I write a lot, that's a daily vital need, I'm interested in politics, literature, photography, cinema, paintings, multimedia, music, lifes and stories, in fact I'm interested in all the ways people express themselves and share their knowledge.
I've met a lot of fascinating musicians with my job, during the interviews and reports and gigs... and a lot of fascinating persons in my circle of friends and relations, so I hope I'll keep meeting fascinating people ! Two big wishes anyway : meeting Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey ;)
(without any logical order:) Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Marianne Faithful, The Stones (beginnings... not now), Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis, Mendehlsson, Erik Satie, Bach (especially played by Gould), The Notwist, Hood, Simian, Noir Desir, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, John Coltrane, Vinicius de Moraes, Fela Kuti, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder (beginnings only...), Sigur Ros, Alain Bashung, The Roots, N*E*R*D, Abstrakt Keal Agram, Cyann&Ben, DJ Shadow, LCD Soundsystem, Neil Young, Four Tet, Explosions In The Sky, Buck 65, Blur, dEUS, Keziah Jones, Billie Holiday, Venus, Dresden Dolls, Velvet Underground... amongst others.
"Wings Of Desire" by Wim Wenders, "ShortCuts" by Robert Altman, "Arizona Dream" by Emir Kusturica, "Dead Man Walking" by Tim Robbins, "American History X" by Tony Kaye, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" by Tim Burton, "The Pier" by Chris Marker, others to come...
NYPD Blue, Profit, The Practice, Boomtown, The Shield, Dream On...
"Sexus", "Plexus" and "Nexus" by Henry Miller, all books by John Fante and Dan Fante, "The Demon" by Hubert Selby Junior, "Utopia" by Thomas More, "Leaves Of Grass" by Walt Whitman, "I Spit On Your Graves" by Boris Vian, "A Confederancy Of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole, "Moravagine" by Blaise Cendrars, "The Stranger" by Camus, others to come...
everybody's a hero in one's way...