Looking for records, old movies (anything from the 20s through the 60s), Beat poetry, 19th century poetry, making spaghetti for my gal and for friends,deejaying, collecting postcards, doing research on character actors, sending out emails, looking at pretty girls, listening to music, etc.
Dr. Demento, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, Weird Al Yankovic, Matt Groening, V. Vale, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and other groovy icons. Plus like minded folks who dig groovy sounds and films (mostly from the 20s through the 60s).
The Byrds, Beatles, Spike Jones, Stan Freberg, Bing Crosby (esp from the 30s), Louis Armstrong, Velvet Underground, stuff you here on Dr. Demento, Beau Brummels, Luv'd Ones, We the People, The Zombies, Dick Price, Six Jumping Jacks, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, Music Machine, Bo Diddley, Fats Waller, Homer and Jethro, John Barry, Nick Drake, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Bessie Smith, Bobby Fuller, Small Faces, Blind Blake, Boswell Sisters, Flamin' Groovies, Paul Whiteman, Jelly Roll Morton, Eubie Blake, Bob Dylan, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Holly Golightly, Martin Denny, Billy Mure, Billy May, Allen Sherman, Mickey Katz, Yogi Yorgesson, Memphis Jug Band, Monkees, Charlie Poole and thousands more!60s gararge/surf/psych/bubblegum/mod/soul/etc; anything from 1925 to 1933; novelty records from the 40s/50s/60s; all gal garage bands; exotica/lounge/tiki; thrift store oddities; and lots, lots more!!!
Love: Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chase, Little Rascals, Three Stooges, Clark and McCullough, W.C. Fields, Jimmy Durante, Clara Bow, Betty Compson, Louise Brooks, Joan Blondell, b/w Cartoons (Popeye, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Betty Boop, etc),film noir,60s groovy films, 50/60s exploitation/sexploitation,Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,Yellow Submarine, Blast Off Girls, Bucket of Blood, Marx Bros, Sherlock Jr and hundreds more!
The Simpsons and King of the Hill, my all time favs! Also love 60s variety shows, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and ommercials from the 50s/60s!
Favorite Writer: Charles Bukowski (fellow heavy drinker, scumbag, and lover of the ladies!)Favorite poet: Walt WhitmanAlso dig: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and most of the beat heroes; Emily Dickinson, The Brownings, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, T.S.Elliott, books on old movies and music (esp reference books), books with lots of vintage nude photos and pinups, and anything on Bettie Page!
Dr. Demento (listening to his radio show when I was a teen broadened my musical tastes considerably)V. Vale (for his amazing variety of books that he publishes with his company, Research. The Incredibly Strange Music Books also helped pave the way for my restless search for odd sounds from the past).Miles Kreuger (thee foremost theatre historian in the U.S. Nice guy, and has an amazing collection of records, photos, films, etc).Bettie Page, Blaze Starr, and all the pinups/burlesque dancers from the 50s/60s (I can't thank ya'll enough!)