Music:
Siki Siki Baba
Movies:
I consider film to be the most powerful form of fine art. Not only does it serve the narrative and documentary processes, it serves the common collective creative good; it is dynamic, emotionally evocative, and in my opinion, awe-inspiring on a grand scale. With that said, some of my favorites, as well as films I'm looking forward to, areee...
The Aviator
The Departed
Gangs of New York
Taxi Driver
I Call First
There Will Be Blood
After Hours
Volver
LA Confidential
Pat and Mike
Bringing Up Baby
James Bond
Arsenic and Old Lace
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Manchurian Candidate (orig)
Network
Incident at Loch Ness
The Namesake
Catch Me If You Can
Ocean's 11 & 12
IQ (srsly)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Blow Up
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Une femme est une femme
Blood Diamond
Because I Said So
A Good Year
Documentaries
To See:
Australia
Body of Lies
Quantum of Solace
Silence
Revolutionary Road
I Served the King of England
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Public Enemies
Viaggio a Tulum
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Inglorious Bastards
Micmacs à tire-larigot
Red Roses and Petrol
State of Play
Nottingham
The Brothers Bloom
Miracle at St. Anna
Star Trek
The Piano Tuner
Valkyrie
Sukiyaki Western Django
Television:
The Big Bang Theory
That 70's Show
Ace of Cakes
True Blood
House
Monk
Gallery/History on NASA
Discovery Channel
Green Network
Current Channel
MGM Channel
Books:
Revolutionary Road
The Beach
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Wuthering Heights
Pride & Prejudice
Gatsby
Heyday
Jaguars and Electric Eels
Howard Hughes: The Untold Story
Travelogues (Bill Bryson is a favorite)
Without Feathers
Edward O. Wilson's works
Garrison Keillor
Rimbaud
The World Is Flat
Oxford World Atlas
GOOD Magazine
NatGeo
...and the occasional book judged by its cover.
Heroes:
Martin Scorsese
Howard Hughes
Thelma Schoonmaker
Katharine Hepburn
Archibald Leach
Robert DeNiro
Ridley Scott
Leo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
Dante Ferretti
Django Reinhardt
The Rolling Stones
Russell Crowe
James Bond
Harvey Keitel