Foreign countries, geography, blood-lines, water 'til my fingers prune, hallway conversations, not remembering what happened the night before, the unpretentious, never having it together, the exact meaning of words, why people do whatever it is they do, love, integrity, history, film, the big bang, not taking everything so fucking seriously...... and of course, live music... I've even been known to hitch rides w/ strangers to go to shows in cities I can't get to :) and i suppose, the occasional glass of wine... shot... double... pint.... Tongues... Spit........ sweat....... connecting.
people who like making lists... lists of things like, top 5 favorite albums of all time, top 3 artists/bands you wish would be resurrected from the dead to play live for you, 5 moments in film that will always make you gasp, 3 songs that are most indicative of your personality, 3 countries you must visit before you croak... people who can name 2 out of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time and who can spell the last name of the man who succeeded Greenspan... people that have favorite quotes and favorite lyrics.
Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, NIN, Tapes N' Tapes, Rykarda Parasol, Okkervil River, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Editors, The Helio Sequence, My Morning Jacket (an amazing live band!), Radiohead, Bjork, The Cure, David Bowie, Cursive (favorite lyricist), Nina Simone, Etta James, Otis Redding, Ella Fitzgerald, The Veils, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Secret Machines (unbelievable live), Band of Horses, Flipsyde, The Walkmen, The Coup, Elefant, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello, Morcheeba, Morrissey/The Smiths, Sigur Ros, Red House Painters, Interpol, Beth Orton, MUM, Stellastarr*, Aesop Rock, Muse, Aqualung, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Beethoven, The Arcade Fire, Rachmaninov, Portishead, Damien Rice, Cold War Kids, 120 Days, Pete Yorn, Tegan and Sara, Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, New Order, Neutral Milk Hotel, Medeski Martin and Wood (ONE of the best shows i've been to, RATHER 2 OF THE BEST), The Black Crowes, Dispatch, Lenny Kravitz, Mazzy Star, Prince, The Verve, Beck, Ben Harper, Goapele, James Taylor, Carol King, The Jacksons, Jimi Hendrix, M83, Postal Service, Wolf Parade, Alice in Chains (Dirt was my first CD), A BAND CALLED PAIN (abandcalledpain.com - CHECK OUT THEIR BADASS BASSIST, B.DEAN!!!)
LOVE LOVE LOVE English Patient, Donnie Darko (WHO DOESN'T), Bottle Rocket, Lie With Me (oye hot film!), Strictly Ballroom, Mystic Pizza, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Lost Boys, Die Hard, Who's Harry Crumb?, Summer Rental, Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Secretary, Hairspray, A Room With A View, Fight Club, When Harry Met Sally, Sex, Lies, & Videotapes, A, Fletch, Nat'l Lampoons Christmas Vacation & European Vacation, Anniversary Party, Dream for an Insomniac, Underworld, Sixteen Candles, Coming to America,FAV DOCUMENTARIES- THE CORPORATION (a must see), SEX SLAVES (slave trade in eastern europe), THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE (this japanese doc is soooo well done!), SEX WITH STRANGERS, BEYOND THE MAT, THE UP SERIES, & AMERICAN PIMP
Don't have cable... and never home ;-)
anything you can buy at an airport. i'm like super intellectual. don't be intimidated.
PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BE BETTER PEOPLE.