art, lit, flicks and everything else.
"after they had explored all the suns in the universe, and all the planets of all the suns, they realized that there was no other life in the universe, and that they were alone. and they were very happy, because then they knew it was up to them to become all the things they had imagined they would find."-lanford wilson 'fifth of july'
in no order really: living things, arcade fire, the academy is, bob dylan, the beatles, beck, bloc party, buddy holly, bright eyes, bush, the cars, johnny cash, the clash,the black keys, the darkness, the detachment kit, dimnu, the faint, hot hot heat, misfits, modest mouse, the ramones, louis XIV, tom vek, donovan, neutral milk hotel, the velvet underground, lou reed, the pixies, radio 4, the postal service, queen, the strokes, ugly cassanova, the white stripes, the yeah yeah yeahs, the killers, johnny mathis, green day, franz ferdinand, the coldwar kids, the rolling stones, most anything classic rock or 80's actually, of course the spinnings of kiss and tell and dj elhaam, this list could go on and on...
in no order whatsoever: rules of attraction, edward scissorhands*, sleepy hollow, i heart hukabees, donnie darko, sin city, kill bill vol. 1 and vol. 2, full metal jacket, the goonies, the dreamers, i shot andy warhol, batman returns, e.t., the godfather, indiana jones and the temple of doom, the silence of the lambs, the passion of the christ, willie wonka/charlie and the the chocolate factory, big fish, harold and maude, rocky horror picture show, sunset blvd., psycho, ferris bueller's day off, dr. strangelove: or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, the shining, being john malcovich, the usual suspects, napolean dynamite, chicago, s.l.c. punk, the breakfast club, scream, spaceballs, american beauty, monster squad, the color purple, orange county, pulp fiction, surviving picasso, polluch, walk the line, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, almost famous, girl interrupted, resevoir dogs, big fish, fight club, clue, fear and loathing in las vegas, sleepy hollow, a christmas story, elizabeth, orlando, dick tracy, toys, i am sam, stargate, tombstone, willow, remember the titans, mudhoney, stranger than fiction, home alone, the aviator, ferris bueller's day off, office space, forrest gump, tutus, mallrats, empire records, matchstick men, clay pigeons, psycho (the original), lost boys, back to the future, rushmore, clerks II (i'ven't seen the first one yet, strangley), stranger than fiction, (if i've repeated any, i apologize)...there's an infinite more...i work in a movie theatre, enough said? *please note that although i said "in no particular order" this film is by far the greatest film of all time.
THE NEWS (fox, cnn, nbc, cbs, msnbc, c-span, the bbc...i love them all), the office, desperate housewives (only with josie and on sunday nights...unless we work than monday afternoons with no more than one bottle of wine), weeds, curb your enthusiasm, the real world denver (only on wednesday's with rebecca), the biography channel, tlc...also, freaks and geeks was one of the most amazing shows ever...whoever cancelled it is a bad person.
prozac nation, now more again, the works of poe, anything by david sedaris, anything by anne rice (also her trilogy on sleeping beauty), coldheart canyon, books of blood, incredibly loud and extremely close, oh the places you'll go, the rules of attraction, there's more...many, many more...i just can't think of them all right now.
people who can be real without ruining the illusion of it all.