music, writing, knitting, snacks, 826 Seattle , making a spectacle of myself on stage
Arthur Russell or Klaus Nomi or Derek Jarman. But they're all dead.
Marc Almond, Julie London, Antony + The Johnsons, Hercules & Love Affair, Radio Disney, Arthur Russell, '60s girl groups, Klaus Nomi, Kylie Minogue, Gavin Friday, Little Annie , Bananarama, Imperial Teen, Diamanda Galas, Neko Case, Kurt Weill, Carolyn Mark, Marlena Shaw, Soft Cell, Cristina , Kate Bush, Merry Clayton, vintage funk and soul, Eurovision entries, Frances Faye, and so many other things it makes my delicate little kopf ache.
Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three, The Pillow Book, Gods & Monsters, Starstruck, Liquid Sky, Metropolis
Mostly TV bores, depresses, or alienates me, but I watch The Simpsons entirely too much, and enjoyed Seasons Two & Three of Project Runway. Law & Order: SVU and CI (esp. with Vincent). Old episodes of Dark Shadows on DVD.
My bookshelves are teeming with entirely too many music biographies and reference books, from Bubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth to Will Friedwald's flawed but essential Jazz Singing. I also enjoy Denton Welch, Oscar Levant, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, and Philip Hoare. Currently on a Dawn Powell kick, thanks to Dave White's gut-bustingly funny Exile In Guyville .
Klaus Nomi, Arthur Russell, Derek Jarman, John Waters, Robert Penland, Antony Hegarty