belly dance, tribal fusion, flamenco, romany dance, all kinds of dance really, rainforests, the Achuar and other indigenous Amazonian groups, THE MAYA, central & south america, tribal jewelry (TURKOMAN, KAZAKH, & kuchi), going to concerts, TRAVELLING, INDIA, central asia, foreign movies, laughing, margaritas, french wine, making costumes, being crafty!
right now i'm OBSESSED with GOGOL BORDELLO... i like pretty much anything, except country & contemporary junk played on mainstream radio... traditional middle eastern, flamenco, all kinds of romany music, balkan brass, egyptian pop, jam bands, reggae, jazz, down tempo, experimental, drum n bass, arabesque, classic rock, psychedelic, etc., etc. taraf de hadouiks, di grine kuzine,les ogres de barback, les hurlements d'leo, beirut, the toids, omar feruk tekbilek, manu chao, the dead, bob marley, amon tobin, karl denson, pentaphobe, lumin, essam karika, pink floyd, neil young, etc., and phish will always hold a special place in my heart...
TONY GATLIF IS THE MAN!!! "VENGO" is amazing... latcho drom, exils, WHEN THE ROAD BENDS:TALES OF A GYPSY CARAVAN, all french movies, anything by quentin tarantino or almodovar, moulin rouge, EMIR KUSTURICA -- underground, black cat white cat... the lord of the rings trilogy, breakfast at tiffany's, zoolander, the royal tennenbaums, everything is illuminated
anything on discovery channel or national geographic channel, colbert report
the mosquito coast, i rigobertha menchu, jitterbug perfume, love in the time of cholera, 100 years of solitude
the dalai lama, eugene hutz, anyone who opposes our chimp-cowboy president, my mom, my cats, people who stand up for what they believe in