remembering not to make the transient outside world as important as the immortal inner self, art, painting, drawing, evesdropping on conversations in coffeeshops, having conversations in coffeeshops, walking and talking with my daughter, playing backgammon with her too, having friends, making friends, reading, pondering, thinking, unthinking, films, music, believable information, traveling to new places (and usually staying in them for a while), staying healthy, dancing, martial arts, philosophy, totems, rally cars
Chauncey Gardener
growin up........ 50's oldies, beatles, simon and garfunkle, madness, specials, adam and the ants, undertones. ........teenage_years........ motown, northern soul, jimi hendrix, who, stones, doors, small faces, kinks, arthur lee and love, donovan, nick drake, pink floyd, led zeppelin, david bowie, cream, king crimson, yaz(oo), stone roses, happy mondays, public enemy. ........(house music or nothing) years........ 808 state, tricky disco, G Benedetti, A Guy Called Gerald, Orbital, Orb, Brian Transeau, jam and spoon, caberet voltaire, Mr. C, Shamen, Hawke, Hardkiss bros. .......(DJ's)........ Mr. C, MBS(Murder by Sound), Derrick May, Cutmaster B, DJ Dad, Eddie Richards, Jeno, Ethan (Friends and Family), KJ(CCC), Liam Shy ........britpop........ lightning seeds, pulp, oasis, ........psytrance........ growling mad scientists, cosmic jokers, juno reactor, infinity project ........these_days........ always nick drake, theivery corporation, kruder and dorfmeister, chemical brothers, DJ Shadow, kings of leon, kings of convenience, ryan adams, Daniel Johnston, elliot smith, the smiths, strokes, snow patrol, Richard Ashcroft, killers, kasabian, turin breaks, KT Tunstall, Audio bullys, streets, Sigur Rós, cat power, cat stevens, franz ferdinand, Rufus Wainwright, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Daniel Johnston, Magic Numbers, Just Jack, Amy Winehouse, Guillemots, Mark Ronson, Shins, Brobecks, hot chip, beirut, caribou, jawbone, ting tings, CSS, crystal castles, Jeffrey Lewis, Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, kate nash, soko, yael naim, belle & sebastian, last shadow puppets... oh... did i mention Daniel Johnston
Most with Edward Norton... most written by David Mamet... most written/directed by the Coen brothers... and...his girl friday, its a wonderful life, 12 angry men, strangers on a train, rope, bringing up baby, to kill a mockingbird, mister roberts, mary poppins, once upon a time in the west, pink panther, being there, the party, casino royale, graduate, one flew over the cuckoos nest, shining, serpico, citizen kane, citizen smith, clockwork orange, godfather, taxi driver, apocalypse now, breakfast club, ferris bueller, stand by me, blues brothers, brother bear(lol), back to the future, star wars, terminator, blazing saddles, young frankenstein, brazil, american beauty, american history x, kill bill, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, snatch, trainspotting, forrest gump, 12 monkeys, lost in translation, Lenny, fargo, big lebowski, raising arizona, oh brother where art thou, Amelie, magnolia, best in show, almost famous, pleasantville, matrix, donnie darko, orange county, big fish, little miss sunshine, waking life, scanner darkly, children of men... to name a few... i could go on and on... its a bit of a passion... New Additions... HOT FUZZ!!! ...The Darjeeling Limited
Billy Connolly live, Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Wood and Walters, Office, Extras, Curb your Enthusiasm, Little Britain, Peep Show, Simpsons, documentaries
Aldous Huxley, Terrence McKenna, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K Dick, Tom Sharpe, Irvine Welsh, Alexander Trocchi, Martin Amis, David Sedaris, oily castenada
Salvador Dali, Antoni GaudÃ, James Rosenquist, Chuck Close, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali, Lenny Bruce, David Bowie, Chauncey Gardener, Superman, Aurora