Music, visual arts and museum/gallery haunting, dancing (one of my all time fave activities), film, novels, poetry, logophilia, Italia, global culture, snorkeling in barrier reefs, sewing, delicious food, waffles, grits, string instruments, shiny things, and riding my bike all over Berlin
Negative, shady, manipulative people, headcases and liars: run, run, run like the wind, away from me! I only want to meet joyful, honest, thoughtful, kind, generous people at this point. If this is you, when you see me, come say hello!And, anyone with a digital camera who wants to volunteer to take a picture of me so I have more than one up here, please feel free.
The visceral, booty-shakin', love makin', astral-projectin' variety. Some of my faves, an ever growing list: Stevie Wonder, Rufus, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, Joni MItchell, Sarah Vaughn, Betty Carter, T. Monk, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, John Carter, Cecil Taylor (solo), Tower of Power, Eddie Kendricks, Garage classics, black disco, CeDell Davis, Graham Central Station, Al Green, '70's Isley Brothers, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Shirley Horn, P-Funk, Robert Johnson, trad. Pygmy music, Prince, Radiohead, Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Stravinsky, Vaughn-Williams, Wayne Shorter, CSN, Neko Case, Jackie Mittoo, DJ Olive, Lloop, Fred Hopkins, Herbert, Farben, Dan Bell, Zip, Isolee, Pantytec, Theo Parrish, R. Villalobos, SND, Swayzak, Safety Scissors, Akufen, Luke Vibert, Si Begg, Motor, R. Hawtin.
Fantastic Planet, Killer of Sheep, Brazil, A Page of Madness, Fellini, Hitchcock
I try to keep the TV to a minimum.
Sharon Olds, Octavio Paz, Frank O'Hara, Rilke, Wallace Stevens, Toni Morrison