intellectual stimulation. catharsis. epiphany's if you must, and by damn, you must.
myself as a child, myself at forty. myself at forty will be a lot easier.
the PIXIES, yo la tengo, superchunk, the flaming lips, P.W. Long's Reelfoot, my bloody valentine, the sundays, james, wilco, uncle tupelo, luna, galaxie 500, swervedriver, band of horses, belle and sebastian, promise ring, jets to brazil, guster, the stereo, hagfish (r.i.p.?), archers of loaf, the sundays, velocity girl, sara radle, grover, the jesus and mary chain, son volt, mule, buck pets (r.i.p.), the clash, the jam, the stone roses, spacemen 3, posies, luscious jackson, heatmiser, big star, refreshments, stiff little fingers, codeine, hawksley workman, goodness, death cab for cutie, chomsky, new pornographers, the rentals, hum, built to spill, old 97's, sebadoh, dinosaur jr., lou barlow, elliot smith, descendents, the shins, the smiths, the magnetic fields, mudhoney, pj harvey, liz phair, funland (r.i.p.), mogwai, radiohead, silver scooter, steven reich, centromatic, sorta, starlight mints, bettie serveert, sixteen deluxe (r.i.p.), bedhead (r.i.p.), teenage fanclub, john coltrane, 50's columbia era miles, pavement, john spencer, mule, guided by voices, fugazi, husker du, maria callas, billie holliday, preston school of industry, the cowboy junkies, mazzy star, the replacements, social distortion, and r.e.m.
raising arizona, se7en, 12 monkeys, blue velvet, waiting for guffman, usual suspects, fletch, shaun of the dead, snatch, ALMOST ANY DOCUMENTARY, eternal sunshine..., office space, arsenic and old lace, james bond from connery - moonraker, rope, fall, hedwig, the apartment, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, well-made period pieces, dances with wolves, cool hand luke, shawshank, first two godfathers, goodfellas, most monty python, mr. mom, bad 80's ninja movies featuring sho kosugi, old marx brother's flicks and ANYTHING with buster keaton.
pbs, the young ones (greatest show ever in the history of ever), dick van dyke show, any old shit (jack benny, grouch, etc.), history channel, documentary shit, nature stuff, and whatall. the office bbc,... and arrested development. but mainly, at any point of the day, i can watch Turner Classic Movies; that's pretty much the best for me these days.
einstein's dreams, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, white noise, stephanie plum novels (evanovich), flannery o'connor, bukowski, p. roth, hemingway, thompson, other delillo, old batman comics, tmcm, ... i'm reading bourdain right now. i think i'll go to the iggy pop bio next.
batman and anthony bourdain; my parents; both my grandfathers; mam-maw, nana and most of the family that came before me.