stoops, poops, parachutes, The New York Post, scary ghosts, my room, my roommate, my roof, my roofmate, my neighborhood, toothpicks, black coffee, books old, parks fun, drawing things, mandolin things, receptions with wine, taking the train places away from the city, bicycles, bicycles, bikes, warm places (inside my mouth), driving the freeways at night, going to school, going home from school, going to the coop, making people things (what do you want?) bluegrass on wednesdays, art openings on thursdays, sitting on the refrigerator, snacks.
cute and busted people. Yiddish speakers. People who want to play chess or scrabble. People who want to make up silly songs.
Ish Marquez, Doc Watson, Allen Ginsberg, Prewar Yardsale, Dufus, Schwervon! Ching Chong Song, The Wowz, Pete Seeger, Sonny and Cher, Herman Dune, Horror Me, Huggabroomstik, The Who, Mississippi John Hurt, Urban Barnyard, Cheese on Bread, The Jeffrey Lewis Band, Pavement, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Jonathan Richman, Daniel Johnston, Lou Reed, Lippe. Music from the Lower East Side. music that involves (or is about) me. music my friends make. I supremely enjoy tight finger pickin bluegrass music, scratchy american folk, jug bands, 1920s vaudeville, klezmer, 60s R+B, psych-folk stoof, indie rock you know how it is.
Thomas and Darwin: www.thomasanddarwin.com, Me and My Brother, Thelma and Louise, The Rules of the Game.
Yeah, I think television is a good band
World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe, Working by Studs Terkle, Stranger to the System by Jim Flynn, Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley, Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion, 20th Century 8 ball by Daniel Clowes, Primate Visions by Donna Haraway, Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk by Charles Simic. I'm trying to get though some Jared Diamond right now. It's possible that he is the man. I also dutifully love I.B. Singer.
Donna Haraway, Andy Lipkis, Grace Paley, and Major Matt Mason USA.