reading, writing, watching television (no network tv for me, thanks! reality tv is theatre for the unimportant) dancing (but alas, you can't get truly good dance music outside of s.f.),filling an empty book with terrible verse, afternoon naps in my hammock, taking a hike, going for a swim, trying to find meaning in subversive entertainment, but my number one passion is film.
ray bradbury,elizabeth fraser and angus oblong but who am i kidding? i'd like to meet people who do what they say and say what they do; people who say what they are and are what they say; people who aren't afraid to express emotions no matter how overwhelming they may be; people who can be as silly as they are serious...or just an fb. whatever.
Cocteau Twins, Bent, Tosca, Lemon Jelly, Deep Dish, Saint Etienne, Kings of Convenience, Miguel Migs, Ursula1000, OMD, Eurythmics, Lloyd Cole, Belle and Sebastian, Roxy Music, Artie Shaw,Jeff Hughes and Chaparral, Benny Goodman, music from films by Wong Kar Wai/Woody Allen, Erlend Oye, Out Hud, The Smiths, D:Fuse,the scumfrog, Marden Hill, 1 Giant Leap, zero 7, esthero, Julie London, Mrs. Miller, Wing, Wings, Perez Prado, Yma Sumac, !!!, Gene Krupa, Kid Loco, Ben Watt's deep house mixes, Dmitri of Paris, Yo La Tengo, Gal Costa, down-tempo-electro-world-lounge, ELO, early PSB, Cris and Cosey, Rush, Heart and much much more.
el laberinto del fauno, children of men, v for vendetta,in the mood for love, 2046,shadow of a doubt, radio days, crimes and misdemeanors, the lady eve, miracle of morgan's creek, double indemnity, it couldn't happen here, secrets and lies, an angel at my table, the lion in winter, summertime, delicatessen, a passage to india, careful, he might hear you, city of lost children, alien, velvet goldmine, welcome to the dollhouse, shallow grave, welcome to woop woop, 1 Giant Leap, metropolis, the portrait of a lady, merchant ivory's e.m. forster trilogy, alice in wonderland (pretty much any version except that creepy stop-motion polish monstrosity), dead alive, heavenly creatures, antonia's line, bad education, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, psycho beach party, citizen ruth, election, double happiness and a whole lot more.
strangers with candy, little britain, carnivale, drawn together,nighty night, battlestar galactica(the new one), turner classic movies, home movies, the oblongs, all those shows on the travel channel about haunted hotels and whatnot, aeon flux, french and saunders, abfab, the mary tyler moore show, cowboy bebop, paranoia agent, curb your enthusiasm, south park, reno 911, the newsroom, the office (bbc, haven't seen the domestic one yet. any good? let me know), foster's home for imaginary friends (si, i like potatoes) and i'm sure there's a lot more but i'm under pressure to get this profile in on time and under budget! more to come...
ok, here goes: lewis carroll, edith wharton, saki, roald dahl, christopher moore, angela carter, em forster, zadie smith, jasper fforde, richard scarry (yes, the children's books author), philip pullman, david sedaris, ray bradbury, sherwood anderson, katherine mansfield, the bronte sisters, flannery o'connor, fannie flagg, jeannette winterson, evelyn waugh, stephen maccauley,j. otto siebold and joe keenan to name a few...
dorothy parker, shirley q liquor,wong kar wai, elizabeth fraser, angus oblong, lewis carroll, that crazy guy who walks around 4th ave with the mouse on the cat on the dog on the leash (yes, it's true!), woody allen, preston sturges, alexander payne, hmmm....notice most of these will repeat themselves under movies/music/books. and then there's my tribe....all of them are heroes to me!