flailing, film, surmising, hiking to unknown lands, laughing at the world, meandering, traipsing, connections, noticing details
taraf de haidouks, tiger lillies, radiohead, tom waits, battista lena, portishead, yann tiersen, yair dalal, blonde redhead, sigur ros, lais, black heart procession, ego plum, mirah, state dance ensemble of armenia, greg brown, silver mt. zion orchestra, charles aznavour, azure ray, johnny cash, and anything from the 20s
capote, lost in translation, city of lost children, girl on the bridge, amelie, stolen kisses, breathless, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, brazil, traffic, how to get ahead in advertising, gilliam, chaplin, keaton, truffaut, mann, soderbergh, darwin's nightmare, the corporation
ishmael, skinny legs and all, mark twain, eugene ionesco, 1984, david sedaris, thich nhat hanh, dystopic novels, tom robbins, john steinbeck, william goldman, travel guides