Reading,comedy,theology, painting from my dreams...
People who get me. But as far as dead people go, Mother Teresa, and Lucille Ball, for starters. For alive people,Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Christopher Guest,David Cross, Wil Farrell, Conan O'Brien, and Ellen. And for pure animal instinct purposes: Gavin DeGraw and Christian Bale.
Silversun Picksups,Frou Frou, The Shins, Frank Black,The Slits, Citizen Cope, Umbrellas, The Appleseed Cast and all the other guys on The Militia Group CD, Flaming Lips, Badly Drawn Boy, Gomez, Bob Mould, Richard Thompson, The Raconteurs, Flyleaf, New Bohemians, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osborne, Yo La Tengo, Elliot Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, Rage Against the Machine, Keane, Muse, The Thrills, Puddle of Mudd, Audioslave, Chris Cornell (LOVE Tom Morello), Dandy Warhols, Crash Vegas, Edith Piaf, Patty Griffin, The Roots, The Donnas, Chaka Khan (guilty pleasure), Morphine, Beck, Shawn Colvin, Korn, Joni Mitchell, Nine Inch Nails, The Who, Ravonettes, The Verve, Prince, Johnny Marr, Nina Hagen, Dominatrix, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, OutKast, Kings of Leon, Parliament, ACDC, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Billy Bragg, Requiems (Rutter, Faure), Perfect Circle, Radiohead, La Boehem (by Puccini), Switchfoot, Madonna, Massive Attack, Coldplay, Samuel Barber, Ravel to name a few.
"What About Bob?", "Annie Hall," anything Woody Allen, Christopher Guest, Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan", "Barcelona") or Jim Jarmusch ("Stranger Than Paradise"), "Diva," "Liquid Sky," "Harold & Maude," "Rushmore," "The Graduate," (especially) "Office Space," "Amelie," "Trading Places"...there's more. You'll have to ask. .. .. ..
"Reno 911", "I Love Lucy," "Family Guy," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Seinfeld" (of course), "The Office (from England, not the US)," "South Park," "Carol Burnett," "Ali G," "Sopranos," "Sex and The City," "Waiting for God," "Wil and Grace," "Saturday Night Live" (when Wil Farrell was on), "The Vicar of Dibley," "Are You Being Served?" "Conan," and any news show like CNN. Oh, and "King of The Hill," and "X-Files."
"A Confederacy of Dunces," "The Secret History," "Seven Story Mountain," there are so many...Sarah Vowell and Al Franken's works, Tennyson, Woody Allen, Sylvia Plath, Ann Sexton... .. .. ..
Bill W., Conan O' Brien, Ann Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Woody Allen, Mark Rothko, John F. Kennedy, my mother, my father, my brothers, everyone at Cornerstone,Henry Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Joseph Campbell, Ghandi, Jesus, the Essenes...just for starters.