stargazing, colin firth, weather underground, 60s leftist movements in general, nyc history, trains, blogging, scooters, pubs, jewelry-making, crocheting, travel, moz, body modification, john cusack, john hughes movies, art, art history, geeks, computers, making out, politics, music journalism, the big takeover mag, felt monsters, home recording, library science, research, urban planning, a nice berry-coloured lipstick, good free trade coffee, dream analysis, museums, "outdated" media (cassettes and vinyl), guinness, love, feminist and queer theory, postmodernity, kitchen dancing, my cats, london, bpal, scrabble-rousing, sephora, all things jane austen, wearing the pants, not wearing the pants
honest people. drinking buddies. tour guides and fellow adventurers. pirates. misanthropic optimists.
of late:
bjork - volta
joan as police woman - real life
beans - tomorrow right now
the national - alligator, boxer
kenny burrell - midnight blue
wussy - left for dead
beirut - lon gisland ep
imogen heap - speak for yourself
shannon wright - let in the light
say anything, high fidelity, basquiat, the shining, the weather underground, bridget jones' diary, sense and sensibility, human traffic, secretary, sex lies and videotape, american movie, some kind of wonderful, paris is burning, unzipped, elizabeth, born in flames, trees lounge, wings of desire, love actually, children of men, 1984. i also dig that doc on r crumb.
buffy, freaks and geeks, the office (uk, not that horrible american crap), the young ones, satc, firefly, west wing, project runway, random history channel stuff. the l word, pretty much anything on bravo.
the little prince - antoine de saint-exupery
high fidelity - nick hornby
the bell jar - sylvia plath
a million little pieces - james frey
fugitive days - bill ayers
the power of one - bryce courtenay
the amazing adventures of kavilier and clay - michael chabon
andromeda strain - michael crichton
fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury
my antonia - willa cather
choke - chuck palahniuk
any pablo neruda
the rumi
blankets - craig thompson
neverwhere - neil gaiman
the handmaid's tale - margaret atwood
strange fruit - lillian smith
my mother. all the women on both sides of my family. bernadine dohrn. eddie izzard. stephen patrick morrissey. angela davis. fred hampton. bell hooks, eartha kitt. klaus nomi.