music, theatre, dance, comedy, world travel, meeting people in far off lands
pauly shore... the weasel makes me blush.
biggest musical inspirations *takes deep breath* - Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Raphael Saadiq (solo, Tony Toni Tone, Lucy Pearl),Erykah Badu, Jill Sobule, Jill Scott, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Kate Bush, Jurrassic Five, Soulive, Cut Chemist, Dave Matthews Band, Dwele, D'Angelo, Stone Temple Pilots, Prince, Simply Red, Boards of Canada, Mint Condition, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, The Time, Lewis Taylor, The Gap Band, love blaxploitation era - Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Minnie Ripperton, Bloodstone, Bobby Womack - Judy Garland, Dinah Washington, Al Jarreau, Radiohead, Tears For Fears, Journey, Frank Zappa, Chaka Khan, Oleta Adams, Sade, Patrice Rushen, Kellylee Evans, Jamiroquai, Crosby Stills Nash (& Young), The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, Pulp, Le Futur Pompiste, Yes, The Roots, Shweta Jhaveri, Stevie Wonder, Zapp and Roger, India.arie, Silverchair, Beck, Lauryn Hill, Sting, My Bloody Valentine, Jon Brion, Bjork, Cibo Matto, all kinds of world music...it goes on and on.
Catch-22, anything Kurt Vonnegut, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a lot of non-fiction, history books, delightfully witty British novels, books with subtle political 'undertones' that I never pick up on, and although not exactly 'books', I enjoy reading National Geographic a great deal.
the queen..