photography. art. art history. poetry. books. philosophy. music. clavioline. piano. bashing on tom. going to art museums (MOCA, Norton Simon Art Museum, LACMA). mod fashion. anything 60s. liberalism (though i maintain a moderate stance). anything that's not mainstream. filming. avant garde.
captain arab.and people who can tolerate political incorrectness.political incorrect=/=ignorance.and of course...people with amazingly good taste (expect major subjectivity)
the beatles. bob dylan. beck. radiohead. miles davis. weezer. sigur ros. the zombies. the beach boys. brian wilson. john coltrane. pink floyd. syd barret. led zeppelin. U2. seu jorge. oui oui. the thrills. anti-ballas. cass mccombs.debussy. maurice ravel. pj harvey. the pixies. massive attack. velvet underground. donovan. air. joan baez. woody guthrie. belle and sebastian. oasis. tyler davis. the rocky racoons. the shins. junior senior. yoko kanno. francoise hardy. serge gainsbourg. blur. jean-francois coen. the chemical brothers. nick drake. daft punk. joao gilberto. stan getz. vince guaraldi. astrud gilberto. cibo matto. sean lennon. miho hatori. the waffles. bjork. ben kweller. sonic youth. tom petty and the heartbreakers. the traveling wilburys. george harrison. john lennon. paul mccartney. the rolling stones. jimi hendrix. utada hikaru. the pillows. the brilliant green. anything that sounds japanese. electric light orchestra. nancy sinatra. jon brion. van morrison. sergio mendes. the smiths. the cure. saturday looks good to me. the kinks. the la's. the yardbirds. tchaikovsky. debussey. beethoveen. the space twins. the jesus and mary chain. phoenix. david bowie. blonde redhead. guitar vader. vashti bunyan. the smashing pumpkins. broken social scene. k-os. boom bip. kanye west. the 88. the clientele. takako minekawa. kraftwerk. wilco. vince guaraldi trio. new order. the go! team. animal collective. the octopus project. cat power. wolf parade. radio 4. ladytron. dj shadow. the roots. jurassic 5. charles mingus.hank williams. leonard cohen. my bloody valentine. kevin shields. mf doom. kyoto jazz massive. os mutantes. dungen. m.i.a. deerhoof. the verve. boards of canada.jamie lidell. joanna newsom. mum. colourmusic. antonio carlos jobim. camera obscura. the herbaliser. and anything else i haven't mentioned but too lazy to type.
last waltz. goodfellas. anything my hayao miyazaki (my favorite is my neighbor totoro and spirited away). yume (or akira kurosawa's dream). eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. apocalypse now. godfather 1 &2 (3 just sucks). lost in translation. adaptation. life aquatic with steve zissou. rushmore. don't look back (a documentary about bob dylan's tour in 1965). being john malkovich. toy story. a bug's life. the incredibles. the big lebowski. monster's inc. star wars (not the new ones). the return of the pink panther. shot in the dark. the pink panther strikes again.being there. the life and death of peter sellers. 2001: a space odyssey. on the waterfront. the graduate. the shining (stanley kubrick version). a clockwork orange. barry lyndon. (geez...i'm such a stanley kubrick fan). dog day afternoon. cinema paradiso. brother sun, sister moon (better than passion of the christ). the thin red line. in america. fight club. clerks. the seven samurais. (toshio mifune +akira kurosawa=pure godliness). big fish. edward scissorhands (the best tim burton film ever). metropolis (both the anime and fritz lang's). Annie Hall (probably the only Woody Allen movie that I really liked. by far the best romance comedy ever). on the waterfront. chungking express. crouching tiger, hidden dragon. kung fu hustle. i heart huckabees. dr strangelove: or how i learned to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb. paths of glory. pulp fiction. 2046. branded to kill. easy rider. taxi driver. raging bull. grave of the fireflies. M. The 400 Blows. The Grand Illusion. the conversation. blow up. hable con ella (talk to her). 40 year old virgin. in the mood for love. la strada. the hidden fortress. city of god. Darling. frisco kid. Hour of the Wolf (I really dig Ingmar Bergman's stuff. damn those swedes). gimme shelter. little miss sunshine. the elephant man. days of being wild. fallen angels. todo sobre mi madre (all about my mother). rashomon. ghost world. amelie. the last life in the universe. battle royale. the devil and daniel johnston. the bicycle thief. any of the antoine doienel series directed by francois truffaut with the exception of love on the run (cos' it fucking sucks). the departed. 8 1/2 (a must see before you die). squid and the whale. kagemusha.
