Whistle-Walking around my neighborhood. Rolling down hills. Playing 20 Questions with the BF. Traveling around the world. Nesting. I like being in the passenger's seat while someone else is driving, windows down, good music on, and aimlessly driving around. Making people over. Baking. Book sales --oh god--book sales!! Culture: popular, international, foodie; lit. Coffee. Bars vs.Clubs vs.Coffeshops. New music. Shows. House parties. Pro-Cras-Tin-Ation. Subways. No maps please! European cars & goods. Homey atmospheres. Having moviethons. NPR and PRI. Sumo wrestling. Supporting local businesses: I(heart) Offbeat records & The Regulator. Searching for the perfect haircut. Going out for drinks at laid back bars. Newspapers: The Guardian, The NYTimes, The Wash.Post, The N&O, The Independent. Europe. Super Spicy foods. Mocking people. Whorefacing with my parters in crime. Not sleeping and being tired. I might give you the impression that I take awful fotos. I do. I also curse uncontrollably--let me apologize if I've accidentally cursed you out sometime in the past. I like making people's day.
Sinatra. Vampire Weekend. Sondre Lerche. Franz Ferdinand. Of Montreal. Wilco. Bobby Darin. J. Timberlake. Death Cab. Postal Service. Amelie OST. LCD Soundsystem. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!. Jens Lekman. Nancy Wilson. Lara Brannigan. Peter, Bjorn & John. The Rosebuds. The Walkmen. TV on the Radio. The Name of the Band is Rock and Roll. Koyote. Dean Martin. Caetano Veloso. The Arcade Fire. Sergio Mendes. Antonio Carlos Jobim. MIA. Diana Krall. Nina Simone. Matt Pond PA. The Hives. The Decemberists. Mingus. Anita O'Day. Brothers and Sisters. Tift Merritt. Old 97's. Feist. Yo La Tengo. Low. Phoenix. Coltrane. Charlie Parker. Mel Torme. George Michael. Stevie Wonder. Michael Buble. Nat King Cole. Neutral Milk Hotel. Musiq. Patsy Cline. The Andrews Sisters. Sophie Ellis Baxtor. Camera Obscura. The Strokes. Everything But the Girl. Cheesy Euro/Asian dance tracks. Magnetic Fields. Debussy. The Russian Composers. Ridiculous Sports Stadium songs like "Whoop! There It Is!", that Gary Glitter song, and many many others. Michael Jackson. Pernice Brothers. Beulah. WIST: 98.3 your home for timeless classics, from Sinatra to Streisand--my favorite local station and one that I suspect is directed solely for octagenarians (and me!. Crazyass hip-hop.
Juno. Music & Lyrics. Fever Pitch. Spellbound. The Royal Tenenbaums. Love Actually. Walk the Line. Born Into Brothels. All About My Mother. You've Got Mail. Anchorman. Chungking Express. In The Mood for Love. Cold Mountain. Zoolander. Mad Hot Ballroom. The Professional. Chasing Liberty. Brown Sugar. The Virgin Suicides. Funny Face. Best In Show. Pride & Prejudice A&E version. Old School. Bend It Like Beckham. You, Me, and Everyone We Know. French Kiss. Bringing Up Baby. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Before Sunrise/Sunset. Do The Right Thing. Lost In Translation. Amelie. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Charade. Various documentaries and all manner of romantic comedies. I shall watch them all!
The Daily Show. A Perfect Proposal--I always tear up at this one. Have I told you about the episode when the guy dressed up like a knight?! The Isaac Mizrahi Show. What Not To Wear. America's Next Top Model. Shows explaining the history of certain foods. Man vs. Wild. Gossip Girl. Mr. Romance. The Gilmore Girls. Arrested Development. Globetrekker TV. The Cosby Show. Time Life 'Classic Songs From ____!" Rick Steves and Bob Ross.
I like a good deal of nonfiction essays on popular culture(s): Freaknomics. Assasination Vacation. How Soccer Explains the World. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. Snobbery-The American Version. From Paris to the Moon. Candy Freak. Color: A Natural History of the Palette. All that McSweeney's offers. Everything from David Sedaris. Nick Hornby. Pablo Neruda. Nora Roberts. Erin McCarthy. A bit of Dave Eggers here and there. Zadie Smith. Haruki Murakami. W.B. Yeats. James Joyce. Scott Carrier. David Rakoff. Guy Browning. Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction From the Edge. Really cheesy and banal romantic poetry. Charlie Chan is Dead 1&2. Washington Post columnists Joel Achenbach & Gene Weingarten. David Shrigley. Mil Millington. Gish Jen. Modern Fiction of all sorts. Love Letters.
This American Life Contributors. Selfless People.And, on a unrelated note: although I will watch copious amounts of reality television, I gag when I see people who actually WANT to be on one.