Burlesque/Strip Tease, Russ Meyers/John Waters, Music of all types, Dancing, Making and Watching Films, Writing, Going to Shows, Collecting Pin Ups and Pulp 50's novels, Horror Roasts, Lots of Cuddling, Being Ridiculous, Circuses with Side Shows, Scattergories and Scrabble, Dinner Parties which start out classy and then degenerate, I also have a very voyeur streak and love to find stranger's photos or letters or (and the best of all)angsty diaries, also I WISH I COULD BE IN A RUSS MEYERS MOVIE!
People who bring astute analysis to a conversation without losing the all important quality of ridiculousness. People who want to dance for extended periods. People who like to play badminton in a non competitive manner. People who love Burlesque. People who employ black humour. People who have some inexplicable energy that makes everything fun and crazy yet comfortable.
Favorite Music: The Stooges - especially Raw Power, T-Rex, The Cramps, The Pixies, The Strokes, The Platters, The Gun Club, The Sonics, The Smiths, The Ramones, AC/DC, Wolf Parade, Devo, The Ventures, The Supremes, Eagles of Death Metal, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Bump & Grind, Screaming Jay Hawkins.... Basically any rock and roll that makes you want to fight, fuck, cry or die; Rockabilly and Psychobilly, 60's Garage and Motown, Old Rolling Stones, 50's rolling around in a backseat/enchanted prom fare such as "Sleepwalker", Leonard Cohen, Rap- Jay-Z, Dizzee Rascal, Tricky... lots more that I am not thinking of at the moment....
I love Frederico Fellini "8 1/2" and "La Dolce Vita" and Todd Solondz "Welcome to the Dollhouse"- those would have to be my absolute favorites. I love Crybaby and Traci Lords in that movie is my style icon, Edward Scissorhands, Labyrinth, Harold and Maude, Freaks, The Elephant Man (even though I can never watch it again), Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Black Christmas, 50's pulp movies of any variety, Breathless, Viva Maria, Little Darlings, PeeWee's Big Adventure, Sleepaway Camp (only the first one with its brilliant denouement), Secretary (anything with Spader and his vintage preversion), Belle Du Jour, Splendor in the Grass, Faster Pussycat- Kill!Kill!, Ladies & Gentleman- The Stains, Lynch, James Dean movies, Return to the Valley of the Dolls, Wes Anderson movies, City of Lost Children; I like different movies for different purposes- some to make you think about things, some for their aesthetics, some are just reassuring and I can watch them over and over again for that reason.
I don't have any cable, but when I get a chance: The Mighty Boosh, Arrested Development, Kids in the Hall, Degrassi, PeeWee's Playhouse, A&E Biographies...
Geek Love, Books by Blake Nelson, Russian Literature; I love Dostoevsky- The Idiot, Notes from the Underground, Gogol "Laughter through the tears" is my favorite description of human condition, The Master and Margarita, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, In Watermelon Sugar, On the Road, Victorian literature; Bronte Sisters especially Jane Eyre, The Outsiders, Campy 50's Novels, The Marriage of Heaven & Hell, Justine, Anything by Roald Dahl- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and The Twits being the favorites, The Captive Mind, This Way to the Gas Ladies & Gentlemen, Perfume, I also totally love rock and roll and groupie biographies; The best is Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and I also especially like the Motley Crue's The Dirt and Pamela Debarres- I'm with the band.....
Fuck Heroes.