truth, beauty, travel, being with friends and family, my boy, foreign films, discovering new music, working out, the ocean, long walks in coats and hats, going to diners/dive bars, coffee, macintosh computers, languages, reading, writing, going to museums, listening to music, vespas, scouring vintage/thrift stores, knitting, warm smiles, daydreaming, biking, lazy sunday afternoons, having a laugh, dancing like a mad thing, fifties culture, eighties music (especially new wave), design magazines, the architecture of antoni gaudi, deconstructing old clothes, jumping on my bed, christmas lights, the creative solitude of 3am...
holden caulfield, paul weller, noam chomsky, charlotte gainsbourg, crafty kids, people who own vespas &work on them themselves, people to speak french with...dreamers, lovers, and fighters.
kent, mew, joy division, new order, the church, beirut, pulp, blur, ride, ulrich schnauss, the kinks, keren ann, the smiths, jens lekman, damien jurado, holly golightly, the concretes, broadcast, the verve, doves, arcade fire, joanna newsom, trespassers william, sdre, lush, the rapture, cut copy, the style council, the zombies, wire, pj harvey, stars, pharrell williams, prince, pinback, nick cave, astrud gilberto, stan getz, curtis mayfield, tom waits, echo and the bunnymen, marvin gaye, al green, the sonics, the jam, lloyd cole, yo la tengo, the cure, the rolling stones, david bowie, bauhaus, amy winehouse, the cardigans, erland oye, kings of convenience, stereolab, the softies, peter bjorn and john, the wannadies, the clientele, starflyer 59, joy electric, velour 100, morella's forest, the pretenders, unwed sailor, the roots, a tribe called quest, common, mos def, talib kweli, dead prez, peggy lee, blossom dearie, wanda jackson, dj shadow, dj cam, dj krush, the faint, clap your hands say yeah, ivy, autour de lucie, the english beat, the specials, the album leaf, trembling blue stars, cinerama, my brightest diamond, all-girl summer fun band, saturday looks good to me, michael nyman, tortoise, the sea and cake, azure ray, coco rosie, the be-good tanyas, jolie holland, the flaming lips, squarepusher, autechre, mu-ziq, portishead, mewithoutyou, cornelius, the psychedelic furs, cocteau twins, peter murphy, james, bloc party, stone roses, interpol, billy bragg, the waterboys, mum, sigur ros, !!!, cat power, daft punk, the police, roxy music, neutral milk hotel, notwist, fourtet (is anyone still reading this?)...and anything recommended by brian, eric, rich, or allison.
any jim jarmusch or wim wenders film; willy wonka and the chocolate factory (OG version), shaun of the dead, breakfast at tiffany's, wings of desire, faraway so close, small change, blade runner, city of lost children, koyaanisquatsi, district b13, the royal tenenbaums, everything is illuminated, valley girl, cinema paradiso, rushmore, the life aquatic, the u.s. versus john lennon, pretty in pink, noi albinoi, quadrophenia, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, umbrellas of cherbourg, ...
bbc's "spaced", "the office" or "ab fab". "planet earth" is also amazing...that's about it.
catcher in the rye, j.d. salinger. me talk pretty one day, david sedaris. book of hours, rainer maria rilke. le petit prince, antoine de saint-exupery. culture jam, kalle lasn. the giving tree, shel silverstein. the melancholy death of oyster boy&other stories, tim burton.and any of the writings of soren kierkegaard, kahlil gibran, donald miller, c.s. lewis, jane austen, or j.d. salinger.
those who know what it means to love.