Music, Mi familia, riding my bike, swimming , writing, singing, exercise, taking cat naps, dancing. The cinema. Vintage clothes, guitars and effects thingies. Art. Languages, The kindness of strangers. Good conversations, Cooking and wine. The mysteries of the creative process.
Glen O'brien
The Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, The Stooges, Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators, Wreckless Eric, Radiohead, Bo Diddley, Can, John Cale, The Be-Good Tanyas, Lucinda Williams, David Bowie, Spacemen 3, Mazzy Star, American Analog Set, Faust, Iggy Pop, The Primitives, The Pastels, Neu!, Alice Coltrane, Cocteau Twins, Ride, Acetone, Amon Duul 2, The Mekons, M83, Chameleons UK, Junior Boys, Boards Of Canada, Figurine, section 25, Seefeel, Sweet trip, Low, Amon Tobin, House Of Love, U-ziq, Chrome, Manual, Lali Puna, Morbius and Plank, Labradford, Mahogany, Mouse On Mars, The Slits, Ariel Pink,Belle And Sebastian, The Zombies, Silver Apples, Black Tambourine, Helium, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Television, Serge Gainsbourg, Astrud Gilberto, The Magnetic Fields, Jesus And Mary Chain, Brian Eno, Yo La Tengo, At The Drive-In, Midlake, Big Star, The Pretty Things, Aislers Set, Sonic Youth, Young Marble Giants,The Walkmen,The Swirlies, Galaxie 500, Comet Gain, Neutral Milk Hotel, ZZ Top, The Gun Club, Alejandro Escovedo, X, Big Boys, Stevie Wonder, Arthur Lee and Love, The Doors, Mojave 3, Ennio Morricone, The Clean, Air, The Beach Boys, Sparklehorse, The Wedding Present, New York Dolls, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, The Breeders, The Amps, Françoise Hardy, The Fairport Convention, Slowdive, Figurine, Broadcast, Field Mice, Electrelane, Bedhead, Medicine, 60s psyche, The Paisley Underground, Anything on Sarah, Creation, Trance Syndicate, Flying Nun, Darla, Morr Music and Christmas Mountains Records, Local Darlings: VOXTROT, The Black Angels, Friday After Dark, Johnny Walker/ Chalk Outlines, Tacks The Boy Disaster, The Early Tapes, Brothers & Sisters, Sound Team, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Neighborhood Watch, Blue Sky Replica, Mejetairliner
I watch a quite a bit, thanks to my friends at Vulcan Video! My tastes range from all kinds from small indie to big hollywood.Barry Lyndon, Tokyo Drifter, Grand Prix, Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, L'Avventura, City Of God,The Proposition, In The Soup, The Passenger, George Washington, Boccaccio 70, City Of Lost Children, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Labrynth, Get Carter (the original), La Dolce Vita, Badlands, American Graffitti, A Hard Day's Night, Gates Of Heaven, Blow Out, Blue Velvet, The Silent One, Wings Of Desire, A Clockwork Orange, Bob Le Flambeur, Paris Texas, Breathless, OldBoy, Once Upon A Time In The West,Heartworn Highway, Lady Of Shanghai, She's Gotta Have It, Dr. Strangelove, Nausica And The Valley Of The Wind, The Mancurian Candidate, Fitzcarraldo, The Royal Tennebaums, Cocksucker Blues, Murmur Of The Heart, Dog Day Afternoon. The Chase, The Cowboys, This Strange Passion ( Bunuel), Buffalo 66, Mystery Train, Enter The Dragon, Wild Style, Downtown 81, Basquiat, 24 Hour Party People, Crumb, Kids, Porco Rosso, Traffic, Sam Peckinpah films (Straw Dogs, Wild Bunch, The Getaway, Pat Garrett And Billy the Kid). John Cassevettes films,
is connected to my DVD player.
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain,The Holy Bible, Summer Of Love: Art Of the Psychedelic Era by Christoph Grunenberg, Book Of Changes by Kristine McKenna, Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin, Beneath The Underdog by Charles Mingus, WIRED: The Short Life And Fast Times Of John Belushi by Bob Woodward, Fahrenheit 451 and Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Solaris and Chain Of Chance by Stanislaw Lem,JG Ballard Novels, The Beatles by Bob Spitz, I Dreamed Of Noise: A Biography on Sonic Youth by Ignacio Julia and Jaime Gonzalo, Already Dead and Stars At Noon by Denis Johnson, One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Nausea and Essays in Existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Art of Peace by Morihei Ueshiba, Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez, Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and The Revolt of the Cockroach People by Oscar Zeta Acosta, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Philip K.Dick Novels, City of Night by John Rechy, Legs by William Kennedy, Movie Monsters by Denis Gifford, Science Of Illusions by Jacques Ninio
When I think of heroes I think of people that do things for the benefit of the planet and people. For example scientists doing studies on infectious diseases, people that invent new technology, volunteers that feed the homeless or that travel abroad to educate the less fortunate. Artists and musicians that use their work to send a positive message. I think the best thing you can be in this world is a good parent. Good parents are hard to come by.