Art (too much to mention), architecture (bridges), history, foreign film and the classics, world travel, cello & violin, cooking, good food & conversation, new languages, romance, my Oscar, random art projects, fast cars, Quantum Mechanics, DARK poetry, dressage, Christian Louboutin shoes, Ancient Egypt & Rome, the outdoors, scuba diving, kickboxing, watching futbol-Forza Azzurri & Juventus, my wonderful family & friends, yoga, the tango, the flamenco, good comedy, animal rights, Amnesty International, live music, dancing, random acts of mischief, offending the faint of heart, doing a shark dive, someday perhaps flying in a MIG jet and doing a HALO jump at 30,000 ft.... ..
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you know who you are.
Tricky, Faithless, Bjork, Thievery Corporation, Royksopp, Ladytron, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, Coldplay, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Young Love, Stone Roses, Placebo, Interpol, Kooks, Smashing Pumpkins, The Libertines, Babyshambles, Kasabian, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Dandy Warhols, Sundays, Good Shoes, Oasis, Blur, Ian Brown, Verve, Spoon, Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Dirty Pretty Things, Joy Division, Keane, The Horrors, The Cure, Klaxons, Phoenix, Cold War Kids, Franz Ferdinand,The Clash, The Specials, U2, Beth Orton, New Order, Paola e Chiara, Lovage, Tatu, Linda, Sia, Deftones, Chemical Brothers, Superbus, Madonna, David Bowie, The Cars, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Bush, Klaxons, Portishead, Cranberries, Cardigans, Morningwood, James Blunt, Sex Pistols, Blonde Redhead, Kings of Convenience, Postal Service, Decemberists, Blue Ribbon, Jets, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Pixies, Bond, Elliott Smith, Blondie, Tori Amos, Gotan Project, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Streets, Frou Frou, Sex Pistols, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, Imogen Heap, 311, Dido, Sade, kid Alex, Tiesto, Sasha, Gabriel and Dresden, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Shadow, Delerium, LCD Soundstystem, The Radio Dept, Hooverphonic, Trentemoller, Nouvelle Vague, Rilo Kiley, Murder By Death, Enya, Neil Young, Cream, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac, John Lennon/Beatles, John Mayal, Sting, Led Zeppelin, The Scorpions, Def Leppard, Brazillian girls, Ian Pooley, Luomo, Marcus Intalex, Feist, Kaskade, LeTigre, Gorillaz, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Chibo Mato, Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, Miguel Migs, Regina Spektor, Utada Hikaru, Depeche Mode, Enigma, Frank Sinatra, Paris Combo, Velvet Underground, Sting, The Doors, Duran Duran, Joan Jet, Chrissy Hines, Pat Benetar, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Aaliya, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Snoop, Mary J Blige, Lil' Kim, Erika Badu, Edith Piaf, Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Beuna Vista Social Club, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Mel Torme, Celia Cruz, Shakira, Santana, Brigitte Bardot, Le Quitrich, Latin Jazz, Blues, Big Band, Classical (Verdi, Satie, Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, etc..), Sounds of the Mediterranean, Afro-Brazilian, Reggae, Rap, Hip-hop, Classic soul, Colombian, vive la fete, Yves Montand, Brigitte Fontaine, etc..
Metropolis, Die Buechse der Pandora/Pandora's Box, Trois Couleurs: Bleu/Blanc/Rouge, Belle de Jour, Le Mepris, Masculin Feminin, A Bout de Souffle, Alphaville, Playtime, Dr. Zhivago, Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie, Un Chien Andalou, Persona, Enemy at the Gates, Ronin, The Professional, The Saint, Russian Ark, Solyaris, The Hunt for Red October, Matrix, Pi, Godfather I-III, James Bond series, Mission Impossible, Angel-A, Queen Margot, Casablanca, Jane Eyre, Elisabeth, Frida, Run Lola Run, Dangerious Liasions, La Femme Nikita, La Regle du Jeu, Alfred Hitchock..Shiri, Lost in Translation, STRATOSPHERE GIRL, Tampopo, 2046, In the Mood For Love, Kill Bill, Indochine, Attack the Gas Station, Kiss the Dragon, Hero, Bruce Lee & Jet Li films, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Bloodsport, The Last Emperor, Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers, Nobody Knows, Memoirs of a Geisha, Legend of Suriyothai..
Gladiator, Cleopatra, Caesar, Indiana Jones, Troy, Romancing the Stone, Alexander the Great, Kingdom of Heaven, The 13th Warrior, Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian/Red Sonja, Blade Runner, Resident Evil, Lara Croft, Foxy Brown, Cleopatra Jones..
Underworld, Interview with a Vampire, Bramstoker's Dracula, Queen of the Damned, Lost Boys, Vampyr, 28 Days Later, Abres los Ojos, Labrynth, The Dark Crystal, Legend, The Never Ending Story, Clash of the Titans, Time Bandits..
The Big Blue, The Red Violin, Amelie, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Only You, Serendipity, The Talented Mr Ripley, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Last of the Mohicans, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Its a Beautiful Life, The Perez Family, Monsoon Wedding, Veer & Zaara, Casablanca, Room with a View, War and Peace, Love Actually, About a Boy, Anything Federico Fellini, Caligula, Otto e Mezzo, La Dolce Vita, Il Postino, Lola or Donna di Vita, Romeo and Juliet, Chocolat....
National Lampoon's Vacation series, Johnny Stecchino, Naked Gun, Mr. Bean, The Man Who Knew Too Little..
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman." -Anais Nin
Dante's Divine Comedy, The Art of War, Marcus Aurelius, The DaVinci Code, The Alchemist, Diary of Frida Kahlo, The Historian, Siddhartha, To the Scaffold: Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth and Mary, The Last Days of Henry the VIII, Spy Handler, The Sling and the Stone:On War in the 21st Century. Favorite magazine: Vanity Fair
"Every society honours its live conformists and dead trouble-makers." -Mignon McLaughlin