dystopian films/novels, air drums, vinyl hunting, wikipedia editing,
lucasarts graphic adventure games, james bond,
media communications, television production, psychology,
polaroid photography,
frankie valli 7 inches, bossa nova and soul and motown vinyl,
music and movie posters,
audio engineering and home recording,
script and sketch writing,
making short films and comedies
Music:
soul soul soul (i really can't emphasize soul enough), alligators, the beach boys, joao gilberto, antonio carlos jobim, stan getz, sergio mendes, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, holland-dozier-holland w/ the funk brothers, jackson 5, smokey robinson and the miracles, sly and the family stone, jimi hendrix, cream, electric light orchestra, the hollies, frankie valli and the four seasons,
chet baker, charlie byrd, kings of convenience, sondre lerche, broken social scene, feist, the cardigans, phoenix, of montreal, sufjan stevens, the strokes, interpol, thunderbirds are now!, the walkmen, elliott smith, ben folds five, the fleet foxes, and burt bacharach
my record collection
(updated 12/06-horribly horribly un-updated)
Movies:
*films of note*:
all the president's men, good night and good luck, network, the black book, there will be blood, no country for old men, this is spinal tap, annie hall, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, i heart huckabees, the color of money, the sting, chinatown, raging bull, goodfellas, sideways, newsies, transformers the movie(1985), and james bond films.
*persons who's contributions to film i admire*:
park chan-wook, sydney lumet, francis ford coppola, wes anderson, charlie kaufman, michel gondry, woody allen, steven spielberg, robert zemeckis, martin scorsese, adam mckay, judd apatow, ang lee, clint eastwood, ridley scott, coen brothers, paul verhoeven, paul thomas anderson.
Television:
"I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought there was some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen."
-Mr. Rogers
HBO [the larry sanders show, the wire, the sopranos, extras, curb your enthuasiasm, rome, deadwood, band of brothers] police squad!, frasier, seinfeld, 30 rock, arrested development, man stroke woman, stella, nevermind the buzzcocks, mr. show, the ben stiller show, midnight special, soul train, hullabaloo, ready steady go!
Books:
noam chomsky, steven ambrose, ian flemming, ray bradbury, george orwell, marshall mcluhan
coffee table photography books
musician's friend catalog
beatles anthology
those popular wizardry novels
liner notes of compact discs
