Fighting irony with sincerity, iconoclasts, independent film, understanding my circumambient universe, emotion, perfecting my Bryan Ferry croon, unsettling myself, Ran Prieur, drones, synth washes, Fender Rhodes, "Cantinque de Jean Racine, Op.11," romantic notions
Filmmakers for truth
Standards of Living: Talk Talk; Radiohead; The Smiths and Morrissey; Lloyd Cole and the Commotions; Roxy Music; R.E.M.; The first five Simple Minds albums; Fleetwood Mac; dEUS; Shearwater; The Three O'Clock; The Rain Parade; Can; Joy Division; Neu!; Slowdive; The Stooges; Big Star; Gang of Four; Nick Cave; The Left Banke; Tom Waits; Miles Davis; John Coltrane; Alice Coltrane; Gabriel Fauré; Steve Reich; Toru Takemitsu; Terry Riley; Debussy; Chopin; Brian Eno; David Bowie; Prince; Captain Beefheart; Stevie Wonder; Wire; XTC; The ClashThey're Rising Daily: Stars of the Lid; Fabio Orsi; Our Sleepless Forest; Sunn O))); Raccoo-oo-oon; Sleep; Flamin' Groovies; Circle; Ashra
A Woman Under the Influence, Bleak Moments, The Sacrifice, Stalker, Winter Light, Paris, Texas, The Decalogue, Coming Apart
The Office, Mr. Show, Tim and Eric, Babylon 5
Currently: Ray Carney's Film writings, Murray Bookchin, Curtis White, Meister Eckhart, William James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Raymond Carver, Jacob Needleman, D.H. Lawrence
Mark Hollis, Andrei Tarkovsky, John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh, and yes, Ray Carney