I'd like to meet:
Clockwise from left: Ruby Cadenas, Tracey Sagalow, Alison Foshee, Maria Charette, Tsebahat Fiseha, Laura Cherry, Melody Nadia Shickey, and Sarah Handler.
Music:
aimee mann, anais mitchell, ani difranco, animal collective, band of horses, the baby mammals, beethoven, bjork, bob dylan, bob marley, buena vista social club, built to spill, cake, cat stevens, chuck shickley, the cranberries, dave matthews band, elliot smith, ella fitzgerald, enigma, enya, eryka badu, etta james, the eurythmics, the existencils, explosions in the sky, fiona apple, the flaming lips, fleetwood mac, france gall, francesca gagnon, francoise hardy, francis cabrel, fugees, gustavo santaolallo, harry and the potters, india arie, jane's addiction, jeff buckley, jenny lewis and the watson twins, joan baez, joanna newsom, joe hisaishi, judee sill, kanye west, ken nordine, lauryn hill, leonard cohen, modest mouse, neil young, neutral milk hotel, nic often, nick drake, nico, nirvana, patti page, paul simon, pavement, peter paul and mary, the postal service, queen, radiohead, ratatat, rufus wainwright, rusted root, sara & maybelle carter, sarah mclachlan, sheryl crow, sigor ros, smog, stevie nicks, sufjan stevens, sunyata, the talking heads, tenacious d, tom petty, tom waits, tori amos, tracy chapman, uncle tupelo, viva quetzal, weezer, woody guthrie
Movies:
"Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind."
Heroes:
from childhood to now: the mastery and succinct wit of Bill Waterson, Albert Uderzo's nobility and absurdity, Chris Van Allsburg's elegance, Joe Madureira's necessary synthesis, the inexhaustable rendering of Yukito Kishiro, the hilarious Rumiko Takahashi, poignant Hiroaki Samura, gorgeous multi-leveled David Mack, the light of William-Adolph Bouguereau, the natural Jules-Bastien Lepage, Hayao Miyazaki's detailed innocence, and many more.