The sensation of vocalizing especially for one so often quiet; language drunk like honey; fingers on keys - the more touch-sensitive, the better (but you can't beat a baby grand); the play of flavors and textures simple and complex; jeans and boots; ground balls, homers, and "cans of corn"; the smell of grilled onions at the ball park (ah, spring and baseball...); puzzles -- physical and cerebral; curves and angles; black and white; captivating sounds; Bourbon Street and Preservation Hall; the warm, dark history and sweat on the old, old walls; sugary beignets; rain and green; rain and cement; the Sound of his Voice in my ear, and the Strength of his Embrace....
I'd like to meet:
Creative minds, passionate souls.
Those that get it.
Met Ms. Amos.
Met Mr. Gaiman.
I'd like to meet Mr. Elfman and my holy trinity will be complete.
Music:
Tori Amos, Radiohead, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman, Rostropovich, J.S. Bach, Flaming Lips, Tears For Fears, Roland Orzabal, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Wilco, David Bowie, Nina Nastasia, The Delays, Sigur Ros, Travis, Tanya Donnelly, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Chrissie Hynde, Debra Harry, Kate Bush, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths, Talkingheads, Secret Machines, Tool, Keane, Duran Duran, U2, Rosie Thomas, Rachael Yamagata, KT Tunstall, Nina Persson, Coco Rosie, Rufus Wainwright, Kent, Esthero, Adorable, Otis Redding, Louis Armstrong, Massive Attack, Crustation, Cocteau Twins, Concrete Blonde, Trembling Blue Stars, NIN, Siouxie & The Banshees, The Sundays, Jeff & Tim Buckley, The Monkees, Mike Patton, Bjork, Dolce Stil Nuovo, Cordial, etc. etc. etc.....and of course: Lucky, C.Nolting, B. Aldridge --Just some for starters....
Movies:
Mirrormask, Nightmare Before Christmas, When Harry Met Sally, A Mighty Wind, Spaceballs, Goonies, Lost In Translation, Fight Club, LOTR, HPs, AoGG 1 & 2, Starwars (A New Hope), Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi (Episodes 1, 2 & 3 can kiss my behind), Say Anything, High Fidelity, Better Off Dead, Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Seven Minutes In Heaven, Forbidden Zone, Good Will Hunting, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Ghost World, Swingers, Spirited Away, Akira, Heavy Metal, My Neighbor Totoro, The Dark Crystal, The Labyrinth, The Crow, Sleeping Beauty, Elizabeth, Shakepeare In Love, A Room with a View, The Committments, That Thing You Do, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Big Fish, Walk the Line...
Television:
The Simpsons, Family Guy, Seinfeld, Prison Break, 24, House, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Kids in the Hall, The Young Ones
Books:
Neverwhere, Stardust, Anansi Boys, Sandman, American Gods, Coraline, A Room with a View, Wicked, Harry Potter (all of them), A Secret History, Peter Pan, Kitchen Confidential, anything by Shakespeare, Beckett plays, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Name of the Rose, Lord of the Rings (all), Anne of Green Gables, and more...
Heroes:
"Asked you a question.
I didn't need you to reply.
Is it gettin' heavy?
But they'll realize...
Is it gettin' heavy?
Well, I thought it was already as heavy
as can be.Is it overwhelming
to use a crane to crush a fly?
It's a good time for Superman
to lift the sun into the sky.'Cause it's gettin' heavy.
Well, I thought it was already as heavy
as can be.Tell everybody
waitin' for Superman
that they should try to hold on
the best they can.
He hasn't dropped them,
forgot them,
or anything.
It's just too heavy for Superman to lift." -- Wayne M Coyne
