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ABBA!, Eisley, Bad Company (feel like makin' love, indeed!), Keren Ann, Ladytron, R.E.M. (how typical!), Leona Naess, Pavement (of course), PYLON, Steely Dan, Tiger Trap, Delta Haymax, Galaxie 500, Death Cab, the Monkees, the Modern Lovers, They Might Be Giants, Leonard Cohen, Harry Nilsson, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, Spoon, Martha Wainwright, the 6ths, anything involving Mark Kozelek, Marty "El Paso" Robbins, Lois, Pulp, Jose Gonzales, Jim Croce, Carissa's Wierd, Danielson Famile, Donovan, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, the Sundays, David Bromberg, Rickie Lee Jones, and Tom Waits, Camera Obscura, and Roxy Music when the mood hits me.
Almodovar, Rebecca, Next Stop Wonderland, the ABBA Movie, Suddenly Last Summer, Philadelphia Story, Breaking the Waves, Liquid Sky, the BORAT Movie!, any movie with Dolly (even the one with Slyvester Stallone), the Producers (with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel), The Saddest Music in the World, Hal Hartley movies.
King of the Hill, the BBC Office, Hee-Haw (especially the episodes with Dolly or the ones that tell you to call BR549), the O.C., Man VS. Wild, Rob & Big, shows about big fish
I'm a sucker for early twentieth century British literature, especially Somerset Maugham and Thomas Hardy.
I've also come to love classic-era epic poetry in the original Latin, of course, and I would love to learn Greek as well.
Artie, The Strongest man
in the world
and Dolly Parton