=Guitars;
=my own mixx of high fashion/cut up band t-shirts/50's vintage clothing/antique jewelery/garters;
=cooking;
=the latest in really over-priced skincare products and make-up;
=finding good hard-working up&coming bands;
=good chocolate;
=Nat Sherman;
=proto-punk heart;
=traveling;
=antique candelabras and velvet curtains;
=Jack & Coke or a good scotch;
=history of philosophy and religion;
=cheap B horror movies;
=Johnny Thunders and his hair.
...How about...Breakfast with Johnny Thunders...Brunch with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana...Lunch with Aristotle and Rene Descartes...Dinner with Bela Lugosi, and a midnight snack with young Keith Richards.......that would be really nice.
Too much to list... Here are a few of the basics I must mention:
All-time favorite/most life changing band: The Ramones
(My heart holds a special place for the whole 70s NYC/CBGB, Max's, etc. scene). . .
Some of the stuff I have at the office:
Astrud Gilberto, The Avengers, MC5, Dickies, Damned,The Drifters, The Fall, Fear, Richmond Sluts, Buzzcocks, David Bowie, Hanoi Rocks, X, Humble Pie,
The Zeros, Saint Etienne,Zolar X, Sleater-Kinney, Germs, Weirdos, Television, Stereolab, Air, The Stooges, Supremes, Elvis Costello, Small Faces,
The Rolling Stones, Radio Birdman, Real Kids, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Adicts, Carl Perkins, The Jam, Paul Weller, Electric Prunes, Sonics, Nazz, Choir, Tomorrow, Pere Ubu, Kraftwerk, Social Distortion,
Patti Smith, Richard Hell & Voidoids, The Vibrators, Mopes, Dictators, The Saints, Bob Dylan, Chavela Vargas, Joao Gilberto, June Christy, Lesley Gore, Edie Adams, Scott Walker,
Darlington, Otis Redding, James Brown, Buddy Holly,
Charlie Parker, Motorhead, Hawkwind, Sham 69, Black Flag, The Beatles, Blondie, Patsy Cline, The Cookies, The Ronnettes, The Shangri-Las, The Chiffons, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stray Cats, 45 Grave, The Datsuns, Ella Fitzerald, Groovie Ghoulies, Gogogo Airheart, Clash, Louis Prima, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Thunders, Heartbrakers, Rilo Kiley, Modest Mouse, Morrisey, Plus Ones, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper, Misfits, Undertones, Joan Jett, X-Ray Spex, 999, Lords of the New Church, Dead Boys, Sweet, Mott the Hoople, T-Rex, Capt Beefheart, Teenage Fanclub, Hollywood Brats, Beach Boys, !!!, Man or Astroman?, Johnny Cash, Stranglers, The Boys, Toilet Boys,
The Faint, New York Dolls, Yardbirds, Velvet Underground, The Who, early Led Zepplin, Hendrix, Francois Hardy, Billie Holiday, Autolux, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman, Sonic Youth, Doris Day, Ella Fitgerald, Lightnin Hopkins, Aretha Franklin, Robert Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters, Nancy Wilson,
Pearl Bailey, Fats Waller, Pretenders, Queers, etc.
Yes, I know its a little eclectic...
old horror/cult stuff and foreign.
For the first time in my life...I have cable. And I watch it sometimes... The only good show on right now is The Girls Next Door!!!
But my all time favorite TV shows are I Love Lucy and The Avengers!
Also too much to list... I mainly read dull old philosophy books.
I read as many music history books and biographies as I can because most great things happened before I was conceived.
All-time favorite novel, Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar.
Some favorite authors would be Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Charles Bukowski, Rene Descartes, Soren Kierkegaard, Albert Camus, Vladimir Nabokov, Immanuel Kant,...
I think you can learn something from anyone and everyone.