LITERATURE, all sorts of music, the sort of films that make me shiver with excitement, writing novels and poetry that excite me, socialism, stimulating or overly revealing conversations, people who are open and beautiful in their vulnerability, how vulnerability is really strength, how strength is not measured by muscle mass or the size of one's car, how muscle turns to fat anyway.
currently:
elvis costello.
forever and ever:
the above, tori amos, amanda palmer, the dresden dolls, björk, the smashing pumpkins, pj harvey, nick cave and the bad seeds, radiohead, joni mitchell, simon and garfunkel, antony and the johnsons, rufus wainwright, jeff buckley, nine inch nails, damien rice, leonard cohen, neutral milk hotel, david bowie, tom waits, regina spektor, modest mouse, the beatles, the band, kate bush, patti smith, procol harum, bob dylan, the cure, van morrison, cat power, hedwig and the angry inch, foo fighters, interpol, pulp, elliott smith, the arcade fire, stevie wonder, wilco, placebo, bright eyes, hole.
SCOTT AND SCOTT PRODUCTIONS, woody allen, ingmar bergman, pedro almodovar, rodrigo garcia, quentin tarantino, hedwig and the angry inch, shortbus, annie hall, manhattan, match point, interiors, husbands and wives, the purple rose of cairo, deconstructing harry, stardust memories, scenes from a marriage, persona, wild strawberries, before sunrise/sunset, perfume..., amelie, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, adaptation, being john malkovich, chasing amy, clerks, pulp fiction, jackie brown, kill bill volumes 1 and 2, duck soup, in america, paris texas, american beauty, in the bedroom, little children, edward scissorhands, big fish, pretty in pink, the breakfast club, 8 1/2, city lights, rushmore, the squid and the whale, harold and maude.
THE WONDER YEARS, my so-called life, six feet under, frasier, roseanne, seinfeld, cheers, freaks and geeks, strangers with candy, the muppet show, gilmore girls.
THE HISTORY OF LOVE, everything is illuminated, the harry potter series, i know this much is true, middlesex, extremely loud and incredibly close, white oleander, flesh and blood, the hours, she's come undone, the unbearable lightness of being, the catcher in the rye, a home at the end of the world, the perks of being a wallflower, the lovely bones, francesca lia block, william shakespeare, ee cummings, anne sexton, sylvia plath, kurt vonnegut, allen ginsberg, edwidge danticat, steve martin, david sedaris, truman capote.
declan patrick macmanus.
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