This is a work in progress...soup, making art, seeing art, tasting art, teaching art, music, andy warhol, the beats, keeping journals, zine-making, writing, learning, beer ( Stella fan), lou reed, the muppets-especially the swedish chef and animal, dogs and animals in general, museums, museum education, photo booths, art education, storms, books, 80s new york, avocados,theater, especially if it involves the body as the tool for expression, reading, bookshops, blueman group, de la guarda, never ending conversations, polaroids, french fries with mayonnaise, art history, new york, scarred people, history in general, london, butoh dance, anatomy books, graphic novels, collaborating with music bands, spontaneous combustion, mail art, ray johnson, buddhism, printmaking, taking odd pictures, finding new music to love, obsessive people, 80s New York, summer of love, DIY productions, polaroids, zen buddhism, creative people, kid's art, punk buddhism, six feet under, crafty people, listening to NPR in the mornings, Mr. Bukowski, coffee....My favorite person for the week is Hubert Selby Jr. for telling me it'll be better tomorrow...
people who make things and who make them well
For now...Lou Reed/ Flaming Lips/ Velvet Underground/ Portishead/ Brian Eno/ John Lennon/ Meredith Monk/ Prodigy/ Massive Attack/ Nick Cave/ Tom Waits/ Cocteau Twins/ Syd Barret/ Cat Stevens/ Fischespooner/ Modest Mouse/ Psychic TV/ Postal Service/ The New York Dolls/ Death Cab for Cutie/ Roger Waters/ Nine Inch Nails/ Chemical Brothers/ David Byrne/ Tricky/ Asian Dub Foundation/ Patti Smith/ Leonard Cohen/ Radiohead/ Joy Division/ Yeah yeah yeahs/ Pixies/ Frank Zappa/ My Bloody Valentine/ Dead Can Dance/ Klaus Nomi/ Coco Rosie/ Rufus Wainwright/ Suicide/ The Fugs/ Sonic Youth/ Echo and the Bunnymen/ Missing Foundation/ Gary Numan/ Shaved Pigs/ Pink Floyd/ Bauhaus/ Galaxie 500/ PJ Harvey/ The The/ The Fall/ The Jesus and Mary Chain/ Cat Power/ Talking Heads/ The Sugarcubes/ This Mortal Coil/ Depeche Mode/ Beastie Boys/ Yo la Tengo/ old school hip-hop/ Einstuerzende Neubauten/ Africa Bambaataa/ David Bowie/ Beck/ The Pogues/ The Beatles/ Jeff Buckley/ Carlos Gardel/ Antony and the Johnsons/ Arcade Fire/ Luna/ Spoon/ Von Sudenfed/ Sigur Ros/ Hooverphonics
Latest loves: Blue in the Face, Born into Brothels. Will always love Woody Allen films. The Wall, Trainspotting, The Nomi Song, Breaking the Waves, The Pillow Book, Tarnation, Velvet Goldmine, Wings of Desire (the dialogues...) and all of Wenders and Jarmusch. Just saw 'Shortbus", it's my new obsession...
Use it as background noise, but Six Feet Under blew me away. I could though, watch cooking shows all day.Why isn't there a radio option here? I love many of the NPR shows...
Lately I'm into reading bios and books like "High on Rebellion". Recently read Kerouac's bio and 'From Beat to Punk' by Bockris and David Wojnarowicz 'Closer to the Knives'. Reading right now: 'Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma by Michael Peppiat and 'The Life of Isamu Noguchi, Journey without borders' by Masayo Duus. Just finished 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' by Hubert Selby Jr. What an amazing book, I adore Selby, he's my new favorite person. Update: I I've fallen in love with 'It's Not Nostalgia' by Michael Lally.I can discuss Dr Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham extensively...
Also a work in progress...linus from peanuts comics, frida kahlo, my students, my dad, leigh bowery, klaus nomi, dada artists, tati, david wojnarowicz, my buddies bukowsky and crumb...