music, art, dive bars, thelema, making fun of people, making fun of myself, subversion, questioning assumptions, social psychology, epistemology, philosophy, things that are cute, surrealism, vegetarianism and cooking good veggie food, guinness, classical piano, social research and politics, feminist theory, tacky jesus stuff, mexican folk art and religious art, having a neverending pile of books to read, edward gorey, good conversation.
ummmm, no more crappy bands please . . . this applies to all you "singer/songwriters" too . . . seriously.
UPDATE: no more people with aspiring careers taking online surveys or amateur "models" AKA porn sluts. thanks.
too much to list, but here's a start...nick cave, the rotating cast of the bad seeds, the birthday party, the boys next door, chopin, beethoven, black heart procession, three mile pilot, slayer, black sabbath, swans, joy division, stranglers, big business, iron maiden, mastodon, leviathan, bolt thrower, motorhead, the cutthroats 9, napalm death, neurosis, refused, burnt by the sun, jesus lizard, echo and the bunnymen, unsane, eyehategod, karp, the velvet underground, converge, high on fire, sepultura, camera obscura, (early) new order, warsaw, the cars, drive like jehu, the black keys, modern lovers, spoon, the make-up, my bloody valentine, murder city devils, turbonegro, the detroit cobras, tv on the radio, interpol, the rapture, the dandy warhols, ac/dc, hot snakes, minor threat.
the proposition . . . go see it. nick cave is a genius. anything with zombies. horror. run lola run, run RONNIE run, ichi the killer, storytelling, the big lebowski, kung fu hustle, donnie darko, pretty in pink, secretary, the virgin suicides, the yes men, shaun of the dead, nightmare before christmas, requiem for a dream, wings of desire, ghost world, the royal tenenbaums, the life aquatic. most films by jarmusch, wenders, coppola, lynch, fulci, romero.
scrubs, animal planet, athf, six feet under, reno 911, the daily show, dexter, ifc, cnn
foucault vs. chomsky, outlaw culture (bell hooks), and the ass saw the angel, king ink, the handmaid's tale, the fuck-up, nadja, the second shift, the awakening, the science question in feminism. anything dealing with epistemology or methodology.
WRITERS: georges bataille, bell hooks, sandra harding, carolyn merchant, marge piercy, noam chomsky, howard zinn, edward said, margaret atwood, andre breton, audre lorde, elizabeth minnich, donna haraway, jill morawski, too many philosophers to list . . .