i like cycling, good music, science fiction [books and movies], politics [int'l & local], architecture, and spending time with my friends. a good book is better than a good tv show any day, and a good record is almost as good as sex, which is [in turn] almost as good as anything else, which includes sleeping. sleeping is probably one of the best things in life.
punks, rap nerds, people obsessed with stationery, brunettes, employers, radio geeks, musicians, readers, writers, and haberdashers.
the police, the clash, bruce springsteen, elvis costello, bettie serveert, the cure, chalk circle, the dears, stars, bloc party, arcade fire, the weakerthans, interpol, shawn hewitt, and galaxie 500; massive attack, nuyorican soul, goldie, underworld, moonstarr, lal, common, the roots, a tribe called quest, de la soul, pip skid, mcenroe, autechre, carl craig, chris clark, aphex twin, coldcut, plastikman, future sound of london, antibalas, cinematic orchestra, and terry lee brown jr; diamanda galas, godspeed you black emperor!, skinny puppy, john coltrane, miles davis, ry cooder, bjork, johhny cash, low, codeine, and nitin sawhney. stereolab. lee scratch perry. the damned. choke. chokehold. butthole surfers. talking heads. painted thin. the ex. dj food. kid koala. the hidden cameras. broken social scene. mindbender. sunny d. more or les. k-os. venus cures all. phil ochs. propaghandi. swans [how could i forget the swans?!!]. ryuichi sakamoto. alice coltrane [she's freaky, man]. eternia. masia one. the bbc radio workshop guys who made the dr who theme. bach. the guy who did the akira soundtrack. sting [his early stuff]. the silver hearts. smog. prince. michael jackson - thriller years. madonna. cat power. mad professor. neko case. pole. juan atkins. jeff mills. orbital. the orb. dubtribe.
sinead o'connor. peter gabriel. new order. midnight oil. tears for fears. front 242. inxs. frontline assembly. slayer. death. metallica. phleg camp. neil young. the streets. godheadsilo. gangstarr. nas. talib kweli. mos def. nine inch nails. judas priest. guns and roses. silkworm. perfume tree. the sugarcubes. spiritualized. blur. the beatles. black sabbath. no means no. roots manuva. feist. buck 65. k hand. the klf. ohbijou. henri faberge & the adorables.
does the variety of music i like indicate that i have no discretion?
waking life, the thin red line, akira, star wars, the empire strikes back, 2001: a space odyssey, shaun of the dead, alien, aliens, blade runner, touch of evil, crouching tiger hidden dragon, paris texas, requiem for a dream, life aquatic with steve zissou, the incredibles, solaris, the killer, the killers, king kong, the last unicorn, howl's moving castle, spirited away, fantasia, the last waltz, manufacturing consent, the end of suburbia, silent hill.
battlestar galactica, law & order, stargate: atlantis, dead like me, medium, the wedge, the national, the hour, cp24, situation room, the daily show, the colbert report, big ideas
frank herbert, john brunner, octavia butler, james tiptree junior, noam chomsky, naomi wolf, paulo freire, j.r.r. tolkien, john varley, connie willis, jim munroe, neal stephenson, robert jordan, william gibson, neil gaiman, isaac asimov, robert heinlein, douglas adams, charles de lint, norman spinrad, jay mcinerny [is that how you spell it?], douglas coupland, ursula leguinn, andre norton, lois mcmaster bujold, ray bradbury, phillip k dick, peter s. beagle, john brunner, matthew lasar, matthew collin, eduardo galeano.
my mom.