JUSTICE!! music sharing, finding, buying, listening, shows, reading before bed, a bargain, settin shit straight,food, baking, black farmers, debate, travel, art, provocative artists of color, dancing like i'm in a j.t. video, grapefruits, asian food markets, good radio stations, bbc news, furniture, people that stand close when you talk to them- even when you first meet, wheat pastes of funny little creatures, and saying "someday I'll learn to play my banjo", hoodies, being brown,learning, affection, bluegrass on sundays, wishing for more balconies, an occasional wiskey sipped slowly, funny little dogs, magazines, groups of preschoolers in hooded jackets holding hands, teeny tiny things. quality sheets. wondering why. spending time with p!!
david addington- so i can punch him in the face!
hmm, stuff like...Sabastien Tellier, Viva Brazil, Yukimi Nagano, Yesterdays New Quintet, Charlie Mingus, MF Doom, Mars Volta, Betty Lavette, Etta James, The Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Black Mountain, PJ Harvey, Black Keys, Sonic Youth, The Police,the cure,interpol,the gossip, Stereo Lab, Vikter Duplaix, Blonde Redhead, esg, Velvet Underground, Buffalo Daughter, Neil Young, Cat Power, Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra, 4 Hero, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, X Clan, gang starr, group home, kmd, thelonious monk, Dj Krush, Dj Shadow, David Axelrod, Minni Riperton, Marvin Gaye, King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Amalia Rodriguez, Chavela Vargas, Mary J. Blidge, Can, Jimi Hendrix, big youth, Raekwon, The Rza, Diamond D, Fela!, Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, Prince, Bob Dylan, Bollywood, Bossa Nova, Alice Coltrain, Archie Shepp, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Attica Blues, Barry Brown, Cibo Matto, Guided by Voices, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Nobukaza Takemura, Spacek, Sergio Mendez, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Bill Withers, Jeru, Tom Jobim, Sarah Ann Webb, zero 7, kruder, adult, couch, modest mouse, roberta flack, radiohead, yeah yeah yeahs, bugz in the attic, and good god who can list them all, vincent gallo, all the local dc cats making sound/playing sound, Omar, Ravi Shankar, The Flamming Lips, Kelis, Soewto Kinch, Middlewood Sessions, John Beltran...
Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels, Battle in Heaven, Stranger than Paradise, She's Gotta Have It, The Piano Teacher, Rockers, Fist of the North Star, Cache
BASTA! maybe some occasional silly stuff...
Dirty Havana Trilogy, Becoming Madam Mao, Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, The Kite Runner, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, The End of Blackness, The Color of Water, Caucasia, Black White and Jewish, Possessing the Secret of Joy, Nick Hornby books, The Secret Life of Bees, Tao- The Subtle Law and Integral Way of Life, The Bluest EyeBook everyone should read today: the game of life and how to play it. corny title but crucial.
Piero! when he ushers out scary bugs in a loving way! Alice Coltrane and other female music makers, the sight of Sean and Arin Mcginty and my sister- Dr. Jasmin McGinty. People who believe in the power of learning and change.