navigating like it's my job, adapting to things better than most (not as good as some), falling in love with phrases daily, passionate conversations about whatever's clver.
I'd like to meet:
people who didn't forget or lose their sense of wonder, curiosity, or predilection for diner/ kooky food.
in practical terms, new people in the boston area who want to hang out, span time, whatever... and friends in other funky places who have lives and couches they want to share. i'll share mine back, promise.
high hopes: gillian welch, danny deck, clea duvall, will oldham, people whose voices i'll fall for.
oh and i only have so many friends because i say yes to most musicians, as they need their music dispersed out there. at the same time, i want to cut that shit down! so unless you are truly sincere, incendiary, or like nothing else, musically, don't add me. also, i don't add nu metal, racists, or pop (except for twee pop or Jon Brion style).
realization: you can't tell the sound of someone's voice from their photos. well, usually you can't. or just how they talk, what they bring up, their temperaments, etc. SO maybe i'm more about meeting than getting stuck in this online limbo. and i think my friends should meet each other.
in other news, i'm as single as a matchstick... but i've got nina simone on the 1's and tom waits on the 2's, so i'm a little busy.
oh, and more people to interview for my conversation blog. or to just read it and take in the conversation. conversationsetc.blogspot.com
Music:
my list was up here since i started a couple years ago, so here's a shorter version that is most relevant now: 14 crates of vinyl and rising, mix tapes (including ones i've yet to make or hear), tom waits in all of his incantations/incarnations, thelonious monk, chet baker, film scores & soundtracks, television, gillian welch, uncletupelo/wilco/tweedyisms, josh ritter, erase errata, the gossip, portishead, m. ward, greg brown, beth orton, kronos quartet, suzanne vega (my first famous person crush), os mutantes, my morning jacket, leonard cohen, rufus wainright, calexico, van morrison (every album), and so many more
Movies:
same as above, this is a short, on-the-spot "new" list: The Fisher King, Do the Right Thing, Almodovar, Herzog, Fassbinder, Cassavetes, Criterion flicks, John Sayles, George Washington, All the Real Girls, Old overlooked corny films (I Love you to Death), Jesus' Son, film adaptations, Science of Sleep & Eternal Sunshine, My Night at Maud's, I Vittelloni, Armacord & other Fellini, Documentaries, movies I want to make with anybody with a camera and a drive, Fugazi: Instrument, Big Time (Tom Waits), Zabriskie Point, Croenenberg, Egoyan, etc. etc. etc.
Television:
wonder years, sessions at west 54th, sunday morning, c-span 1 & 2 (it's funny seeing puppets on tv, it really is), my so called life, northern exposure, pbs specials, parts of movies i've seen on tv, and of course, the weather channel
Books:
alice springs, theodore roethke, anywhere but here, goodbye, colombus, garden state, purple america (well, all rick moody), leonard cohen, raymond carver, ginsberg, as i rarely finish books of his (no good reason), thumpity thump gets dressed, cloud hidde, whereabouts unknown, benji, hicks, tribes, and dirty realists (robert rebein), a change is gonna come: music, race, and the soul of america (craig werner), others (i need to re-do this list still)
Heroes:
gillian welch, my moms and pops, thelonious monk, bus drivers, the characters billy crudup plays
