Climbing Bridges, Lefty Jew shit, travel and travel writing, kittens, urban planning, walking and eating at the same time, and flouting the MTA rulebook
shit talkers, gender benders, burlesque superstars, portuguese speakers, West End Girls, tango dancers, women who don't blush easily, and nifty folks in general. People to excercise the right side of the brain with.
Also anyone who can help get me access to other interesting places in New York City - in particular any building with a former public observation deck or terrace. And someone who'll have sex on top of the Williamsburg Bridge. Seriously. (Note: mild possibility of arrest). UPDATE: Accomplished - May 23, 2007.
Le Tigre, Bruce Springsteen, McCoy Tyner, Patti Smith, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Prince, Bad Brains, Sam Cooke, Prince Buster, Antonin Dvorak, Madonna, PJ Harvey, Freddie Hubbard, Da Funk, Ani, Carlos Gardel, The Police, Oscar Peterson, Michael Jackson - all the way up to "Dangerous" even, pretty much any hip-hop made before about 1994 - and the Orishas also I suppose
The Hustler, Friday, Do the Right Thing, School of Rock, Fresh, and I'm a sucker for anything that involves the triumph of the human spirit
All that HBO drama stuff
Hagstrom's 5-borough Atlas (pre-2003 editions only), The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Manchild in the Promised Land, anything by Mickey Spillane, Ian Fleming, or Ed Koch.
Thor Axel Kappfjell
OATS!