pbs documentaries. king of the hill. family guy. aqua teen hunger force. futurama (better than (today's) simpsons). (pre-1999) simpsons. seinfeld. reno 911. south park. the daily show with jon stewart. colbert report da ali g show. samurai champloo. paranoia agent. tenchi muyo. lupin the 3rd. i'm an anime nerd. ghost in the shell. attack of the show. the office (BBC version fools). Extras.
The Wasteland by T.S. Elliot. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. All Quiet on the Western Front. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald . Snow Falling on Fuji. rimbaud. the stranger by albert camus. "The Portrait of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde (blast me all you want...but it's a damn good book). "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
bob dylan and allen ginsberg. poets of the 60s. bob dylan: he's like god. he knows how to capture the human spirit through songwriting. plus the man is just badass for not succumbing to standards. he's a great inspiration for my writing. guess where i got my signature shades from. ts elliot: my second inspiration for writing. read "the wasteland" and you'll see. The Beatles (Sgt. Peppers... era): What can I say? They introduced to me a world when I was 5. It's like I've grown up with them throughout my life. Mahatma Gandhi: my hero for his power to use civil disobediance to bring a change in government and society. i'd like to say henry thoreau...but he got nothing on gandhi when he actually did it.Jack Kerouac: my fourth inspiration for writing...read "On The Road" and you'll undersstand.Miles Davis: I never was into the technical side of Miles Davis. But somehow, it's his trumpet playing that drives me to run outside and love life. Listening to the album "Kind of Blue" is what made me what i am today.Buddha: i love his philosophy despite the fact that i'm a catholic.John Lennon: i could relate to himBeck...because the man can pwn every music genre and be good at it. pluse he's a good singer-songwriter. go cry in your room jeff beck.Pablo Picasso: One of my favorite artists of all time. He challenged the viewer and he was unwilling to go by conventional standards. I love the fact that he was so apathetic to the world but when he saw the horrible events of the Spanish Civil War, he switched gears and did his masterpiece...Guernica.Ono no Komachi: If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have written any haikus or tankas. Even that, she would have never introduced me to a world of geishas before that silly movie.The Velvet Underground (and perhaps Nico, she deserves a little credit): One album: The Velvet Underground and Nico. Listen and cherish it.Akira Kurosawa: If it weren't for his film Dreams, I wouldn't have thought twice about my life and my role in spirituality.Nick Drake: He died so young...but yet he wrote the most beautiful music in a short span of time.Stanley Kubrick: his films are just perfect. And I always cry everytime I see the perfectionism in a film like "2001: A Space Odyssey".St. Francis of Assisi: he went against the mistakes of the Catholic Church and rejected conformity. In my book...he's my hero.my art history teacher and a good friend, Mr. Marcucilli (oh how he embarrasses himself): he taught me a lot. art history, stories, lost love, romanticism, comedy, and life. he challenged the school's guidelines and go with his gut and feeling. if there was an epitome of a true teacher...mr marcucilli would be it.by not-so-popular demand, princess june: I knew her for a very long time. She always helps me when I'm down and vice versa. It's at a point where I can say I really love her as a close friend. thanks june.God: god's always been there even after i left catholic church behind. i think that because of my departure, my spirituality has been stronger. i can always count on god.