pop culture, cultural analysis, trend research, good food, mid century modern furniture, international development, architecture and urban planning, modern fiction, new york, fashion, accessories, product development
entrepreneurs, cynical do-gooders, design freaks.someone who can explain to me why myspace is now the fourth most popular website on the internet. preferably someone who isn't 15.and people who are handy, or can drive me to ikea.
lcd soundsystem, yo la tengo, the supremes, serge gainsbourg, hot chip, luna, neil young, le mans, erasure, rachmaninoff, chopin
old school, office space, the lives of others, before sunrise, before sunset, la strada, do the right thing, sideways, wuthering heights (1939), the apartment, splendor in the grass, imitation of life, a room with a view, l'auberge espagnole, war and peace, layer cake, flashdance, reality bites, empire strikes back, temple of doom, princess bride. and at various (past) points in time, anything with --- laurence olivier, harrison ford, kenneth branagh
project runway, arrested development, grey's anatomy, ugly betty, heroes
prep, wind up bird chronicle, high fidelity, sex drugs and cocoa puffs, middlesex, the corrections, interpreter of maladies, the decameron, flophouse, wuthering heights, pride and prejudice, kitchen confidential, the soul of a chef, ten years of madness (oral histories of china's cultural revolution), and junk from the internet