exhalting the heroes and heroines of the true and honorable. anything Elvis. noting how the Japanese will take everything American and do it better. finding subversive pop elements in common places. fighting the evil empire. painting the town red. then painting it black.
I'd like to meet:
Kevin Ayers, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Pete Townshend, Bryan Ferry, Nick Lowe, Stephen Colbert...and other smart sassy people
Music:
powerpop, art-rock, BritPop, glam-rock, punk-pop, punk-funk, electro-pop, indie-rock, new wave, soul-pop, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's girl groups, Motown, folk, good-time rock'n'roll
Movies:
Kieslowski's Red, Boogie Nights, the Kids Are Alright, Rock'n'Roll Circus, Man Who Fell to Earth, Space is the Place, the Shining, the Servant, the Jerk, Blow-Up, 24-Hour Party People, Pootie Tang, Born to Boogie, Rock'n'Roll High School, No Direction Home, True Stories, DIG!, Punk Attitude, Live Forever...
Books:
Flannery O'Connor, Society of the Spectacle/Debord, Soft Subversions/Guattari, Ecstasy of Communication/Baudrillard, Vertical Color of Sound...
Heroes:
Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers, Ray Davies, Nick Lowe, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, Chrissie Hynde, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Bob Dylan, David Byrne, Nina Simone, Kimya Dawson, Jarvis Cocker...