Books. Music. Cocktail dresses. Art. Theater. Good movies. Louise Brooks. Psychology. History. The Jazz Age. Humanity. Fine china. Peace. Historical houses. Voodoo. Love. The French Revolution. World Mythology. Words. Louisiana swamps. Architecture. The Archetype of the Witch. Dreams. Beautiful Fabrics. Cathedrals. Creepy staircases that lead to attics spun with cobwebs.
I would have loved to hang out with Dottie P back in the day. I think that round table would have suited me quite well indeed.
ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE A REMOTE CONNECTION TO TRENT REZNOR, MY ONE TRUE MUSICAL LOVE. The White Stripes. The Cure. Maria Callas. Bossa Nova. The Smiths. Nina Simone. Red House Painters. Flamenco. Chamber Music. Harry Connick. Zydeco. Max Raabe and the Palaster Orchester. Ella Fitzgerald. John Denver (shut up, I grew up in the 70s, okay?). 80's pop and new wave. Late 80s, early 90s alternative. Janet Klein. Scott Joplin. Etta James. Billie Holiday. Jane's Addiction.
Pandora's Box. The Great Gatsby. Harold and Maude. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Winslow Boy. Labyrinth. Everything is Illuminated. Closer. Stage Beauty. The House of Yes. The Ring. Most movies based on Jane Austen's work. Solaris. Amelie. Tous les Matins du Monde. Down With Love. Mrs. Dalloway. Old School. House of Flying Daggers. Moulin Rouge. The Exorcist (I only saw it once, but it's always stayed with me as the scariest damn movie ever made.) Wide Sargasso Sea. Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle. I was once quite the horror movie buff, but it's all caught up with me. I rarely sleep and am always looking over my shoulder. I run down dark hallways and hate to venture into nature at night. The usual, as Katie would say.
Absolutely Fabulous. Frasier. Bewitched (Dick York only). Arrested Development. Real Time With Bill Maher. 30 Rock. And yes, I am totally addicted to General Hospital. Shut up!
Dorothy Parker. Jane Austen. Anything by a Bronte. Gregory Maquire. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kurt Vonnegut. Oscar Wilde. Chomsky. Wally Lamb. James Joyce. Joseph Conrad. Thomas Hardy. William Faulkner. Joseph Campbell. Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters/Elizabeth Mertz. Perfume by Suskind. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (named my daughter after this book!). Elizabeth von Arnim. Milan Kundera. Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Gaston Leroux. Victor Hugo. Daphne DuMaurier. I have a penchant for gothic novels of mid-twentieth century--crumbling castles, unexpected inheritances, attempted murders, etc. You can only find them in mouldering used bookshops. Michael Malone. Christopher Hitchens.
On my dark days: Dorothy Parker for her acerbic wit. On my bright days: Eddie Izzard for erasing prejudices with an amazing humor. And Louise Brooks everyday.