Animation, illustration and the like.
geeks of any kind. Fellow am'ers, fellow animators.
Ok here goesBadly Drawn Boy, Adem, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Postal Service, Death Cab, Matt Pond PA, My Code Name is Blue (Shout out to DOO DOO Brown) Radiohead, Spirtualized, MBV, Echo and the Bunnymen, Greensect (ok so I am married to a bandmember, so I kind of had to say that) The Luxury Band , The Saving Graces, Nancy Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Coldplay (earlier) , U2 (earlier) , REM (earlier, starting to see a theme aren't you?) Phantom Planet, Dave Matthews (way earlier) The Jam, The Cure, The Clash, The Specials, The Beastie Boys, Bjork, The SugarCubes, Ivy, Beck, Ryan Adams, WhiskeyTown, Damien Rice, Interpol, TMBG, Joni Mitchel, Bowie, Zeppelin, Waits, Floyd, Beatles, Yo Yo Ma, Jon Brion, Ambulance LTD, Majosha....
Ok please, please, in no particular order. I must admit that since I am married to a filmmaker I have become a bit of a film "snob" if you will. Movies I love to watch over and over again.Office Space ("um..yeah, about those TPS Reports") Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Memento Requiem for a Dream Loose Change (wonderful conspiracy documentary) All the Godfathers (ok I know everyone thinks the third one sucked) High FidelityK Movies I looove, but don't watch them all the timeRubber Johnny (sick sick funky short by chris cunningham, that man can do wonders with After Affects, ah I just remember I left the Aphex Twins out of my music list, dammit) Sin City Finding Nemo (what kind of animator would I be if I didn't list um, some animated films?) Boundin The Incredibles Spirited Away Kill Bill Vol I and II Pulp Fiction Resevoir Dogs Enron the Smartest Guys in the Room Munich Annie Hall ManHattan A Dog Day Afternoon One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Saved Napolen Dynamite Say AnythingMore to Come
Ah....sir tivo has reawakened my love of good ol' tv. Prior to tivo there was just no time for sinful viewing pleasure because of the school and the job and the kid and the husband and the dog. I love you tivo, I truly do.Arrested Development (RIP) (nope showtime is not picking it up dammit) Big Love Six Feet Under (RIP) ER (since the beginning) LOST (um....WTF, how can someone not watch this show!!!!! I am telling you I KNOW what all this is about...I'm just not tellin) Bill Maher Daily Show with Jon Stewart The Colbert Report The Office ( ahhh..Dwight and Kev, you guys are my kind of MEN!) Keith Oberman The Wire EntourageShows that I would never admit to watching but either secretly cry to or secretly laugh tooA Baby Story (hey i was pregnant for nine months, what the hell else did you think I did besides pee and throw up?) The Apprentice, (if not just to get my overblown newyork fix) Gilmore Girls (hey my husband likes it...ok that is not saying much) Real World Road Rules Challenge or The Gauntlet, either one, doesn't matter, same cast, same fights, same actors getting wasted and having sex and fighting it out for like what? 10,000? You know you want to watch it.
Between the listening of the music, the watching of the movies, the perusing of the television , the raising of the daughter, the walking of the dog, the studying of the homework, the animating of the characters, the drawing of the drawings, the loving of the husband and the occassional shower yes I do have time to read.Chuck Paluniak (sp?) Nick Hornby Any geek book on Maya, 3DS or Lightwave Any geek book on how to draw or animate Any geek book on comic book illustration any geek book on geek books.
My daughter and my husband :)