Live music: hillbilly, rockabilly, western swing, rhythm and blues, conjunto.
I'd like to meet:
Anyone making live music happen.
Music:
Roots music, live and for dancing; Austin and LA, anywhere there's live music that swings. Hillbilly jazz and guitar from Charlie Christian to Swingin Jazz (Les Paul, Oscar Moore, Tiny Grimes) to Western Swing (Eldon Shamblin, Jr. Barnard, Jimmy Wyble and Cameron Hill, Benny Garcia) to Rockabilly (Scotty Moore, Cliff Gallup, Paul Burlison) to Tonk and Country (Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Roy Nichols, Don Rich). Nothing like a loud guitar.
Movies:
Marilyn and all the classic bombshell actresses, Elvis movies, French & Italian movies. Michael Caine, Alain Delon, Elvis, Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Vincent Cassell, Fred Astaire, Monica Vitti, Jean Rochefort, Nathalie Baye, Jean Reno, Mylene Demongeot, Pasolini, Antonioni, Tony Gatlif, Agnes Varda, Hitchcock, Jacques Demy, and my alltime favorite movie "Roadhouse 66."
Heroes:
Mary Wollstonecraft, C.L.R. James, Guy Debord, Elvis, Leo Fender.