Music, books, running, baseball, photography, glassblowing, and most other art forms
Anyone who brings something cool to the party. People who are interesting, fun, thought-provoking. Folks who like to eat, drink, and be merry, emphasis on the merry.
Recent live showsElizabeth Cook in London, Elizabeth Cook in Manchester, Elizabeth Cook in Glasgow, Elizabeth Cook in Bedford, Elizabeth Cook in Nottingham, Elizabeth Cook in Maidstone, Elizabeth Cook in Nashville, Elizabeth Cook in my rental van, Elizabeth Cook in my Saab, The Bowmans at Baltimore Chop, Mike Farris at Americana in Nashville, Jim Lauderdale in England and Scotland, Sylvie Lewis at Baltimore Chop, Twilight Hotel at Baltimore Chop, Gogol Bordello at Sonar, Rasputina at Ottobar, My Brightest Diamond at Ottobar, The Police at Madison Square Garden, The Greencards at Ram's Head Annapolis; At SXSW: Elizabeth and the gang, The Greencards, Jim Lauderdale, the Gore Gore Girls, Jim Bianco, Buddy Miller, the Watson Twins and others. Richard Thompson at the Belcourt in Nashville, Avec at Ottobar, Karmella's Game and Avec at Sidebar, Jenny Owen Youngs at the Living Room in the Bowery, Julie Lee in Frederick, The Ex at Ottobar, Kaki King at 8 x 10, Elizabeth Cook, Will Kimbrough, Minton Sparks and Rodney Crowell at Wolftrap, VA, and Sellersville Theatre, PA, The Duhks at Harbor East, Elizabeth Cook, Tim Carroll, Chuck Mead and Jeff Black at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Ollabelle at Ram's Head, Corinne Bailey Rae at Ram's Head, Lauren Molina at Beechman Theatre in NYC, Regina Spektor at 9:30 and Sonar, The Avett Bros. & Nicole Atkins and the Sea at Bowery Ballroom
The Duhks at Ram's Head, Gorillaz at the Apollo in Harlem, Jim Bianco & Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) at 8 x 10, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at Artscape and 8 x 10, Michael Franti at Artscape, Beth Orton at 9:30, Sonia & Disappear Fear at Broken Heart Cafe in Havre de Grace, Stars at Black Cat, Tristan Prettyman & Ben Taylor at Bowery Ballroom, Feist at Black Cat.
What's in the car & house lately: All of the above, including Kate Earl, Chris Chandler, Louie Vega, Blur, Bright Eyes, Elizabeth Cook, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple, Amy Correia, David Byrne, Collective Soul, Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill acoustic, White Stripes, Ollabelle, Keb Mo, Vivaldi, Radiohead, Neko Case, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Nellie McKay, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Sonia Dada, Ani DiFranco, The Avett Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, Billie Holiday, Weezer, Marc Broussard, Jem, Talking Heads, Rickie Lee Jones, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Martha Wainwright, Sting, Allison Krauss, Miles Davis, Shivaree, James Taylor, Cowboy Junkies, Tristan Prettyman, The Ditty Bops, Tegan & Sara, Feist, Fertile Ground, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Beth Orton.
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Recent flicks & some favorites: Harry Potter, Crash, The Aristocrats, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Walk The Line, Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, Lost in Translation, Napoleon Dynamite, Annie Hall, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Office Space, Escape from New York, Best in Show, Radio Days, House of Flying Daggers. Kill Bill, Sandlot, Fight Club, Night of the Living Dead, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Big Top Pee Wee and Manhattan
New addiction: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry now has a place alongside The Simpsons, The Chappelle Show, Southpark, and Seinfeld
Now reading: Where I'm Calling From (stories by Raymond Carver), Baseball Before We Knew It by David Block, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (stories by David Sedaris) - OK, so I have ADD and have several books going at one time... Recently favs: What I Learned from Jackie Robinson, The Celebrant, Wrong Side of the Wall: The Life of Blackie Schwamb, the Greatest Prison Baseball Player of All Time, also Ed Delahanty and the Emerald Age of Baseball. Some all-timers: A Dog's Head, Iowa Baseball Confederacy, Sick Puppy, The Boys of Summer and On the Road, which it's time to re-read (again), and You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense by Bukowski.