Lovie Smith. Avoiding circus folk. New York City. "Who dat say dey gone beat dem Saints?" Hanging out with Paul and Steph at Ringside Liquor. Flying around the country to see my friends and family, the best people in the world. Salacious Crumb. Being awake when the sun is rising. Getting to the movies super early so you don't miss any previews. Being in New Orleans watching da Bearss with him, he who's "greater than stars or suns", my inspiration, my sweet love...*tear*
I'd like to meet:
Peeps who live in LA and are involved in any aspect of the movie business. Especially, um, DIRECTORS WHO NEED COMPOSERS FOR THEIR FILMS!
Music:
The Little Shovel. Bjork. TV on the Radio. The Arcade Fire. Phoenix. The Knife. Jose Gonzalez. Arab Strap. Slug. Atmosphere. Grouch & Eligh. Immortal Technique. Cat Power. Basement Jaxx. Boards of Canada. The New Pornographers. Death Cab for Cutie. Imogen Heap. CDs that Jeff makes for me. The Streets. Digable Planets. The Zutons. So much more...do I need to keep going?
Movies:
Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Alfonso Cuaron: my four favorite directors. Star Wars Trilogies. Harry Potter. LOTR. Out of Africa. The Big Lebowski. The Neverending Story. Hook. Amelie. Gangs of New York. The Last of the Mohicans. Trainspotting. The Deer Hunter. Pride and Prejudice - the BBC Miniseries and the one from 2005. Brokeback Mountain. V for Vendetta. Legends of the Fall. Chocolat. 28 Days Later. The Beach. Cool Hand Luke. Rocky. Rushmore. The Life Aquatic. Il Postino. Malena. Lucia y El Sexo. L'Auberge Espagnole. Indiana Jones. Superman. Home Alone. Sleepers. Road to Perdition. Meet Joe Black. The Shawshank Redemption. Dear Frankie. The Sea Inside. El Crimen De Padre Amaro. Dance With Me. Gladiator. The Departed - most favorite movie most recently seen.
Television:
Law and Order, in all its shapes and forms. But it would be so much better to watch with my honey, because he understands my deep passionate love for Cragen and Munch and McCoy and even Detective Goren...good thing I have tons of seasons on DVD...and I really really love "House"!!! Just starting to get wicked obsessed with this show! Other shows I have enjoyed in the past...Sex and The City, Six Feet Under...
Books:
J.K. Rowling. JRR Tolkien. Marion Zimmer Bradley. Philip K. Dick. George R.R. Martin. Juliet Marillier. Jeanette Winterson. Julia Cameron. Shakti Gawain. Margaret George. Diana Gabaldon. Sara Donati. Irvine Welsh. Joanne Harris. Kurt Vonnegut. Philip Pullman. Jane Austen. Alice Borchardt. Sabrina Ward Harrison. Etty Hillesum. Anais Nin. Brenda Ueland. May Sarton. Tom Piazza. Rainer Maria Rilke. Pablo Neruda. Iain Crichton Smith. John Kennedy Toole. Isak Dinesen. Walt Whitman. Susanna Clarke.
Heroes:
Jeff Lopatka. My Mum and Dad. My brothers. Beryl Smeeton. Bjork. Julia Cameron. John Williams. Laura Karpman. Rachel Portman. Debbie Wiseman. Shirley Walker. Anne Dudley. James Newton Howard. Lalo Schifrin. Howard Shore. Alan Silvestri. Bill Conti. Dario Marianelli. Danny Elfman. Elliot Goldenthal. Ennio Morricone. James Horner. Jerry Goldsmith. Eric Whitacre. Hans Zimmer. Jim Dooley. Johns Barry, Corigliano and Brion. Klaus Doldinger. Zbigniew Preisner. Mychael Danna. Michael Nyman. Patrick Doyle. Philip Glass. Thomas Newman. Ralph Vaughn Williams. Beethoven. Bach. Debussy. Brahms. John Ottman. Mark Isham. John Frizzell. Christophe Beck. Arvo Part. John Tavener. Steve London. Kevin Babuder. Jennifer Higdon. Deniz Hughes. Sonny Kompanek. Ron Sadoff. Craig Armstrong. Joe Hisaishi.
