Art and music. The radom moments of wonder that come with living in such a diverse place. Travel, but who can afford that? People, by far, are the most interesting to me. My students. They are my daily breath. And thier art rocks!
People who like art and/or make art and like to think about it-- People who like music and are not too cool to dance. People who have something to say and contribute--who are genuinly kind and interested in something. People who can hold thier liquor and I dont just mean the glass. People who laugh with thier whole body. Non-Flakes who call, write, drop by, invite, visit when they say they will.
ok... here we go-- smiths, pogues,kills,cure,anna oxegen, cash, elvis, coco rosie, morrisey, le tigre, clash oh the clash, leonard cohen, the books, arcade fire, bob dylan, lizzy mercier descloux, jawbreaker, strawman, NMH, bright eyes, peaches, neil young, george jones and tammy wynette,joy division, x-ray specs, buzzcox, the jam, ella, louis,nina and billie, crack war, belle and sebastian, t-rex, merle haggard, julie ruin, the girls, the rachels, devandra banhart, dave dundero, lou reed, songs: ohio, t he playboy millionaires, perceptor, dan sartain, garrett peirce, scout nibblet , camper van beethoven, beta band, toots, booker t, specials, iron and wine, gimcrack,billy bragg,jucifer, yo la tengo arab strap, comet gain, smoke, electrolane, mixel pixel, japanther, concretes, m ward,two gallants,azure ray, bright black, judgement day, stiff little fingers, friends forever, this bike is a pipe bomb, hey,will power, yeah yeah yeahs, virgil shaw, whatever it takes, chicks on speed, choad bot, the dalmations, riser, white majic, judith and holofernes, el olio wolf jason webly, the mums,gravenherst, veviter, arcade fire, animal collective, destroyer, the microphones, the mountain goats, pink mountaintops, New Wave Blasphemy, Soloman and Grundy
I have a bazzar infatuation with anything by Billy Wilder. Especially "Some Like It Hot". I am a sucker for killer documentaries like American Movie. All time favorites for various reasons must include: daisies, sherman's march, benjamian smoke, 400 blows, urban cowboy,gone with the wind, the eighth day, an affair to remember,edward scissorhands, stevie, the best little whorehouse in texas, annie hall, high fidelity/grosspoint blank...if nothing but for the soundtrack... la jette and arthur,----anything by Hal Hartley, Jarmuch, Wenders,Herzog, Cox, Maya Deren goes without saying. Early shorts by David Lynch.
i dont have one and hate them with a passion.the best things about tv for me are the memories of it. watching "Cheers" every night with my mom was a blast. she laughs really loud, and benny hill with my brother. After school the Flinstones, Good Times and the Jeffersons, I remember thinking the Brady Bunch was a bunch of fucking dorks and that Mister Rogers was seriously creepy.
leisure reading:Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003, 2004, 2005--Art Forum, New York Times (especially the crossword) Art Books, Burrows, J.T. Leroy (i am so pissed he is not he), Plath, Comet Bus, telephone poles-- long handwritten letters drunken scribbly postcards and other peoples to do listsArt Books: Anything on the Situationists, the Yippies, Performance, New Media, Feminism, Socialism, Eco Pioneers,
my momma, my grannie, hannah wilke, my best friends, and my students