"I have been waiting for Larry to ask me out ever since our eyes first met at Dell's Route One Chevron, when I climbed up on the hood of his LeBaron and wrote my phone number on his windshield with the heel of my Pappagallo pump."
Loretta Lynn. Yma Sumac. Sleater-Kinney. The Ronettes. Lil Kim. Linda Ronstadt. Cat Power. The Gossip. The Ad-Libs. Patsy Cline. Shirley Bassey. Mahalia Jackson. Alison Kraus. Chaka Khan. Kitty Wells. The Shirelles. The Shangri-Las. Johnny Cash. June Carter. Nina Simone. The Chiffons. Emilou Harris. The Pointer Sisters (esp. Bonnie + June). The Crystals. Wanda Jackson. Grace Jones.
Allen. Altman. Antonioni. Bergman. Cassavetes. Coppola. Fellini. Herzog. Hitchcock. Kazan. Lee, Ang and Spike. Lumet. Lynch. Scorcese. Sirk.