"And the mealy worms,
in the brine will burn,
in a salty pyre,
among the fauns and ferns.
And the love we hold,
and the love we spurn,
will never grow cold,
only taciturn."-Joanna Newsom
"I swear I have nothing to prove,
I just want to dance in your tangles,
to give me some reason to move, "-NMH
"Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself more artistic"-Oscar Wilde
"No-one can harness the rain,
And I can make myself into rain,
You feel me on your cheek,
And on your sleeve."-The Long Winters
* Melancholy * Autumnal * Reflective * Delicate * Intimate * Calm/Peaceful * Gentle * Wistful * Poignant * Bittersweet * Earnest .. Wry .. Ironic .. Sophisticated .. Sweet .. Witty .. Literate .. Intimate .. Quirky .. Amiable/ Good-Natured People
Joanna Newsom
Alexi Murdoch, The Decemberists, Cat Power, Bob Dylan, Jose Gonzalez, John Vanderslice, Paris, John Lee Hooker, The Long Winters, Regina Spektor, Spoon, The Coup, Throw Me the Statue, Okkervil River, Lightin Hopkins, Jim Guthrie, Neutral Milk Hotel,The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens, Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, Propagandhi, The Shins, The Subways, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Andrew Bird, Devendra Banhart, PJ Harvey, Antony and the Johnsons, Fiona Apple, Julie Ruin, Cocorosie, Iron and Wine, Elliot Smith, Tegan and Sara, Mirah, The Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland,
hippie shit, folk music, independent music, women rocking out, and really bad Iranian pop music...
Gadjo Dilo, Down By Law, Dead Man, Rushmore, Waking Life ....As for documentaries; Occupation 101, Promises and Manufacturing Consent
if I do turn it on it is for Sex in the City or the Daily Show. There is also the occasional C-Span night.
currently reading :
Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman G. Finkelstein, Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by Bell Hooks, Women, Race, & Class
by Angela Y. Davis, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
Nina Simone
Chomsky