see things i'm about; art, music, fitness, laughter, solitude, good food, coffee/tea, essential oils, good pinot noir, massage, synesthesia, theatre and the big screen, live music, psychology, being ridiculous, philosophy, spirit, buddhism/meditation, alternate states of consciousness, kombucha, herbalism, my garden, my cat tux, flexibility of mind and body, RCC, the smell of jasmine, ylang ylang, violet and rose, and pretty much anything that happens to be tourquoise or orange.
the buddha, kurt vonnegut jr, studs terkel, jeff buckley, charlie rose, andy goldsworthy, frank zappa, david mack, tim burton, david bowie, jesus & mary magdalene, billy bob thornton, whomever sculpted venus of willendorf, a talking dragonfly, bjork, thomas merton (last years), stan lee, my evil twin, my maternal grandfather, jim henson, warren ellis, harriet tubman, jack kerouac, kevin spacey and anyone who might want to help me fund and build a big log cabin in the country with the intention for artistic, literary, musical and educational purposes to thrive on sustainable power in harmony with everything that is, surrounded by open pastures rumbling ever so low with the frolicking of so many llamas and alpacas.
drakkar sauna, modest mouse, the shins, zero 7, jolie holland, soul coughing, sufjan stephens, beck, bjork, tom waits, jeff buckley, rahzel, radiohead, tabla drums, dirty three, blind melon, philip glass, miles davis, bob dylan, donald byrd, ben kweller, ben lee, tori amos, frank zappa, janis joplin, ani difranco, zap mama, pink floyd, iron & wine, nick cave, devendra banhardt, vibraphone, nirvana, morning doves, cracker, the electric catfish, air, harmonica, tabla beat science, praxis, frank vignola, cake, leadbelly, the soggy bottom boys, cat power, vivaldi, laurie anderson, common, portishead, the pixies, the flaming lips, erykah badu, pink floyd, bound stems, jimi hendrix, bill frisell, gogol bordello, billie holiday, heart, fleetwood mac, juliana hatfield, talib kweli, eric clapton, crosby, stills, nash & young, yes, the doubtful guest, smashing pumpkins, ani difranco, nick drake, the andreas kapsalis trio, primus, mirah, Rjd2, cealed kasket, woody guthrie, sublime, lindsay buckingham, led zeppelin, the doors, beatbox, elliot smith, do make say think, buena vista social club, medeski, martin & wood, blur, anjelique kidjoe, the lemonheads, jane's addiction, sonic youth, tortoise, cibo matto, afrocuban allstars, q and not you, architecture in helsinki, oucho sparks, susan tedeschi, de la soul, von frickle, college radio, animal collective, kronos quartet, badly drawn boy, art blakey, jude, water percussion, the trachtenberg family slide show players, buddy miles, the ditty bops, shelby starner, regina spektor, music
me you and everyone we know, the big white, slingblade, fried green tomatoes, i heart huckabees, waking life, office space, ghost world, labyrinth, requiem for a dream, kiss kiss bang bang, parenthood, clay pigeons, sexy beast, old school, what about bob?, ghostbusters, tommy boy, gone in 60 seconds, fight club, rosemary's baby, sin city, anything from woody allen, kevin smith, tim burton, jim henson, quentin tarantino, jim jarmusch, vincent gallo, todd solondz, john waters, charlie chaplin, jan svenkmeyer, the brothers quay....
I don't have much time for tv, but when I make time, it's always for one of the following... late nite with conan, my name is earl, craig ferguson, telemundo, simpsons, pbs.
authors/poets: kurt vonnegut, e.e. cummings, roald dahl, carl gustav jung, douglas adams, neil gaiman, j.r.r. tolkien, thomas merton, thich nhat hanh, chuck palahniuk, jack kerouac, lao tsu, sylvia plath, jostein gaarder, t.s. eliot, j.d. salinger, steve martin.......genres: satire, poetry (mostly modern american and chinese), comics, fantasy, eastern thought, phlisophy, biographies, any good fiction that may lie outside the fringes of satire.Current reading: shopgirl
kurt vonnegut, buddha, girl scouts, people who can always see the bright side and know how to help others to see it, mothers, 3 legged wild animals who should have 4 legs, granny d,