I like going to poetry readings here in LA and small art galleries. I collect Harry Blitzstein paintings and African art and books.
If I could have three dinner guests dead or alive, it would be: John Lennon, Mark Twain and Confucius.
Beatles, White Stripes, Arcade Fire, REM, Rachmaninoff, Radio Head, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Cat Power, Jeff Buckley, Robert Johnson, Danny Elfman, The Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Metalica, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elbow, Pink Floyd, Ry Cooder, Peter Gabriel, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson, Nestor Amaral and his Continentals, Cat Stevens, Vines, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pixies, Japonize Elephants and Bright Eyes.
Scizopolis, Rejected, Lost in Translation, Donnie Darko, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Frida, Metropolis, Broken Flowers, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Secretary, Magdeline Sisters, Ulysses Gaze, Harold and Maude, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rose Hobart, The Haunting (original), My Fair Lady, A Taste of Cherry, Eternal Sunshin of the Spotless Mind, The Hours, Spirited Away, American Beauty, Shine, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Bagdad Cafe, Garden State, The Gods Must be Crazy and Sin City.
Golden Girls, Nova, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Frasier, Faulty Towers, Carnivale, Star Trek Next Generation, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Simpsons and some others. But what I really really love is watching Classic Arts Showcase from midnight 'til six in the morning on PBS. It's a non-stop montage of the Arts and non-stop fun! Yay!
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, Feirce Invalids from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, Cosmos by Carl Sagan, Idoru by William Gibson, Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, ILLUMINATUS! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, Lemon by Lawrence Krauser , Mambo Hips and Make Believe by Wanda Coleman, The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, Collected Poetry and Short Stories by Dorothy Parker, How Should We Then Live by Francis A. Shaeffer, My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber, I Killed Hemingway by William McCranor Henderson, American Splendor by Harvey Pekar, Bathwater Wine by Wanda Coleman,
John Lennon, Charlie Chaplin, Madelin Kahn.