Burlesque, dancing, lazy Sunday afternoons in my garden, coffee, dictionaries, good books, high heels and kick-ass boots, bourbon, rhinestones and fringe, classic martinis, art of all sorts, vintage pin-ups, being on stage, vintage clothing, spending time with my friends, solitude, sleeping late, post-performance highs- and the inevitable crash the next day, music, ballet class, belly dancing, good food (and diners!)
Fellow burlesque performers, producers, and anyone else who shares my predilections and antipathies...
The Cure, Siouxie & the Banshees, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Joy Division, Big Mama Thornton, Duke Ellington, Johnny Cash, Chavela Vargas, David Bowie, Patsy Cline, Joan Baez, Velvet Underground, Interpol, Dresdan Dolls, The Psychedelic Furs, PJ Harvey, Janis Joplin, Philip Glass, Xavier Cugat, Jelly Roll Morton, others to numerous to name so in general: 80's new wave, jazz, blues, Medieval to Minimalism, rock, country, folk, the Fado, classic Egyptian, and pretty much everything in between (although I'm not the biggest fan of hip hop and rap)
The current short list: Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I Heart Huckabees, 2046, Secretary, Pretty in Pink
I have a TV but no cable yet I still manage to watch too much of it. I like shows light on romance, heavy on the body count, and where the good guy (almost) always wins- think CSI (all of them), Law & Order, etc
Normally something of a voracious bibliophile, I've slacked off lately- but after a recent book buying spree, that's changing...Otherwise, favorite authors include Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Camus, Auster, Jose Saramago, Nabokov and the list could go on and on and on and...
and inspirations (to name a few): Mae West, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jo Boobs, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St Denis, Martha Graham, Dorothy Parker, Carol Burnett