percussion, salt and honey. mondegreens. grilling. sharing tasty treats. hanging with my ladies. two-headed boys. taking risks that are only risky to me. going back to school. tender sounds. rockin beats. catching signals that sound in the dark. putting it out there. keeping it to myself.
mariee sioux, alela diane, matt sheehy, t.rex, david bowie, the kinks, pheonix, loquat, the long winters, sun kil moon/mark kozelek/redhouse painters, sufjan stevens, kings of convenience, joseph arthur, jose gonzalez, aaron mannino, portishead, cat power, bjork, beth orton, jeff buckley, john vanderslice, viva voce, neko case, ryan adams, patty griffin, the shins, the sundays, broadcast, josh rouse, azure ray, neutral milk hotel, joy division, new order, blackalicious, black star, the roots, a tribe called quest, tori amos, tom waits, kaki king, lavender diamond, pj harvey, lucinda williams, death cab for cutie, postal service, the spinanes/rebecca gates, paul simon, september 67/shannon worrell, elliott smith, iron and wine, lisa germano, sinead o'connor, rufus wainwright, radiohead, creeper lagoon, m. ward, spoon, mia, tegan and sara, mum, +/-, bob dylan, the beatles, al green, marvin gaye, nina simone, gillian welch, paul westerburg, beck, beastie boys, broken social scene, billie holiday, otis redding, joni mitchell, my morning jacket, metric, american analog set, frou frou, nada surf, rose polenzani, marcus bently, wilco, nick drake, the pixies, low, beirut, the decemberists, stars of track and field, justin timberlake, rilo kiley, camera obscura, belle and sebastian, the hidden cameras, massive attack, everything but the girl, the smiths, ride, wedding present, dj shadow, french kicks, bruce springsteen, old mj, old madonna, cyndi lauper, the bangles, the chemical brothers and on and on and on... locally: aiko shimada, andrea maxand, andrew norsworthy, explone, the graze, wesafari, rosie thomas, jen wood, heather duby, amy blaschke, night canopy, concorde, sun vow, band of horses, sera cahoone, damien jurado, drew victor, alex rose/model photographer, minus the bear, siberian, grand hallway. the maldives, boyd reno is john center, say hi to your mom, fleet foxes, the cave singers, tiny vipers, troubletown.
the science of sleep, blue, bridge to teribithia, babel, little miss sunshine, amelie, rushmore, kicking and screaming, chumscrubber, donnie darko, twin peaks, blue velvet (almost anything by david lynch), the last unicorn, reality bites, anything by the coen brothers, wes anderson, jim jarmusch, tim burton, christopher guest. october sky, office space, clerks, mall rats, tommy boy, being john malkovich, adaptation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the sweet hereafter, the barbarian invasions, garden state, the shining, basquiat, buffalo 66, wings of desire, edward scissorhands, the dark crystal, the secret of nymh, memento, dangerous liasons, napoleon dynamite, me and you and everyone we know, all the real girls, thumbsucker.
twin peaks, six feet under, arrested development, gilmore girls, the simpsons, the charlie rose show, strangers with candy, the daily show, the colbert report, tom goes to the mayor, project runway, antm, queer as folk.
one hundred years of solitude, song of the exile, shark dialogues, middlesex, no one belongs here more than you, anything by david huddle, don dellilo, kurt vonnegut, michael ondaatje or david sedaris, girl with curious hair, nine stories, frannie and zooey, narcissus and goldmund, the house of the spirits, the shipping news, into the wild, the liar's club, the giver, the secret garden, little women, an unquiet mind, the poetry of anne sexton, emily dickinson, edna st. vincent millay, catullus, sylvia plath, phillip levine, seamus heaney, the diary of anais nin, biographies about poets and artists, old books with illustrations, fairytales, art books....and on and on and on.
people that sparkle and shine. ..