SDS. campari. epidemics. books. sunshine.
someone to kick it old school with.
Nihilo sanctum estne? soundtracks, mixtapes, the records, 88.9 at night. /// ///
air, animal collective, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, beastie boys, beck, beirut, blow, cat power, depeche mode, elliott smith, fugazi, grizzly bear, joy division, the knife, mirah, nirvana, radiohead, ryan adams, sigur ros, sleater-kinney, smashing pumpkins, son volt, songs:ohia, sonic youth, tom waits, uncle tupelo, veruca salt, wilco, yves montand
harold and maude. lost in translation. casablanca. rushmore. pulp fiction. boondock saints. eight and a half. 28 days later. virgin suicides. blow-up.
law & order and the l word. and those weird medical documentaries they show on a&e.
'the reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.' - walter bagehot
haruki murakami. "the wind-up bird chronicle" is my favorite but they are all amazing.
philip roth. "american pastoral." domestic terrorists. "portnoy's complaint" masturbation with pieces of liver. "i married a communist." what's not to love?
graham greene. "the quiet american." continuing fantasies of opium smoking.
wendell berry. "sex, economy, freedom and community." & "what are people for?"
robert cormier. "tenderness" & "i am the cheese"
david sedaris.
tom robbins. "still life with woodpecker"
salman rushdie."satantic verses" & "the ground beneath her feet."
john m. barry."the great influenza"
kahlil gibran. "the prophet"
gunter grass. "the tin drum"
albert camus. "a happy death"
there's no women on this list. interesting. but i do enjoy laura esquirel, sylvia plath, caroline knapp and the women who wrote those "super sex" paperbacks in the seventies with the cigarette ads in the center pages i found under my mother's bed. thank you.
also any well-written non fiction.