paris when it rains, witty folks, scots, brits, polaroids, attending gigs, extremely long roadtrips, dancing like a fool, violins, ukuleles, cellos, synthesizers, radio shack piano keyboards, tambourines, art, being a graphic design nerd, visual learning, photography, pop art muses, russian constructivism, primitivism, art history enthusiasts, time travel, debating between coca-cola and dr. pepper, throwing out random one-liners, portraiture, slight telephone phobias, sweet tea & hot tea with lemon, cardigans, boys in plaid, Daniel Day-Lewis impressions, training to be a hermit
Artists & Designers: Thomas Allen, Matthew Barney, Romaine Brooks, Joseph Cornell, John Currin, Marcel Duchamp, William Eggleston, Pablo Ferro, Erté, Hannah Hoch, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Yves Klein, Gustav Klimt, Komar and Melamid, Robert Longo, Matt Maust, Moholy-Nagy, Alice Neel, Elizabeth Peyton, Sigmar Polke, Renoir, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Stefan Sagmeister, John Singer Sargent, Christian Schad, Egon Schiele, Schwitters and Andy Warhol.
I would like to meet:
Individuals I would like to converse with but would probably just pee in my pants from excitement upon meeting them:
Laurent Brancowitz, Chris Baio, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Argos, Jeremy Hanson, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, Stefan Sagmeister, etc.
People whose very souls are stirred when they read a few decent lines of prose, see an amazing piece of artwork, or hear a pleasant note. Synesthetes (particularly the ones who see music) and Aesthetes (regardless if that movement is over.)
Dear Hayley,I am declaring my love for you in the form of a comment. I know you have become quite fond of our long evenings of tambourine beatin' and shopping cart racing. I hope that you will consider me a fine suitor for I have many buckets of ice cream and plenty of spoons.
The Beatles
PHOENIX
Franz Ferdinand
The Ramones
Blondie
New Order
The Strokes
Weezer
Art Brut
Cold War Kids
Tapes 'n Tapes
The Honorary Title
The Maccabees
Hercules and Love Affair
Patrick Wolf
Delta Spirit
We Barbarians
Air
FOALS
Cut Copy
Metronomy
BLOC PARTY
Small Sins
Scissor Sisters
Beirut
Klaxons
Grizzly Bear
Arctic Monkeys
Devendra Banhart
Arcade Fire
Kings of Leon
The Cribs
The Bravery
The Rakes
The Futureheads
Maxïmo Park
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Paper Route
The Boy Least Likely To
Interpol
Death From Above 1979
OK Go
The Like
Phantom Planet
Rilo Kiley
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
The Hot Tramps
The Brunettes
The Features
Snow Patrol
Delays
Ryan Adams
Sons and Daughters
Bob Dylan
VHS or Beta
People In Planes
We Are Scientists
Black Wire, Editors
The Chalets
Larrikin Love
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Noisettes
Malajube
Tokyo Police Club
Jack Peñate
The Cinematics
Fujiya & Miyagi
The Teenagers
The Rumble Strips
Dr. Dog
Richard Swift
The Gossip
Justice
Reverend and the Makers
Elvis Perkins
White Rabbits
The Virgins
Vampire Weekend
The Black Lips
1990s
Mystery Jets
The Wombats
Sparrow Love Crew
The Crash
Friendly Fires
Cajun Dance Party
Cut Off Your Hands!
Assembly Now
Burmese Days
Metronomy
Noah and the Whale
Old school bluegrass
A little bit of jazz
& much more
There Will Be Blood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Across the Universe, Almost Famous, The Ewok Adventure, Star Wars, Amelie, Georges Franju films, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future II, Wes Anderson films, Harold and Maude, John Candy fims
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
SNL
CBS Sunday Morning
Entourage
Flight of the Conchords
The Simpsons
The Office
Big Love
Pushing Daisies
Chuck
Dr. Who (with David Tennant)
30 Rock
Capote, Orwell, Steinbeck, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Chip Kidd, Andy Greenwald
Richard Engel. Seriously.
Ana Matronic, Alice Neel, Andy Warhol
And all of those who have greatly influenced me.