Boys, tattoos, collecting shit, my record player, shopping for anything, one woman shows, being inspired by actresses.
Please don't tax my imagination. So many people.
My favorites: Miss Ludella Black(Delmonas & Headcoatees), Lisa Jenio(Candypants, Stool Pigeons, Pussywillows), Mary Weiss(Shangri-Las), Ronnie Spector(Ronettes), Fabienne Delsol(The Bristols), April March(Shitbirds), & Ann Magnuson(Bongwater).MEDWAY SOUNDS. GIRL GROUPS. PHIL SPECTOR.I also love Abby Travis, Lisa Mychols, Claudine Longet, Cristina, Kahimi Karie, Rachel Sweet, Susanna Hoffs(Rainy Day, w/ Matthew Sweet), sparkle*jets u.k., Jill Olson, and Dream School Diary. Anyone Travis Ramin ever played with: Candygirl, Sundaegirl, Little Girls, Tina & The Total Babes, Nikki Corvette, Riff Randells, etc. I will listen to most any British punk/beat/indie-pop/c86 band with a chick singer, but I especially love Budget Girls, Dolly Mixture, Diaboliks, Bad Dream Fancy Dress, Shelley's Children, Darling Buds, & Fuzzbox.I like this current crop of pop stars from England, too: Pipettes, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Charlotte Gainsbourg(I guess she's French, but whatever).I have this thing for faggy, white rappers/hip-hoppers: V.I.P., Uffie, Gravy Train!!!!, Leslie & The LYs.My total labels: SIESTA(Girlfrendo, Rita Calypso, Lorraine Bowen Experience)TEENACIDE(Rocket, Holograms)SYMPATHY(The Ettes, Miss Derringer, Neptunas)DAMAGED GOODS(The Pebbles, Holly Golightly, Helen Love).KILL ROCK STARS(Kathleen Hanna, Anna Oxygen, Slumber Party, Stereo Total).My guilty pleasures are Heart, Stevie Nicks, and Lil' Kim.I love so many other bands, but my friends made fun of me for listing them all here. I've tried to pare it down a little.
Grey Gardens. The Wild, Wild World Of Jayne Mansfield. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! The Forbidden Zone. The Party. Hysterical Blindness. If These Walls Could Talk 2. Any movie directed by Nicole Holofcener, Susan Seidelman, Pedro Almodovar, Todd Solondz, Wong Kar-Wai, or John Waters. I love Woody Allen and Quentin Tarantino, but only when they make a movie about a woman on the edge. I like any movie starring Catherine Keener, but I especially love Full Frontal and Living In Oblivion. I like Asian cinema/martial arts/action flicks. My guilty pleasures are Drew Barrymore romantic comedies and British period films. Ooh...Something Weird Video.
ROSEANNE. All 9 seasons. I'm not one of those people who stopped liking Roseanne mid-series. I prefer real Becky(Lecy Goranson) to fake Becky(Sarah Chalke). I actually have a theory that the whole world can be divided into two categories: Real Beckys & Fake Beckys. HBO. VH1. TV Carnage.
Cookie Mueller is still my favorite writer. I just started reading some stuff by Alain De Botton. He's awesome. I haven't been reading as much since I started watching Celebreality. Oops.
Ann Magnuson, Mary Weiss, and Laurie Metcalf.