chocolate cake & mac'n'cheese
global warming and why nothing's being done about it
living la dolce vita
prosecco
never having to fill out another employment application
never having to send out another resume
brunch
indie/foreign films
sicily and southern italia
spas
YOGA
THE KNIFE
the abominable snowman
music that comes to mind:
karsh kale, kraftwerk, rihanna, alicia keys, funkadelic, new order, the spam allstars, finley quaye, tori amos, radiohead, thom yorke, jeff buckley, MIA, anthony & the johnsons, david guetta, john legend, pink floyd, depeche mode, the doors, led zeppelin, carlos vives, the temptations, zero7, beck, funkadelic, james brown, basement jaxx, mum, hot chip, over the rhine, juanes, the pinker tones, psapp, fiona apple, antibalas afrobeat orchestra, the juan mclean, found, alexi murdoch, junior boys
favorite local musicians:
mary bragg, computer says go, big band tv, kudu, antibalas afrobeat orchestra
classical composers close to my heart:
arvo part, rachmaninov, chopin, bach, beethoven, philip glass
classical artists whose virtuosity astounds me:
martha argerich, vladimir ashkenazy, cecilia bartoli, mstislav rostropovich, evgeny kissin
jazz:
miles davis, maceo parker (of james brown fame), ruben gonzalez, winton marsalis, arturo sandoval, chet baker, coltrane (of course)
david lynch: blue velvet, lost highway, mulholland drive, wild at heart ("how would you like to f**k lula's mama?")
fellini: le notti de cabiria, la strada, roma, la dolce vita, 8 1/2
almodovar: volver, all about my mother
old joy, the hours, the syrian bride, cinema paradiso, il postino, the big lebowski ("he's a good doctor...and thorough"), fargo, the man who wasn't there, the godfather trilogy, brokeback mountain, alfred hitchcock films, pan's labyrinth, heaven
ab fab, rome, iron chef, 6 feet under, grey's anatomy, little britain, people's court, noah's ark, dante's cove, strangers with candy, fraggle rock
giovanni's room by james baldwin / the unusual life of tristan smith by peter carey / heart of the soul by gary zukav / the money book for the young, fabulous & broke by suze orman / kurt vonnegut / douglas coupland
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