music is my absolute number-one soulquivering passion. seeing a really good band play live just does it for me. reading comes in at a close second. i also dig: writing; film; photography; making jewelry for my business, smitten kitten jewelry; art; vintage clothing/decor; traveling; sarcasm; liberal politics; cooking; nag champa; cold weather; rain; being barefoot; really dirty gin martinis with extra olives; mexican, cuban & indian food. i'm not in the least bit athletically inclined - the only sport i enjoy watching is laker basketball.
people who love music, books & movies the way i do.
allman brothers, ambulance ltd, arctic monkeys, badly drawn boy, the band, devendra banhart, the beatles, ben folds five, big star, black crowes, the black keys, blind faith, bloc party, david bowie, jeff buckley, tim buckley, buffalo springfield, buffalo tom, the byrds, calexico, cat power, charlatans uk, gene clark, john coltrane, counting crows, cousteau, cream, creedence clearwater revival, the cure, the datsuns, miles davis, derek and the dominoes, the dirtbombs, john doe, donovan, the doors, doves, nick drake, bob dylan, the electric mayhem, bill fay, fleetwood mac, fleming and john, aretha franklin, franz ferdinand, marvin gaye, gigolo aunts, grant lee buffalo/phillips, grateful dead, al green, jimi hendrix, interpol, inxs, chris isaak, james, etta james, bert jansch, the jayhawks, jefferson airplane, robert johnson, norah jones, janis joplin, kid lightning, carole king, kings of leon, led zeppelin, lisa loeb, love, aimee mann, tom mcrae, joni mitchell, moby grape, the monkees, moonwash, van morrison, mott the hoople, my morning jacket, fred neil, beth orton, patrick park, pearl jam, michael penn, tom petty, pink floyd, iggy pop, primal scream, radiohead, otis redding, rem, the rolling stones, sex pistols, nina simone, elliott smith, son volt, bruce springsteen, starsailor, cat stevens, joss stone, supergrass, toad the wet sprocket, traffic, t.rex, u2, ugly beauty, uncle tupelo, dino valente, the velvet underground, virgil/elephant ride, rufus wainwright, the waterboys, white stripes, the who, wilco, wild colonials, amy winehouse, bill withers, stevie wonder, world party, neil young, the zombies ... i could go ooonnnnn. and when i think of more, i probably will.
anything by the coen brothers, tim burton, wes anderson, alfred hitchcock, terry gilliam, billy wilder, jim jarmusch, preston sturges, woody allen, david lynch, pt anderson. also: velvet goldmine, almost famous, hedwig and the angry inch, dazed and confused, sid and nancy, this is spinal tap, high fidelity, philadelphia story, stranger than fiction, the graduate, lost in translation, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, amadeus, 24 hour party people, l.a. confidential, charade, breakfast at tiffany's, casablanca, to have and have not, a hard day's night, yellow submarine, being john malkovich, rebel without a cause, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lolita, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, the last waltz, virgin suicides, double indemnity, monty python and the holy grail, life of brian, office space, fight club, withnail and i, chinatown, secretary, run lola run, citizen kane, the big sleep, dr. strangelove, what's new pussycat?, clerks, chasing amy, ghost world, memento, pretty in pink, the jerk, head, help!, history of the world part 1, young frankenstein, waiting for guffman, best in show, harold and maude, airplane!, garden state, night of the iguana, pan's labyrinth...
absolutely fabulous, aqua teen hunger force, arrested development, carnivále, the colbert report, coupling, the daily show, family guy, father ted, flight of the conchords, futurama, i'm alan partridge, kids in the hall, knowing me knowing you, the mighty boosh, the monkees, monty python, mr. show, the muppet show, mystery science theater, the office (british), pushing daisies, reno 911, saxondale, seinfeld, the simpsons, space ghost coast to coast, twin peaks, venture brothers. i watched the bugaloos in preschool every day, which could explain a lot.
let's go with writers instead: tom robbins, salman rushdie, francesca lia block, william faulkner, f. scott fitzgerald, william shakespeare, gabriel garcia márquez, carson mccullers, truman capote, jd salinger, jack kerouac, allen ginsburg, lawrence ferlinghetti, franz kafka, george orwell, oscar wilde, albert camus, james joyce, ee cummings, nick hornby, dr. seuss, john lennon, geoffrey eugenides, roald dahl, john steinbeck, hunter s. thompson, lewis carroll, the brothers grimm, margaret atwood...
my parents, for reasons too personal to lay out here. and alex, for being the one, even when i was too blind to see it.