Vintage Italian scooters (Vespas & Lambrettas), my kick-ass all girl scooter club I am in "The Secret Servix Scooter Club", modern and mid-century design, interior design, art & artists: some of my faves being: Mark Ryden, Ed Ruscha, Georges Rouault, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Elizabeth McGrath, Clayton Brothers, Sheryl Schroeder, and the list goes on & on, making art, assemblage as art, rocksteady, old ska, jazz, music in general, my Jack Russell - "Jackson", my chihuahua - "Lu Lu", being healthy, reading, traveling, hot glue, my friends, good red wine, my family, my amazing mom, my HOT boyfriend, cupcakes, airstreams, cool shoes, yummy perfume, pedicures, being a girl, tattoos, lusting after expensive handbags, etc...etc...etc...
my boyfriend's mother - so i can tell her what an awesome job she did raising her son....oh, and snoop dogg.
Alton Ellis, Desmond Dekker, Skatalites, Phyllis Dillon, Justin Hinds & The Dominos, Jackie Mittoo, Don Drummond, Lee Perry, Paragons, Ethiopians, Gaylettes, Bob Marley, Doreen Schaffer this list will go on & on & on...I love rocksteady and traditional ska...this is the music that makes me. I also like some new stuff - Specials, Selecter, Madness, Slackers, Hepcat, Bad Manners, Donkey Show, Busters, Toasters, English Beat, Bodysnatchers, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dynamic Pressure, Go Jimmy Go, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, The Upbeat (there you go, KK)...Jazz - another long list...If I could channel someone, for sure it would be Billie Holiday.Hip Hop/Rap - Digable Planets, B*Boys, Run DMC, Notorious BIG, Too $hort, AMG, Black Sheep, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Lauren Hill, Fugees, Pharcyde, Jurassic 5, Dr. Dre, $noop Dogg, OutKa$t.....I know I am missing tons...Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Perez Prado, Nat King Cole, Hank Williams, ELVIS, Johnny Cash, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, Wanda Jackson, Morrisey, The Cure, Cyndi Lauper, Radiohead, Bjork, Coldplay, The Ramones, Archers of Loaf, Built to Spill, Ben Kweller, Death Cab for Cutie, Nerfherder, Pixies, Distillers (Coral Fang = best album of 2004), Interpol, Fugazi, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Operation IVY, Social Distortian, The Clash, The Jam, Peter Tosh, 80's stuff....there is way to much more to keep on typing...
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Goonies, Stand By Me, Star Wars 4,5 & 6 (1,2 & 3 suck it.), True Romance, Pillow Talk, Sound of Music, White Christmas, Blue Hawaii...any old flick.
stuff on Bravo...bad reality television & Entertainment shows....
"Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn is my all time favorite book, I love John Irving, Tom Robbins and respect and appreciate Michael Moore's work. There's much more to this list...
Lu Lu - for taking on the world in a four & a half pound body.