I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Penn Gillette, whoever stole my great grandma's garnet brooch, and my Grandma Betty.
Bjork, Camper Van Beethoven, Chaka Khan, The Figgs,Ordinary K, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Mike Patton and his multiple projects, Jennifer Charles, Marvin Gaye, Soul Coughing, Cracker, The Beatles, Devotchka, Liz Phair, Billie Holiday, Elvis Costello, The Old 97's, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Ann Margaret (still sexy in her golden years), Prince, Matthew Sweet, Radiohead(yes, everyone loves Radiohead),Hendrix, The Dead Milkmen, Bill Withers, Pete Yorn, Wilco, Richard Cheese, Cibo Matto, TMBG, Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Marley, Sistah Robi and her Hawaiian Bretheren. I like a pretty wide range as long as there isn't an excess of twang or "yipping". These are my classics.
The Usual Suspects, Nine to Five, Muriel's Wedding, Head-On (I don't know the German Translation), any thing by James Whale (Bride of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House), Harold and Maude, The Time of Our Lives, Amadeus, Dangerous Liasons, Ghost in the Shell, The Exorcist, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, To Sir With Love, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Roger and Me, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life, The Life of Brian, Henry and June, The Pink Panther (original), Akira,Doctor Zhivago, Hmmm...I love the work of Kubrick, Polanski, and Forman....
Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall, Law and Order and the umpteen spin offs, Nova, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, Emergency Vets and lots of Animal Planet, Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Lost, South Park, Tenacious D, Lost...I haven't had television for a while, but I can still remember the taste...Especially now that I've got a new tutor with his Brit-com DVDs!
Authors: H.P. Lovecraft, P.G. Wodehouse, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Oscar Wilde, Truman Capote, Suetonius, Tacitus, David Sedaris, Augustine Burrows, Lewis Carrol, so many... authors with a spirit for the absurd.
My Mom, My Great Grandparents, My Baba, My Dede, My Brothers (Kurt, Keith, and Shaun), Ella Grasso, Bill Harris, Nanami Shiiki, Lois and Peter Gatto. Kristin, Mariah, and Elena Shippey, Owen and Julia Kress, Becky Nicosia and her lovely children, Walter McTeigue Jr., Richard Dawkins, LJR - LoML - thank you for you.