Brunch, sweater weather,spinning the hits and misses for the misses and misters, letting the Braille wall at Continental aka THE ORACLE whisper its wisdom to me, witty repartee, a well made bloody mary (see "brunch"), interior design, my friends, my cats, Lola, becoming Marc Jacobs' next muse because I love his clothes but can't afford them, making fun of the sanctimonious, getting people to see things my way, getting caught between the moon and New York City, public transportation, maps, sunglasses big enough to cover the world's worst hangover, double entendres, foods on a stick, lip gloss but not stick, blue and green, pajamas, self respect.
People who are looking to hear an eclectic blend of rock in all its myriad forms on Thursdays and believe in tipping their bartenders well. People who say "please" and "thank you." People who refrain from emoting with punctuation marks. Nice people, funny people, and those who share common interests.
Perennially: The Kinks, Bowie, Spoon, The Rolling Stones, The Pixies, Simon and Garfunkel, The White Stripes, The Beastie Boys, Nick Drake, The Velvet Underground, early New Order, The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, PrinceStuff I like now whose future is TBD: Les Savy Fav, Band of Bees, Black Kids, The National (I finally got it together to download "Boxer"... holy shit, dude), CSS, LCD Soundsystem, Kings of Leon, The 1900s, Black Lips, PB&J (not the sandwich, I like that perennially), TV on the Radio, Moving Units, and a whole bunch more...
Metropolitan, Rushmore, The Royal Tennenbaums, My Own Private Idaho, Juliet of the Spirits, The Last Days of Disco, Sixteen Candles, The Ice Storm, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, After Hours, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Lost in Translation, True Romance
I "make it work" every Wednesday.
Authors: Martin Amis, Charles Bukowski, Oscar Wilde, Dave Eggers, JT LeRoy, Will Self, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood, Evelyn Waugh, Nelson AlgrenLots of people whom I like and respect love "A Confederacy of Dunces" but it just didn't do it for me. Am I missing something?
Moms.