brave, vibrant folks...been doing alright with that.
Always:Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Lovie Austin, Etta, Eartha, Bessie, Rickie Lee Jones, oh and Led Zeppelin. and T. Rex. Lately: Beirut, Emilie Simone, Regina Spektor, Peggy Honeywell, Andrew Bird, Modest Mouse, Celebration, Nervous Cabaret, Caetano Veloso, Kitchen Syncopaters, Lhasa, Mala Rodriguez, Coco Rosey, Amalia, Jenny Lewis, El radio Fantastique, Juana Molina, Inkwell Rhythm makers, Hamza el Din, Calexico, Omara Portuondo and posse. oh, and Jolie Holland. And then there's: Shana Falana, Campfire Songs with Micha and Leighton, Pale Horse, Soren Grey (esp. the early years), Rube Waddell, the AsIs Brass Band, Extra Action!, Cohen, Taryn, the Knittles and all what hailed from Starcleaners, Gooferman, Breakfast, TV on the Radio, the Loyd Family Players, Venus in Spurs...Vermillion Lies have my heart Fishbone, Public Enemy, Prince, PJ Harvey, Mingus, Beck, Bjork and Catpower have all had their way with me. and well, Janis Joplin. she died the night I was born...I always felt...connected. RIP Alice Coltrane
Wong Kar wai, Old Boy, Days of Heaven, Gadgo Dila, Exiles, Chinatown, Network, Elevator to the Gallows, Manufactured Landscapes...all things Buster Keaton, all things Almodovar, all things Coen Bros., Amelie, Cotton Club, Chicago, the Night they Raided Minsky's, Cabaret, Hedwig, Velvet Goldmine...I like to watch Marlene Dietrich, and Romain Duris...the Last Unicorn, Never Ending Story, Paper Moon
if I don't have it, I don't miss it a pinch. right now I don't have it....
the Hummingbird's Daughter, a history of love......zadie smith rocks. Johnathan Safran Foer, thank you. rip Octavia Butler
Frida and Lula. and Jim Henson