foodstuffs, film and sociological documentaries, ominous people and places, satire, social outsiders, exploring, car rides, dogs and not cats, critical conversations, all of the oddities of new york city that lie just beneath the first glance. lastly, the semi-abandoned mental hospital at the end of my block.
i heart: the smiths and morrissey, the cure, pj harvey, the warlocks, swans, smog, nick cave and the bad seeds, joy division and the evolution of new order, the brian jonestown massacre, the black angels, the stone roses, the jesus and mary chain, interpol, pixies, belle and sebastian, film school, neil young, superchunk, my bloody valentine, fugazi, yyy, pulp, will oldham/palace brothers, the velvet underground/lou reed, the lemonheads, minor threat, the breeders, depeche mode, the magnetic fields, sonic youth, the make-up, mazzy star, sunny day real estate, smashing pumpkins, stephen malkmus, the descendents, nirvana. i am obsessed with the eighties and nineties. but you should know this.
visual depictions of american culture at its worst and best, like: the big lebowski, buffalo 66, storytelling, singles, pecker, the life aquatic, hedwig and the angry inch, happiness, donnie darko, born into this, the gleaners and i, slums of beverly hills, night on earth, harold and maude, winter passing, he loves me/he loves me not, do the right thing, napoloen dynamite, pumping iron, jandek on corwood, the devil and daniel johnston, polyester, smoke, blue in the face, the rocky horror picture show, reality bites, palookaville, the breakfast club, dazed and confused, idiocracy, this film is not yet rated, pulp fiction, the science of sleep, taxi driver, the idiots, run lola run, american beauty, rushmore, ghost world, heathers, fear and loathing in las vegas, the ice storm, eternal sunshine, amelie, edward scissorhands, being john malkovich, mallrats, 24 hour party people, high fidelity, american psycho, pretty in pink, requiem for a dream, american splendor
the twilight zone and six feet under.
mostly academic right now:literature on consumerism, sociology, counterculture, the body, media, art and feminism. currently reading culture jam by kalle lasn.
bill hicks