art, the written word, music, movies, theater, itense self-introspection, theology, theories of any kind, personal and cultural belief systems, astrology, my family, archetecture, conversations that send my mind reeling for days, evil teddy bears, why people do the things that they do- the ways they do them- and then the real reason they did whatever the hell it was they did, watching people, finding patterns in everything, colors, jumping in puddles, over-analysing mundane things, and playing with my friends.
I'd like to meet:
in a perfect world: (i could spell)
Egon Schile, Francis Bacon, Kahil Gibran, Robert Smith, Morrisey, Bonnie & Clyde,Ani DiFranco, Wally Lamb, Alice Neel, Tom Robbins, Thom York, Sarah Vaughn, DAVID BOWIE, my older brother, Hitlers mom, Freud, Lucian Freud, Tori Amos, Sartre, Jesus, Napolean, Machiavelli, Pavlov, Gene Simmons, Snuffy, Anne Rice, Ray Johnson, Picasso, your mom, robert rauchenburg.
Music:
David Bowie, Ani DiFranco,Amy Hendickson, The Collective Unconscious, Belle and Sebastian, the dead milkmen,The Smiths, Morrisey, Starsailor, Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, iron and wine, calexico, U2, violent femmes, The Indigo Girls, The Postal Service, The Moody Blues, Edie Brikell, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lamb, Dido, Frank Sinatra, sneaker pimps, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode, The Cure, P.J. Harvey, Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Le Tigre, Interpol, Ladytron, Cat Power, Bjork, Sleater Kinney, Modest Mouse, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, damien rice, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Jennifer Nettles, David Grey. The Beatles, The Doors, toadies, The Who, Led Zepplin, Swing music, Big Band music, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchel, Rasputina, Flogging Molly, Cream, Prince (before he became a symbol) , Madonna (Before Dick Tracy), Tracy Chapman, joplin, cat stevens, Radiohead, REM, Erin McKeown, Beth Orton, Sarah Vaughn, Jeff Buckley, mike west, Garbage, NIN, Tori Amos, The Chieftains, the descendants, Sarah McLachlin, Tegan And Sarah, Nat King Cole, Propagandhi, Mazzy Star, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The Dears, Sinead O'Conner, and a bit more of dis an dat.
Movies:
boondock saints, wit, harold and maude, basquiat, goonies, dummy, gremlins, drop dead gorgeous, charlie and the chocolate factory, nightmare before christmas, sleeping beauty, bedknobs and broomsticks, waiting for guffman, beautiful thing, say anything, the man who fell to earth, hedwig and the angy inch, to sir with love, breakfast at tiffanys, high art, patch of blue ( anything with sidney portier actually), cheesy movies about rights of passage of any kind, the breakfast club, pretty in pink ( ive got a little thing for molly ringwald) , the graduate, i (heart) huckabees, little voice, rear window, the birds, seven year itch, gentlemen prefer blonds, better than chocolate, identity, amilie, anything with zombies - vampires (especially vampires)- things that lurk in dark corners or have a taste for eating flesh, or movies that will make me cry (which is pretty easy) and a whole slew of others that i cant think of at this time. i guess im the kid who likes just about anything, when im in the mood for it.
Television:
not too big on it anymore...
TWIN PEAKS,
pepper ann, roseanne, the golden girls, faulty towers, antiques roadshow, this old house, benny hill, the l- word, gummy bears, golf ( im serious), voltron, inspector gadget......its kinda been awhile since i regularly watched anything.
Books:
extremely loud and incredibly close......or maybe its incredibly close and extremely loud: either way it may be my favorite book up to date, read it, it makes me happy that someone can write like that. the prophet by kalil gibran. the hitchhikers guide..and the sequals, by douglas adams. anne rice: especially the witching hour and cry to heaven. the four agreements: miguel ruiz. The incarnations of immortality series by piers anthony. the castle by kafka. sartres: no exit. Weetzy Bat (and the rest of the series) by i cant remember. Tom Robbins : still life with woodpecker, Jitterbug perfume. the anita blake series but i cant remember the author. sidartha by hesse. the handmaidens tale. the secret garden. Jane Eyre: bronte. Wuthering Heights...by the other bronte. this is hard... i have a problem remembering the names of people around me...let alone the names of books and authors. i like to read, i like escapism of any kind.
Heroes:
my mommy and daddy, wonderwoman, maude ( from harold and maude), and my neurotic-guitar-playing-songbird best friend amy t. hendrickson.
