Lucha VaVoom! Lucha Libre, music, travel, Mexico and Mexicans, Spain, Italy, Morocco...almost any culture other than American, utter disgust with George Bush and his cronies and finding ways to defeat them. weather anomalies....interesting people and things in general.
George Bush so I can punch him in the face. Obama so I can shake his hand and wish him godspeed.
Bebe, Molotov, Kinky, Juanes, Caifanes, Fulanito, Lila Downs, Paquita de la Barrio, Chela Vargas, Manu Chao, Cafe Tacuba, Lhasa de Sela, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Rolling Stones-Let it Bleed era, The Damned, Killing Joke, Iggy Pop, Minutemen, The Cramps, The Clash, The Gun Club, The Dead Kennedys, Pachuco Boogie, Pink Martini, Neil Young, Desmond Dekker, Harry Belafonte, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Freddy Fender and The Texas Tornados, Hank Williams, Hank Williams III, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder, Outkast- Mrs. Jackson, Rosa Parks, Edith Piaf, Eddie Cochran, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Marty Robbins, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Al Green, Tijuana Brass...... and how could I forget BIO RITMO!
Oh geeze......where do I start...and where do I end. So many movies so little time. Borat, Buena Vista Social Club, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Roman Holiday, Kung Fu Hustle, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, White Christmas, Miracle on 42nd Street, Old James Bond movies (especially the ones with Sean Connery), City of Lost Children, Brazil, Harold and Maude, Santa Sangre, The Magic Christian, Down By Law, Being There, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Some Like It Hot, The Girl Can't Help It!, Bedazzled (the original), The Sheltering Sky.
The Weather Channel, HGTV, Real Time with Bill Mahr, House, Rome, Deadwood, Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report
Paul Bowles (Everything), David Sedaris (everything except his latest), Celine, Dave Eggers......moremoremore when I have more time to think...
My Mom, Jonesy, Blue Demon Jr.,Mr. T, Bill Mahr, John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Nancy Pelosi, Oprah (that's right...I said Oprah!), people that actually effect change for the better thru music, art and filmmaking.....There just aren't many real heros in this world these days *sigh*.