Don't blame it on the sunshine -
Don't blame it on the moonlight -
Don't blame it on the good times -Blame it on THE BOOGIE...
Dale Chihuly...glass artist...or modern day pirate?Sculpture, metalwork, art, music, books, creative not corporate stuff, cooking, fun cultural things that put me outside of my own element, Sneeches with Stars upon Thars, Harold and his purple crayon, Social Justice, NPR, nerdy & geeky stuff...
Guided By Voices, Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr, Jonathan Richman, Dianogah, Seam, The Clash, Willie Nelson, The Postal Service, Damien Jurado, UO, The Descendents, Track Star, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Specials, Sebadoh, Ween, Frank Sinatra, DNTEL, Dean Martin, Death Cab for Cutie, Billie Holiday, Of Montreal, Neil Young, Aerosmith, Bad Brains, Brazilian Girls, Charlie Parker, Tortoise, Kurt Elling, Dinah Washington, Rites of Spring, Ella Fitzgerald, The Sea & Cake, Yo La Tengo, Stan Getz, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sergio Mendez the list goes on & on...
Auntie Mame, Cinema Paradiso, Sixteen Candles, Magnolia, The Money Pit, The Burbs, American Dreamer, So, I Married An Axe Murderer, A History of Violence, Napoleon Dynamite, E Tu Mama Tambien, Dandelion, Amelie, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, Everything is Illuminated, The Shawshank Redemption, Charade, Miller's Crossing, Bringing Up Baby, Sabrina (old & new), The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, anything Ken Burns puts his mind to...this is another list that could roll on forever... It really tied the room together, did it not....
HARRY POTTER! The Fountainhead, Pride & Prejudice, The Red Tent, Quirkyalone, Watermelon, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. Suess, Toot & Puddle, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, anything David Sedaris writes, anything Sarah Vowell writes...
Harmoni Sandlin, Professor Dumbledore, Cratch Caveau "Wordsmith" and The Little Engine That Could