Pho, Records, Federal, Being Happy, Porter, Outsider Art, Farmers Market, Documentaries, Chocolate Covered Ginger, WXYC, Champagne, Carmine Stabile, Busby Berkeley Musicals, Making a Difference, Orange, 78's, Weirdness, Letters, UNC Basketball, Ukuleles, Being Outside, Azteca Grill, Rollerskating, Experimental Film, Competitive Eating Contests.
I'd like to meet:
Bob Parlocha, Betty Hutton (RIP), Ross McElwee, Backfat, Mark Bittman, Sonya Thomas.
Music:
Divaville, The Electric Mayhem, Old-Time, Ray Charles, Yodeling, Bill Withers, Vetiver, Donovan, Gene Kelly, 10cc, Mix Tapes and CDs, Neko Case, Betty Hutton, Duke Street Dawgs, Cliff Edwards, Pet Sounds, Flatlanders, Ukulele, Stephin Merritt, Percy Sledge, Camera Obscura, Django Reinhardt, Muppets, Luna, Vintage Hawaiian, Doo Wop, Crooked Fingers, Lightnin' Wells, M.I.A., Iron and Wine, Rosebuds, Wilco, Western Swing, Mark Kozelek, Blossom Dearie, the Zombies, Tiples.
Movies:
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T is my favorite movie today. I also love the Muppet Movie, Playtime, Better Off Dead, Golddiggers of 1933, Wide Awake (or anything really from Alan Berliner), Welcome to the Dollhouse, Me You and Everyone We Know, Singin' In the Rain, The Jerk, Swing Time, Junebug, Sherman's March, Ricky Leacock's films, over-the-top movie musicals from the '30s and '40s, everything from AV Geeks.
Television:
Welcome Back, Kotter and the Little Rascals.
Books:
Love Is A Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield, Necessary Sins by Lynn Darling, anything from the Sedarises. I read alot of magazines such as Cooks Illustrated, Paste and Our State.
