reluctant hippopotami
Hermeto. tony williams. miles. my doppelganger. lester bowie. fritz lang. fritz weaver. fritz the cat. fulci. egberto gismonti. carla bley. bud spencer. mrs peel. john abercrombie. the chick on Lexx. some cows. robert wyatt. james brown. the one-armed swordsman. efram bosley. mike post and pete carpenter. whoever invented cap'n crunch. zsa-zsa gabor szabo. guido & maurizio deAngelus. david axelrod. hugo weaving just so he can order taco bell for me in the drive-thru w/ that voice. ruben rada. ennio morricone.
(see "about me")
i watch too many movies. help me. euro-spy (Kommissr X fliks like "So Darling, So Deadly") sleaze. the Decalog. some mainstream action but not where they have a whooshing sound effect for every other cut or camera move. that just sucks. italian thrillers (giallos) like "What Have They Done To Solange". blaxploitation. certain asian filmakers like Miike who did "Ichi the Killer" & Fukimoto. the Oxide bros. Shaw bros. French new wave, Luc Besson, Fassbinder, Herzog, Italian police fliks from the 70's & 80's (the soundtracks too!) the lisp goes on.
brit tv. the office. avengers. prisoner. the protectors. most spy shows.
rockford files. rumpole. columbo. the kingdom. six feet under. the invaders. x files. get smart. man from uncle. twin peaks. my three sons. gomer pyle u.s.m.c.!! (the last 2 are regression therapy.)
in progress are: a collection of 'english country house murders'; Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac; "Music Universe, Music Mind" by Bob Sweet; "Raj, the making and unmaking of British India"; a biography on James Mason; a collection of russian short stories. "eaten alive-italian cannibal & zombie movies"
colonel sanders