Rock, soul, jazz, & easy listening music, fashions, movies, television shows, and other culture from the 1960's; music of today, including rock, soul, dance music, jazz, and gozadera; reading nonfiction, mysteries and action thriller books; going to live music concerts and West Coast Live broadcasts; animals; enjoying good food and friendship. Helping out with my local and global community. Also: Amateur deejaying at Indie Circus, attending local trunk shows such as Feria Urbana, Frank and Arpel, Chillin', Vestita Roupa, and any street fair involving my favorite local clothes and jewelry designers. Contributing donations to my favorite causes. :)
Sweet, sincere and decent people who inspire me and make me happy. Warm, positive and intelligent people that love life and adventure. They care about themselves, and thus enable people to care about them, too. Low key, but with a life force and a good sense of humor.
Then: The Beatles, The Small Faces, early Who, early Kinks, The Creation, The Flamin' Groovies, Little Anthony And The Imperials, The Flamingos, David Bowie, early Rolling Stones(up to Tattoo You), Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, The Supremes, Martha And the Vandellas, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, The Marvelettes, too many other Sixties girl groups to name, Carole King, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Herb Alpert, Immediate Records artists, Vevet Underground and Nico, Brasil '66, Brenton Wood, Sylvester, Chic, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, KC And The Sunshine Band, too many other disco bands to name, too many other 1960's British Invasion bands to name. Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, The Mamas And The Papas. Early Oasis, Blur, XTC, Gang of Four, The Buzzcocks, Suede, Pulp, Marion, Rialto, X, X-Ray Spex, Bow Wow Wow, Sex Pistols, Blondie, The Clash, Joan Jett, Romeo Void, The Go-Go's, Bernard Butler, McAlmont and Butler, The Loved Ones, The Kinetics, The Decibels, Pansy Division, The Pattern, Deathray, The Hi-Fives, The Kirby Grips, early Sleater-Kinney, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Plastic Bertrand, Francoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigette Bardot, Jacques Dutronc, Applesaucer, Dora Flood, The Plus Ones, Mr. T Experience, The Queers' album "Don't Back Down", The Sugarcubes, early White Stripes, early Gossip, The Specials, Madness, The English Beat, Los Bravos, Sex 66, The Carrie Nations, The Walker Brothers, The Indiana Experiment, The Pleased, The Greefs, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Altered Images, early Belle And Sebastian, The Libertines, The MusicNow: Loquat, The Herms, Scissor Sisters, The Tears, The Effection, Dirty Pretty Things, "Delivery" by Babyshambles, Kasabian, The Long Blondes, The Arctic Monkeys, The Pigs, An Untitled Music Project, The Bamboo Kids, The Cribs, The Editors, The Rakes, The Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, The Rapture, Moving Units, !!!, Sons and Daughters, Gruff Rhys, Every Move A Picture, The Lovemakers, Persephone's Bees, The Sleaves, Bart Davenport, Paul Bertolino, The Losin' Streaks, The Troublemakers, The Shruggs, Harold Ray Live In Concert, The Smugglers, The Strokes, the first Interpol album, The Chantigs, Bevelacqua, Magic Christian, White Rose Movement, Metric's song "Monster Hospital", Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Of Montreal, Primal Scream, The Longcut, Bloc Party, The Futureheads, The High Speed Scene, The Jet Set, Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen, Ash, Bjork, The Killers, The Bravery(Yes, I know), Von Iva, Oranger, Red Planet, Gravy Train!!!!, Hey Willpower, Princess Superstar, more that I know I've forgotten; oh yeah, Kinky and Los Amigos Invisibles. :) More bands I love: The Spinto Band, Art Brut, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, The Moore Brothers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ambulance LTD, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Unitard, Cash Machine, Polyester(DJ duo), Too Many DJs, Gnarls Barkley, Swing Out Sister, Saint Etienne, Peaches, Scissors For Lefty, Deerhoof, The Bird And The Bee, Field Music. Poppy, dancey, melodic, intelligent bands that hit my sweet spot. :) Soulwax. The Makes Nice, YOU RULE! :D Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson, 1990s, Mother And The Addicts, The Pipettes, The View, The Fratellis, Society, LCD Soundsystem, Charlotte Gainsbourg. More old school: Timebox, Les Fleurs Des Lys,The Pretty Things. More new school: Reverend And The Makers, The Hives, Bellavista, Gogol Bordello, Datarock, Shitdisco, The Wombats. Her Grace The Duchess is so FUCKING AWESOME!!!! :D LoveLikeFire, The Hundred Days, Ming and Ping, The Brunettes, Pin Me Down
A Hard Day's Night, the musical sections of Help!, Tampopo, L.A. Story, Austin Powers: Man of Mystery, The Mayor Of Sunset Strip, A Fish Called Wanda, Life Of Brian, The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill, March Of The Penguins, early James Bond, D.O.A., The Godfather Pts. 1 and 2, Petulia, Blow Up, The Kids Are Alright, Tonite Let's All Make Love In London, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movies, The Ramones: End Of The Century, Dance Craze, The T.A.M.I. Show, Brokeback Mountain, Foul Play, Three of Hearts, Caveh Zahedi's I Am A Sex Addict, I Shot Andy Warhol, Beauty Pt. 2, Ciao! Manhattan, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls, Psych-Out, Riot In The Streets, Having A Wild Weekend, Children Of Men, An Inconvenient Truth, Little Miss Sunshine, Batman, Spiderman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ratatouille, Sicko
Link TV, Eye On The Bay, MTV2's Wildboyz & Team Sanchez, 60 Minutes, Bay Cafe, PBS Saturday morning cooking shows, Frontline, Nature, Nova, The Food Network, MTV2's Subterranean and Subterranean UK, Check Please Bay Area, Animal Planet, music specials featuring my favorite artists, anything by Monty Python, Oprah, Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers, The Josh Kornbluth Show, Austin City Limits, early Saturday Night Live, The Dog Whisperer, Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmerman, Bay Area Backroads, The Colbert Report
It Was Thirty Years Ago Today: The Beatles Photographed By Terence Spencer, A Private View: The Beatles by Robert Freeman, The Beatles: The Essential Photographs by Dezo Hoffman, Radical Rags by Joel Lobenthal, Making Tracks: The Rise of Blondie by Chris Stein and Deborah Harry with Victor Bockris, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, The Rudi Gernreich Book by Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton, The End Of Innocence, The Biography of Emilio Pucci, Destroy: The Sex Pistols, The Beatles Anthology, Marilyn Monroe by Milton Green, All Too Beautiful(Biography of Steve Marriott) by John Hellier and Paolo Hewitt, Edie(Biography of Edie Sedgwick) by Jean Stein, Labels Unlimited: Rough Trade, by Rob Young, Marilyn Monroe's autobiography(Photos by George Barris), Idols: Marilyn Monroe(Taschen Press), Kaiser Chiefs Scrapbook
Subcommandante Marcos and the Zapatistas, Bono, Martin Luther King, Jr., The San Francisco Green Party, Chris Martin, Code Pink, MoveOn.org, World Of Good, Global Exchange, all SF/Bay Area clothes designers/artists/musicians, ImpeachBush.org, World Can't Wait, MomsRising.org