bread, drawing pictures of catfish, bathing, ironic conspiracy theories, fuel economy, fake/impossible maps, spreadsheets, professional sports, cross-sections, electoral politics, scientific studies of the occult, graphomania, stacking things, cryptic phrases, other esoteric behavior, imagining lines coming out of things and seeing where they intersect, bicycle maintenance, cataloguing.
People who have already died, or think they live in different countries than they actually do. The fictional. People who enjoy grocery shopping. Animals, insects or protozoa that can talk about politics or history (from their point of view). The inventive, or inventors. Leslie Nielsen. Most importantly, artists who don't realize that they are artists.
lately: cheveu, blues control, chris mcgregor, tart.
1970's american cinema, comedy, classic foreign/arthouse stuff, experimental cinema, things that are absurd. faves: little murders, putney swope, bleu shut, the falls, stalker, many more.
connections with james burke (first series), wrestling team, chris morris stuff, singing detective, prisoner, channel 4 news, nfl games, sports in general, pandora's box.
lots but mostly post-1900; generally things described as "experimental", "avant-garde", "postmodern" and/or "comic". faves: harry mathews, gaddis, joseph mcelroy, ben marcus, perec, pynchon.
Tulse Luper, Hy Grynszpan, Mick Travis, Ben Flesh, Ipson and Pullat Fallari, Alfred Chamberlain, Bartlebooth, Cartwright, Fielding Melish, Duncan Thaw, Madgett, Montague Withnail, James O. Incandenza, Bernard Gale, Jr., Kakihara, Gang Lion