I play in a band called F for Fake .
I am a founder of AMODA .
Apollo and Dionysus are waging battle for my soul. Not sure who is winning...
reading, writing, philosophy of mind, singing, playing guitar, writing songs, mythology, art, design, architecture, computer programming, travel, good food and friends, photography, back dimples, karezza, tennis, basketball, puppetry, making things
intelligent, creative, genuine people who give good eye contact.
tennis partners.
Pavement, The Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Bedhead, Interpol, Wilco, Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, Tacks the Boy Disaster , The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, The Strokes, The Bravery, Granddaddy, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Iggy and The Stooges, Brian Wilson, The Kinks, Buttercup , The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Clash, The Cure, The Pretenders, U2, R.E.M., Owen Pallett, Ink , Fugazi, Sonic Youth, The Police, Beta Band, Supergrass, The Verve, Doves, Stone Roses, My Morning Jacket, Mazzy Star, Hilary York , The Sundays, Bjork, Will Oldham, Sparrowhouse , Shearwater, Iron and Wine, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Nicks, Crosby Stills and Nash, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Queen, Elton John, Van Halen, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Donald Byrd, Martin Crane , Flatt and Scruggs, anything on Rounder or Blue Note, the american folk anthology, anything with a banjo, Willie, Buena Vista Social Club, João Gilberto, Kings of Convenience, Thievery Corporation, Portishead, Ainjel Emme , Imogen Heap, Mew, Kraftwerk, Squarepusher...That's it, everything else sucks.
Rushmore, The Children of Paradise, Blade Runner...I love character based movies with witty dialog like North by Northwest and Casablanca, Sideways...sci-fi: The City of Lost Children, Brazil, Ghost in the Shell, Lord Of The Rings, The Dark Crystal, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters, Empire of the Sun, A.I., 2001, Jaws, The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, The Searchers, Goodfellas, 12 Monkeys, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Spirited Away, Nightmare Before Christmas, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Velvet Goldmine, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Real Genius, War Games, Coen Bros, Russ Meyer, Barbarella
The Simpsons, NOW on PBS, The Daily Show...I don't watch much TV.
Where the Wild Things Are, Perfume by Patrick Suskind, Valis by Philip K. Dick, Annie Dillard, Italo Calvino, Samuel Beckett, Grant Morrison, William Gibson, Haruki Murakami, Kafka, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Orwell, Joseph Campbell, Elaine Pagels, George Lakoff, David Sedaris, The Atlantic Monthly, Tape Op, The Baffler. Currently reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The Taboo of Subjectivity by Alan Wallace. I mostly read non-fiction
Jim Henson, my family