In no order and with no particular degree of devotion: john coltrane, bob marley, bob dylan, kate wolf, masters at work, madder rose, joe bataan, asin, marvin, stevie, gladys, juan de la cruz band, texas, charles mingus, benny goodman, aphex twin, massive attack, burt bacharach, marisa monte, julietta veniegas, underworld, disco (deep and pop), early '80's r&b (Luther, Gap Band, Kool and Gang, Patrice Rushen, etc.), Bob James, bruce springsteen, louis armstrong, freddie aguilar, yo la tengo, ani difranco, eric satie, mark farina, seu jorge, jorge ben, baden powell, the jayhawks, nusret fateh ali khan, george and ira gershwin, lucinda williams, cole porter, philip glass, steve reich, paul weller, bettie serveert, mary lou lord, wu man, boards of canada, nanci griffith, sammy davis jr., uncle tupelo (wilco, sun volt), spearhead, deep house (naked music, miguel migs), victora williams, the coup, that guy i heard years ago busking at 3rd street promenade singing james taylor's "fire and rain"... etc. music, essential like water.
F.W Murnau's Sunrise, Do the Right Thing, In the Mood For Love, The Karate Kid, Akira Kurosawa films, The Corporation, Early Fellini (La Strada, Night of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, I Vitteloni), Vittorio De Sica films (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D), other Italian Neo-Realist (Rossellini, etc), Dolphy movies, Jackie Brown, Japanese masters other than Kurosawa (Ozu, Miziguchi, etc), Running On Empty, '30's-'40's Screwball (The Philadelphia Story, My Man Godfrey, His Girl Friday, etc) - basically most movies made by George Cukor, Howard Hawkes, Preston Sturges and or stars Katherine Hepburne, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Jimmy Stewart, etc., Bogart movies, Mike Leigh movies (Life is Sweett, Naked, All Or Nothing, High Hopes,...), Mouline Rouge, Astaire and Rogers movies, Say Anything, Hitchcock (Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, 30 Steps, North by Northwest, etc.), Le Grande Illusion, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Zhang Yimou movies (To Live, Raise the Red Lantern, etc), Oasis, Bowling for Columbine/Farenheit 9/11, Woody Allen movies (Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Annie Hall, etc,), Merchant/Ivory films (Howard's End, Room With A View, Remains of the Day), Jacque Tati films (Playtime, Mon Uncle), this is crazy. this is like counting my blood cells and naming them. I have to stop...
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Dogeaters by Jessican Hagedorn, Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Exception to the Rulers by Amy Goodman, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, The San Francisco Poets, Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Not As Deep As A Well by Dorothy Parker, Kurosawa autobio, Me by Katherine Hepburn, Paulene Kael stuff, The American Cinema by Sarris, various unfinished stuff...
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