Books-music-movies. Weekend warrior. International kitties. Going to shows. Doing cut-ups. Perusing Sight & Sound + listening to NPR. Horrorscopes. Insights from conversation + collaboration. Gin + bad wine. Cooking seasonal vegetables + tofu. Playing guitar + singing songs. Active memberships in basalt + Fistfight.
Aesthetic wanderers. Weekly readers. Harmonists. Hobbyist engineers. Movie buffs. 5 speed enthusiasts. Contemplation theorists. Mix tape masters. Camel cricket wranglers. Spice gurus. Voluntary seekers. Designated drivers. Lead guitar players who channel the infinite. Anyone beguiled by the creative. Those who like ELO + int'l psych sounds.
Local bands rule, for real. Easy Listening. Futuristic Dragon & Scary Monsters, Dionne Warwick, Roxy Music, Dots & Loops, Francoiz Breut, Alice Coletrane r.i.p., Midnight Movies, Ashrae Fax, Tindersticks, Gainsbourg, Broadcast, Forever Changes rules, Otis Redding slow jams, Air, Blonde Redhead, Broadcast, Mezcalhead, Caetano Veloso, Sketches of Spain, classic rock & stuff with a beat that you can dance to.
International & obscure cinema. Camp. Bad Action. Sci-fi. Westerns. Thrillers. Drug Culture. Indie. J-horror. Heavy Gore. Irreverent Comedies. Biopics. Documentaries. Directors: Wong Kar-wai, Takashi Miike, David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Nicholas Roeg, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, D. Cronenberg, Almodovar, Wim Wenders, Catherine Breillat, Bruno Dumont, Michael Hanake.
dvd/vhs. Netflix. WUAG. public radio.
Reading is Fundamental (nerd)....I like sci-fi, Japanese culture, international lit, philosophical mystery, beat, travelogue, surrealist romance, music bios, subculture. Faves include Ryu Murakami, William Gibson, Mary Gaitskill, Kundera, Houellebeq, Hubert Selby Jr, Kafka, Roland Barthes, Vollmann. Soho Crime, Semiotext(e), AK Press