friction, dolly parton, richard simmons, drag queens, confrontations, donkeys, elephants, raking light, candlelight, the moon, horses, ink, masking tape, diatoms, the sound of cats eating crackers
gentlemen of the long-haired persuasion--i don't necessarily want to meet these types, but i do enjoy staring at them. people who can activate my ridiculous side. croatians. anyone who wants to go to a blues club w/ me.
The Singing Cat! As Seen On The Tonight Show! - Watch a funny movie here
pleasant sounds i can work to. piano-y, country-y, folk-y, rock-y, orchestral, music-y. silverchair, ani difranco, patty griffin, bjork, radiohead, portishead, sneaker pimps, etta james, sheryl crow, david garza, tori amos, flaming lips, steve burns, rilo kiley, white stripes, jill sobule, bob dylan, lyle lovett, the aquabats, wilco, neutral milk hotel, ben folds, patsy cline, the dissociatives, liz phair, loretta lynn, nellie mckay, dolly parton, brandi carlile, kelly willis, antony and the johnsons, and the like.
artsy, foreign, and weird shit. from wes anderson, to lynch, to svankmajer, to mystery science theater 3000, to bollywood...
Six Feet Under, Daily Show, Colbert, Conan, cartoons (esp. courage the cowardly dog), the state, upright citizens brigade, kids in the hall, strangers with candy, mr. show, project runway(!). as for stuff that actually PLAYS on tv these days...well, chicago's got some ridiculous cable access that's some of the best entertainment i've seen in awhile.
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, billy collins, margaret atwood, john donne, ray bradbury, tove jansson, jose saramago, wally lamb, garcia marquez, nietzsche; Bless Me Ultima, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, most of those high school books. magical realism, like whoa. I, Lucifer by Glenn Duncan. Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Fernea. sylvia plath, virginia woolf, salman rushdie, Women of Sand and Myrrh, antoine de saint-exupery. Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier. Air Guitar by Dave Hickey
phyllis diller, amy sedaris, peggy hill