music and mythology. montreal. reykjavik & iceland. accents. vinyl. naps with the lights on. plumbing the surface of the depths of the world of wine. genealogy.
Pessimism of the mind, optimism of the will.
miracle fortress, plants and animals, the arcade fire, wolf parade, sunset rubdown, the unicorns, islands, think about life, alden penner, patrick watson, final fantasy, bell orchestre, think about life, the luyas, magic weapon, percy farm, ideal lovers, lil' andy, frog eyes, handsome furs, leonard cohen, serge gainsbourg, roy orbison, bob dylan, joanna newsom, neil young, nick drake, the velvet underground, lou reed, david bowie, t-rex, brian eno, john cale, roxy music, talking heads, the modern lovers, television, richard hell, blondie, iggy pop and the stooges, elvis costello, the clash, bjork, sigur ros, mum, johann johannsson, the beatles, the rolling stones, the kinks, the animals, the creation, led zeppelin, the who, pink floyd, the beach boys, the zombies, django reinhardt, duke ellington, miles davis, keith jarrett, brad mehldau, beck, neu, my bloody valentine, pavement, the blow, dan deacon, the flaming lips, neutral milk hotel, wilco, the shins, yo la tengo, belle & sebastian, sea & cake , mogwai, black heart procession, sufjan stevens, vetiver, tv on the radio, kelley stoltz, man man, akron/family, andrew bird, coco rosie, animal collective, architecture in helsinki, magnetic fields, fela kuti, beethoven, erik satie, ennio morricone, phillip glass, mark mothersbaugh, caribou, daft punk, lcd soundsystem, junior boys, fujiya & miyagi, the whitest boy alive, hot chip, wilson pickett, otis redding, sam cooke, the supremes, dusty springfield, phil spector, j.j. cale, taj mahal, percy sledge, old stevie wonder, the meters, sharon jones, grandmaster flash, de la soul, tribe called quest, pharcyde, jurassic 5, fatlip, nas, mos def, wu tang, ghostface killah, eric b. & rakim, outkast, buck 65, the streets, kanye, ratatat, heart, fleetwood mac, paul simon, the police, dire straits, massive attack, nirvana, mazzy star, edith piaf, nina simone, billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, radiohead
wes anderson, michel gondry, miranda july, sofia coppola, frederico fellini, paul thomas anderson, david lynch, christopher guest, terry zwigoff, woody allen, spike jones, stanley kubrick, the coen brothers, bertolucci, jonathan cameron mitchell, sex and lucia, blade runner, before night falls, anything with peter sellers
deadwood, the wire, arrested development, the daily show/colbert report, the simpsons (seasons 1-7), kids in the hall, mr. show, family guy
joseph campbell, henry miller, leonard cohen, nietzsche, ranier maria rilke, walt whitman, virginia woolf, oscar wilde, blaise cendrars, samuel beckett, anais nin, margaret atwood, thomas kuhn, donna haraway, richard rorty, dharma stuff..
leonard cohen, walt whitman, joseph campbell, henry miller, jean cocteau, miranda july, stephen colbert and jon stewart.