"I ask the support of no one, neither to kill someone for me, gather a bouquet, correct a proof, nor to go with me to the theater. I go there on my own, as a man, by choice; and when I want flowers, I go on foot, by myself, to the Alps."
George Sand
"I ask the support of no one, neither to kill someone for me, gather a bouquet, correct a proof, nor to go with me to the theater. I go there on my own, as a man, by choice; and when I want flowers, I go on foot, by myself, to the Alps."
George SandMy 7 sibs, exotic shoes and exotic dresses, philosophes, warmth, foreign accents and foreign languages, especially in bed, country roads, piano, Italy, my beloveds and how they make me mad, Mac's tricks, lindy hopping, gardening, forgiveness, dancing to old time rock n roll, greasy French fries, playing tennis, playing softball, Ray Liotta, perversity, watching baseball (beer, dogs and ice cream), writing, playing the gat, driving, comi-tragedy, fresh fruit and veggies, running, going up to the country and songs about going up to the country, people that use their hands, intellectuals sans high horse, illicit rendez-vous, and deep love.
In bed: Lucinda Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Frost, Merle Haggard, Frederic Chopin, Henry Miller and Ray Liotta.
Fats Domino, Lucinda Williams, Bettye Lavette, Steve Earle, Chubby Checker, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Prine, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Keb' Mo', Robert Cray, Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert, John Prine, Lionel Richie, Proposterous, old time rock n roll, John Hiatt, John Riven, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Fats Waller, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Brown, Bob Marley, Dolly Parton, Ryan Adams, Chavela Vargas, Paolo Conte, Amalia Rodrigues, Cajun and Zydeco, Sade, Hothouse Flowers, Canned Heat, Major Lee, Bruce Springsteen, Daniel Lanois, Zachary Richard, Mick Jagger, Claude Dubois, Mark Knopfler, Paul Kelly, Jacques Brel, Antony and the Johnsons, Richard Desjardins, Yves Montand, Les Pistolets Roses, AC DC...
David Mamet, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Tom DiCillo, the Rambos, Brokeback Mountain, Wes Anderson, Zoolander, anything with Cary Grant or Richard Burton, anything written by Alan Ball, Clint Eastwood, French films for atmosphere.
Scrubs, Six Feet Under, Law and Order Criminal Intent.
French, Americans, Russians. Czechs (Kundera and Klima). Coehlo, Murdoch, Durrell, Gil Courtemanche.
Lucinda Williams and Uncle Bob