I'd like to meet:
you!who are you?
Music:
How about a few bands and types of music that have had profound influence on me? For starters, I was really really into Lawrence Welk and Buck Owens when I was a little kid. Then that somehow morphed into a love of X-Ray Spex, Devo, Buzzcocks, Generation X, Blondie. D.O.A. Crass. American Hardcore (too many bands to list). Mo-dettes. Rites of Spring, Italian hardcore. Jimi Hendrix. Carmina Burana. Then there was the live performance of Sarafina! Thelonious Monk. Syd Barrett, Moondog. Patti Smith. Fugazi. Can. Biota. Pierre Henry. The Raincoats. Yoko Ono. Nick Drake. Francoise Hardy. Caroliner Rainbow. Dirty Three. Brian Eno. Dazz Band. Apples in Stereo. Neutral Milk Hotel. Incredible String Band. Zmrzlina. Classical Cambodian music. Eric Satie. Funkadelic. Brian Eno. Space. Orissi music (classical Indian). Sikkimese Lullabies. Japanese folk dance music. Glass of Water. Nino Rota. Joabim. Baguette Quartet. Am I still being inspired? How's that for a glimpse?
Movies:
Recent Fave Movie: I'm Not There.
Recent Fave DVDs: Fearless Freaks. The Screamers live in San Francisco.
Some all time favorites: The Piano, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Woman Under the Influence, Time of the Gypsies, Wizard of Oz, any Tarkovsky, Fellini's The Clowns, Battle of Algiers, Santa Sangre, 2000 Maniacs, Desperate Living
Television:
Crank Yankers, Six Feet Under, The Office, Da Ali G Show, Captain Kangaroo. Little Britain.
Books:
Recent Fave Book: Dream of the Earth.
The Way of the White Clouds, Love and Longing in Bombay, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, The Bone People, The God of Small Things, Dancing in Cambodia
Heroes:
Lama Anagarika Govinda, Thich Nhat Hanh, St. Francis of Assisi. My friend Maura. Lenora Carrington. David Lynch. Asako Takami.