Comedy, 80's alternative rock, sarcasm, pop culture, old punk, country music, television, politics, health spas, organic foods, tasting menus, Curious George dolls (particularly GeorgeBenet), The Stump, Nancy Spungen (and my possible distant relatioship to her), Living in Manhattan, reading, and not to be too girly, but yes, shopping (Nanette Lepore is magic).
Colin Higgins. And in the still living category I'll go with Nick Hornby -- or anyone else who is clever, funny and a bit of a music geek. (writers are particularly welcome).
Todd Rundgren, Black Flag, Camper Van Beethoven, REM (the Mitch Easter/Don Dixon years), The Dictators, Husker Du, The Replacements, Soul Asylum, The Hoodoo Gurus, The Bangles, Joe Jackson, The Style Council (I know, I know, I'm supposed to say The Jam), Rex Smith, Andy Gibb, Living Colour, The Damned, Ian Hunter, The Long Ryders, The dB's, The Three O'Clock, The Michael Stanley Band, Donnie Iris, The Patti Smith Group, The Babys, Roxy Music, The Lime Spiders, The original Broadway cast soundtracks to the musicials Rent and Nine, (Barry Manilow -- shhhhh), Love Tractor, Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Talk, The Golden Palominos, The (English) Beat, Jewish summer camp songs, and many SST bands not previously mentioned above (yes, I was usually the token girl at those SST shows).********************* The below montage is from the final weekend of CBGBs. [See my left hand, yep, MY left hand, make it's cameo -- pointing in the air three times -- on the far right side of the screen during the second chorus of "baby" in The Dictators' "Won't You Stay With Me."(1:47-1:52)] ********************
Harold and Maude, Spinal Tap, The Breakfast Club, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Fabulous Stains, PeeWee's Big Adventure, Times Square, The Governess, Sugar Town, About a Boy, My Favorite Year, Grace of My Heart, Where it's At, The One and Only, Awakenings, Valley Girl, Secrets and Lies, Norman, Is That You? Say Anything, Cruise of the Gods, Fame, Auntie Mame, Ghost World, Fiddler on the Roof, Dogfight, Sooner or Later, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Crash, The Chosen, Peter's Friends, Bells are Ringing, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Local Hero, Shadowlands (US version), Dick, The Parent Trap (The "Let's Get Together" version), oh yeah and did I mention the greatest film ever, Harold and Maude? ********************* And speaking of Harold and Maude, here is the trailer. ********************* .. *********************
OLD-ISH SHOWS: TAXI, Get a Life, Freaks and Geeks, My So Called Life, IRS's The Cutting Edge, I'm Alan Partridge, Square Pegs, Fridays, New Wave Theatre, Night Flight, Roseanne, Sex and the City, Love Monkey, Ali G and The West Wing... NEW-ISH SHOWS: The Office, Saxondale, How I Met Your Mother, My Name is Earl, The Knights Of Prosperity, 30 Rock, The Sopranos, Big Love, SVU, too many reality shows (Bands Reunited, Tough Enough, Big Brother, Top Chef...), and of course anything with Frank DeCaro in it. ******************* Look! It's Rex Smith singing to "Vicki" on The Love Boat! But forget Vicki. Go ahead...just pretend he is singing directly to YOU! ***************************************** Below see two hilarious clips from The Knights of Prosperity. *********************
Authors: Nick Hornby, Colin Bateman, Tony Parsons, Marc Spitz, Elinor Lipman, Cynthia Heimel, the beloved Bruce and Carole Hart, Ann Hood, Laurie Colwin, Henry Miller, Phillipa Gregory, Markoe/Prieboy, Walter Kirn, Christopher Dawes (How can you not buy a book called "Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail"???), Cathryn Michon, Caroline Sullivan, Sydney Taylor, Blake Nelson, Melissa Bank, Brendan Halpin, Martha Moody, Kiersey/Bates, Ira Robbins, Flannery O'Connor, Mark Lindquist, J.K. Rowling, Pamela DesBarres. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Alexandre Dumas, Mike Gayle, Jerzy Kosinski, Deborah Spungen, Christopher Buckley and of course shelves and shelves of rock and punk biographies and novels --esp, any book about or by the Pistols (including Vivienne and Malcolm) and Legs McNeil's brilliant "Please Kill Me."
My husband Chris, Ruth Gordon -- and of course, you.