I'd like to meet:
Music:
jackson browne, vic chesnutt, harry belafonte, the go-betweens, joy division, new order, jim croce, gordon lightfoot, cat stevens, kraftwerk, the boss, talking heads, t. rex, led zeppelin, "crazy intense" jazz, elvis presley, howlin' wolf, david bowie, buddy holly, unwound, hugo largo, built to spill, galaxie 500, low, the who, beat happening, fairport convention, nick drake, the kinks, neil young, the cure, the jesus&mary chain, elvis costello&the attractions, wire, xtc, television, fugazi, roxy music, neutral milk hotel, hall&oates, up bustle&out, the feelies, yo la tengo and I also really like most of Carly Simon's "No Secrets" and "Hotcakes" albums. I have them both on this special long-play cassette from the 70s that came packaged in something that looks like it should contain a deck of cards.
Movies:
over the edge, auntie mame, the sound of music, amateur, the apartment, bill & ted's bogus journey, napoleon dynamite, three days of the condor, mary poppins, it happened one night, douglas sirk melodramas, a woman under the influence, Mahogany, class, The Science of Sleep. dude, i think inland empire blew my mind, dude.
Television:
Dallas, Twin Peaks, Good Times, One Day at a Time, Days of Our Lives, Saturday Night Live, Nova, Frontline, First Person, and the Jeffersons
Books:
the idiot, the waves, the rainbow, the new york times book of science literacy, all barry gifford and lydia davis, harmonium, the secret history, ada, or ardor, valley of the dolls, world's end, tread the dark, rescue the dead, illuminations
Heroes:
miss ellie ewing. bill moyers .