dance...
family (always first) and friends...
the following in no particular order:
brazil... graffiti... a good drum beat (esp. my dad's - funkiest white guy in Oakland)... warehouses... soul... Ganesh(a)... the Bay Area... riding around with the windows down... chalking sidewalks... duvets... my neighborhood back home (this includes my circus of a house/home)... art folks... spending time with my italian/portuguese side of the family... spending time with the Southern Black side of my family...children... my mom's voice (super chill - like a Sade song)...samba
people who will show me their art - people who will let me visit their warehouses - people who will teach me how to cook their favorite foods - people who will make me my very own special mixtape - people who won't be annoyed when i ask them about their tattoos - people who like to draw on things - men that can carry a (good) conversation with anyone (god that's sexy)...
people with contagious laughs...
my playlist at the current moment:
Electric Feel UK Radio Edit - MGMT
Off to Sea - Love Grenades
Mercury - Bloc Partyif those songs don't make you dance... well then i have little hope for you.on repeat)
KCRW's "Chocolate City" is pure quality as well.
also been rockin' the Freundeskreis - "Mit Dir" is stilllll hot.
CDs that remain in constant rotation: Erykah Badu (Baduizm, Worldwide Underground, New Amerykah)
Mad Hot Ballroom, Lost In Translation, Hedwig & The Angry Inch
i have my vices - but i'm cutting down - trying to get back to the creative....
Black is White is Brown is Tan (real book)
all of Francesca Lia Block's books...seriously...GO BUY THEM! when you read them it's like dreaming in neon...
Peggy Vincent's "Baby Catcher"
My mom used to tell me the story of "Afro Puffs and the Three Bears" that's also a fave... if you don't know you should..
survivors of any kind...
my parents - for knowing, accepting, and practicing love without limitations...