Tiki/Polynesian Pop, drag in all of its forms, the feline race, birds and indeed all animals, all things pink, Lolita fashion, friendly dive bars, a finely mixed cocktail, fabulous accessories, exotic music, Modernism, Japanese culture, Mark Ryden paintings, UFOs, massive amounts of kitsch, old glamour stars, anime, splendid eyebrows, feeding wild animals, travel to exotic lands, making things grow, Baroque a-go-go, Rococo style, tiny islands, reading, the sound of water, good chats with my fabulous friends and family.
Interesting folks~ especially the ones who don't take themselves too seriously...
Soft Cell, Tipsy, Romeovoid, Nina Hagen, Kraftwerk, Annette Funicello, The B-52's, Martin Denny, Visage, 808 State, Yaz, Wolfshiem, The Go-Go's, Yma Sumac, Miss Kittin, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Kim Wilde, Jayne County, Squeeze, The Clash, Spandau Ballet, Shirley Bassey, Combustible Edison, Liza Minelli, Dead or Alive, Esther Phillips, Etta James, Duran Duran, Amanda Lear, Robots in Disguise, The Psychedelic Furs, Marc Almond, Pink Floyd, Three Suns, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Klaus Nomi, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Human League, kd Lang, Haysi Fantayzee, Boy George, Marilyn, Divine, Grace Jones, Monsoon, Julie London, Fischerspooner, Eartha Kitt, Flock of Seagulls, Bob Thompson, Devo, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Lime, David Bowie, The Cure, The Petshop Boys, Blondie, Combustible Edison, Bally Sagoo, The Cars, Joan Baez, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Little Girls, Neil Young, Eydie Gorme, The Andrews Sisters, ABC, 808 State, Boney M, Tears for Fears, B-Movie, Avenue D, Bauhaus, Gene Loves Jezebel, Berlin, Belle Stars, The Carpenters, Doris Day, Eurasure, The Knife, Leslie and the Lys and Dirty Sanchez!
Bladerunner (of course), Ma Vie En Rose, Kamakazi Girls, Baby Doll, The Apple, Coalminer's Daughter, Cabaret, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!, Grey Gardens, The Beales of Grey Gardens, Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, My Neighbor Totoro, Funny Girl, Blue Velvet, The Thin Man movies, Harold and Maude, Topper, Waiting for Guffman, Spirited Away, Bride and Prejudice, Sullivan's Travels, Aunte Mame, Gigi, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Gay Puree, Pillow Talk, Sunset Boulevard, Kiss Me Stupid (any Billy Wilder films, actually), The Seven Year Itch, Southern Comfort, Girls will Be Girls, Sordid Lives, oodles of Anime (especially Vampire Princess Miyu, The Count of Monte Cristo and Lain) and scads of old Bollywood flicks!
I can't stand watching it- too many bloody commericals...all my TV must be via DVD or video: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Puppets Who Kill, Freaks and Geeks, Nip/Tuck, Father Ted, Black Adder, Ugly Betty, Prime Suspect, Dexter, Upstairs Downstairs, AB Fab, any cool David Attenbourgh documentary, The Kumars at Number 42, Little Britain, Strangers with Candy, and Meerkat Manor!
The City Not Long After and There and Back Again by Pat Murphy, Metrophage by Richard Kadrey, The Ringworld Series, The Dark Materials Series, Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin, Around the World with Auntie Mame, Tainted Life by Marc Almond, Save Me The Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald and anything by Colette, James Thurber, Haruki Murakami, Scott Fitzgerald, Roald Dahl and Gerald Durrell.
John Waters, Marc Almond, Tallulah Bankhead, Quentin Crisp, Colette, Boy George, Dolly Parton, Oscar Wilde, Truman Capote, Leigh Bowery, Hayao Miyazaki, Doris Day, Haruki Murakami, Tura Satana and Aishwarya Rai.