I'd like to meet:
Myself in a parallel universe
Music:
WIDE RANGE! Nick Drake, Billie Holiday,Bent, Billy Paul,Sade,Blossom Dearie,Cocteau Twins, Black Star,Smoking Popes,Sam Cooke, Diana Krall, Coldplay,Otis Redding, Smiths,Echo and Bunny,Elliot Smith, Sinatra, John Coltrane, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Sundays, and lots of Miles! Lately been listening to a lot of Nina Simone and Lauren Hill. Lauren has many scriptures written into her music and I admire that ( using a form of poetry in another).
Movies:
Let's start with the gut busters:Kissing A Fool, Home for the Holidays, Funny Farm,Don't Be a Menace While Drinking Your Juice IN THe Hood, and Shrek on the account that I love the way it makes my daughter laugh (and Donkey is pretty darn funny). Dramas:MalcolmX,Once Around, all of the Godfathers,The Dancer Upstairs, Motorcycle Diaries, I am sure there are sooo many more just can't think of them all! Musicals:Westside Story all the way!
Television:
Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Weeds, Dexter, The Daily Show, and The Office
Books:
The Bible, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Einstein's Dreams, Christ the Lord Out of Egypt, The Cause For Faith, Dinner With a Perfect Stranger, Catcher in the Rye, and The Giving Tree
Heroes:
This is a no brainer, Jesus Christ and my Mother!