Fleeting interests in all things to do with a changing life and the world. From the sea to the sky and everything between the two. To capture a moment with a camera or a mental smile, with musical accompaniment, is to make life the best movie of all. People figure in the beauty of life but in small, intimate circles. To be lost among strangers is the saddest plight but to be embraced by the ones you love, is as near to heaven as you can hope for.
Whoever wrote the lyrics, " Barefoot girls sittin' on the hood of a Dodge, drinkin' warm beer in the soft summer rain " Anyone who can evoke like that, has my attention and my undying admiration.
Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Franks, Steely Dan, Carly Simon, Rufus Wainwright, Elton John, Dixie Chicks, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, David Jordan, Stevie Wonder, Fred Astaire.
Casablanca, Somewhere in Time, African Queen, Clockwork Orange, My Father's House, Beau James, The Enchanted Cottage, Cabaret, The Blues Brothers, The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Castle, Allegro Non Troppo, The Producers, All About Eve, A Letter To Three Wives, Silent Running,Too Many Crooks, The Lavender Hill Mob, Shakespeare In Love, Get Shorty, LA Story, Wah-Wah, Tell No-One, Moulin Rouge, Best In Show, Blades Of Glory, The Science Of Sleep, La vie en Rose.
Anything bad; Green Acres, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Bewitched, I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, McHales Navy. Anything good; Frasier, Friends, Cheers, The Larry Sanders Show, Extras, Deal Or No Deal.
Ages In Chaos, Earth In Upheaval, Worlds In Collision, Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, A Very Rude Awakening, Operators And Other Things, The Romeo Error, Einstein: His Life and Universe.
Immanuel Velikovsky, Carl Jung, Einstein, Shami Chakrabati ( from Liberty ) and anyone who quietly stands up in support of others.