moderne.
I'd like to meet:
anyone needing a freelance writer that pays per the word; theatre presenters and producers; a new pair of sneakers; anyone that doesn't want their dodger tickets (evening games only though); an Eames lounge chair and ottoman; a nice mosaic peg-legged coffee table; Kat Von D
Music:
RIGHT NOW: Thee Midniters, Detroit Cobras, Mogwai, NATION OF ULYSSES!!!!, TV On The Radio, Billy Joel, Robin Thicke, Sufjan Stevens, Manu Chao, Susana Baca, Chavela Vargas, Limp Wrist, Latin Oldies, Nas, Jean Grae, Lil' Kim, Betty Davis, Mars Volta, Depeche Mode, Film School, John and Alice Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Polvo, Gnarls Barkley, Dangermouse, Blonde Redhead, The Selecter, La Lupe, Seu Jorge (what a smoov lookin' dude),
Caetano Veloso, Elliott Yamin, Lila Downs, Anthony Hamilton, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Mos Def, Kanye West, Busdriver, Baile Funk/Favela Bass.
Movies:
Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Outsiders, El Norte, Tan De Repente, Belle Du Jour, City of God, Pixote, High Fidelity, Brokeback Mountain, Anger Management, Waterboy, Punch Drunk Love, Foxy Brown, Lucia y El Sexo, Malena, Closer, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Silkwood (dirty white grrls galore), Star Wars, Stand By Me, Real Women Have Curves. Movies about people in recovery and the codependents that love them.
Monica Bellucci is divine.
Television:
Thank god for television otherwise I wouldn't have learned English for free. I love television. Television is good.
UGLY BETTY + American Ferrera; L.A. Ink + Kat Von D; American Idol; MLB; Entourage; Big Love; TV on DVD rules.
Books:
Philip K. Dick, William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, Leslie Feinberg, Fred Rogers, Jose E. Munyoz, Gloria Anzaldua, Nick Hornby,
Roque Dalton, Jacques Derrida, Jean Genet and Rainer Maria Rilke.
Don't hate on readin'!!!
Heroes:
Mr. Rogers, Rigoberta Menchu, Elia Arce, Coco Fusco, Chavela Vargas, Peggy Shaw, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Roque Dalton, Imani Henry, Cantinflas and La India Maria.
