Light. Breakfast. Coffee. A Good Think. A hop in the Shower, with a bit of whistling. That's nice. Diversions. Tea. Indulgences. Passion. Traversal. Lunch. Thanatopsis. Anticipation. Trivialities. Wind. A light snack. Creation. Potboilers. Irons in the forge. Dinner. Admiration. Dwindlings. Desert. Halcyon. Hope. Sympathy. Smoldering. Bed. Worries. Regrets. A glass of milk. Darkness. Stillness. Tree frogs. Dreams.
who could possibly introduce me to & And while I'm at it: Rumi for smalltalk. Isadora Duncan for a little footsie. Rabelais for a good saunter. Bruegel for a game of hopscotch. Remedios Varo for a tarot readin'. Ingrid Bergman for a pillow fight. Clara Bow for a foul-mouthed game of poker. Grace Kelly for a.... well anything really. *sigh* The Solid Gold Dancers!!!
My favorites change on a daily basis. For Rocker/recent stuff, I like The Clash, The Ramones, The Notwist, Gogol Bordello, Slayer, Pixies, Kyuss, LCD Soundsystem, Circulatory System, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lali Puna, Dan Melchior's Broke Revue, Brainiac, Espers, Melvins, Big Business, Vetiver, JSBX, Depeche Mode, Stiff Little Fingers, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Beck, Beirut, Morphine, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Zeni Geva, Guided By Voices, L7, Iggy Pop, Ween, Flaming Lips, Dio, Polly Jean Harvey, Cowboy Junkies, Jolie Holland, The Shins, Sun Kil Moon, Soundgarden, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Bad Brains, Clinic, Anaal Nathrakh, Old Canes, Primus, Jurassic 5, Digable Planets, Tribe Called Quest, Nick Drake, Smashing Pumpkins, Joanna Newsom, Q-Tip, The Be Good Tanyas, Fugazi, Misfits, Dawn Landes, Aphex Twin, Ditty Bops, Angels of Light, Ms. John Soda, Roots, Cat Power, the Decemberists, Boris, Black Flag, Rachels, Sleater Kinney, Gang of Four, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, My Bloody Valentine, Feist, Blondie, Tori, Joni, Old Liz Phair, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Califone, Dirty Three, Pere Ubu, Tin Hat Trio, Kazuki Tomokawa, Neurosis, High on Fire, Swans, Big Black, Jesus Lizard, Andrew Bird, etc. Classic wise, I love Tom Waits/Bob Dylan, Muzsikas, De Danann, Liam O'Flynn, Good Ol' Stones, Tommy Peoples, Bukka White, Robert "Pete" Williams, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappely, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Dusty Springfield, Led Zep, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Beethoven, Bach, Doc Watson, Uncle Dave Macon, Andrews Sisters, Harry Belafonte, Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, Benny Goodman, the Staples Singers, Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Incredible String Band, Alexander Spence, Love, Dr. John, Felix Lajko, Marta Sebestyen, ELO, Shakti,etc.+ All of my musician friends, especially my parents!
Seven Samurai, Fireworks, Black Cat/White Cat, My Bloody Valentine, Three-O'Clock High, Staying Alive, Wages of Fear, Carrington, Over the Edge, Watership Down, Spirited Away, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Wings of Desire, Andy Warhol's BAD, Female Trouble, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, etc. I work in a video store, so I'm not even gonna get started.
None for 4 years, baby! I do, however, keep up to date on 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica' via the In-tor-nett!
Rabelais, Kazantzakis, Bukowski, Murakami, Big Books, Small Books, Choose Your Own Adventures, Paperbacks, Hardbacks, Journals, Coffee Table Books, Graphic-Type Novel Comic Book Thingies, Books that make me look Smart and... Stuff.
Martyrs, Fools, Altruists, Sweethearts, Lovers, Cynics, Dreamers, Musicians, Kitty Cats, Bunny Rabbits, Monsters, My Mother My Father, My Friends, and sometimes even myself for managing to do what's right, even when I catch all kinds of shit for it.