Music, LPs, 20th Century Design, Tikis, Euro Cult Cinema
The young jet-setting, fondue-dipping swingers depicted in Playboy ads, circa 1968-1973. Where are they now?
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bossa Nova, Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Komeda, Sun Ra, Pieros Umiliani and Piccioni, Les Baxter, Exotica, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Legrand, Nick Drake, Joao and Astrud, Gary McFarland, Duke Ellington, Serge Gainsbourg, Edu Lobo, Harry Revel, Maurice Ravel, Maurice Gibb, Lane Steinberg, Thelonius Monk, Scott Walker, Gabor Szabo, Cal Tjader, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Afro-Cuban jazz, Milton Nascimento, and the Zombies, just for starters.
60s and 70s Euro films, especially exploitation and art house.
Makes a great monitor for playing DVDs. But then again, I get sucked into Animal Planet and paranoid conspiracy specials as much as the next guy, so who am I kidding?
J.G. Ballard, Tom Wolfe, William Blake, Charles Bukowski, Jim Thompson, Paul Bowles, A Confederacy of Dunces.