teeth, yarn, balls, tiny things, mechanical pieces, circuit boards, DIORAMAS, jean baptiste, david lynch, storytelling, ovaries, spontaeneous combustion, okinawa, paper dolls, aubrey beardsley, quantum physics, WHITE DEER, jellyfish, origami, kirigami, TINKLE,parasites, cute asians, chinchillas, robots, nano technology,becoming a fake scientist, becoming a taxidermist, medical waste, parasitic twins, building traps and lairs, dead insects, making tiny paintings, things that hold other things, penis straws, erotic household items,dancing (african and otherwise),swimming, immigrants, languages, theories, breasts, mossy caverns, cozy nooks, petit fours, finding new magical waterfall swimming places, red, forests, mounds, moist little places
okinawans, nude ladies, hello kitty,david lynch, nick cave,lady snowblood, scientists, taxidermists, the wu tang clan(including dead members), dollmakers, hedonists, gluttons for punishment, eccentric heiresses, an asian martial arts instructor, the Tomorrow People, Chapi Chapo, Miss Jean the science lady,the balloon from Le Ballon Rouge,the bandit queen of india (phoolan devi) tragic ghosts, g.v. black, dame darcy, lovers of the tiny, oral hygiene enthusiasts, dandies, bon vivants, the fanciest of the fancy, men about town, ladies of the evening, soup of the evening beautiful soup.
well- lately if i listen to xiu xiu i start crying madly bonnie prince billy works for snow 16 horsepower works for whiskey times cocteau twins for running awathe jam, ghostwriter, lobster quadrille nouvelle vague, fela kuti, mulatau astatke, antony and the johnsons pulp, future bible heroes julee cruise singing in david lynch soundtracks, nick cave, pj harvey, tori amos, peelander z, dresden dolls, slowdive,polysics, wu tang clan, cure, pizzicato 5, morrissey, 5678's, the whole wainwright clan, arcade fire, beirut, johnny thunders,johnny cash, "wake up hamsters" by mikey daniels, dexter romweber, the race, grateful dead, allman brothers bauhaus,heavens to betsy,desmond dekkar, joni mitchell, microphones, sam sofia, hawksley workman, baroque music, things people hum before we shoot them in the mouth, bijou playing the piano, guns n roses, donovan, melanie, bruce cockburn, adicts, sonics, neandrothols, bikini kill, le tigre, elliott smith, cat power, air, add n to x, charles aznavour, serge gainsbourg, pole, sebastian tellier, queen, siouxsie &the banshees, sisters of mercy, lil kim, wayne hancock, flipper, shane macgowan, yoko ono, pom pom de pomme, dovers, mokba, cocteau twins, mojave 3, moldy peaches, magnetic fields, big sandy, james brown, curtis mayfield, gil scott heron, go sailor, bob dylan, clinic, richie havens, arlo guthrie, woody guthrie, antonio carlos jobim, moreno veloso, walkmen, bjork, libertines,JSBX, RL burnside, the smiths stone roses, flat duo jets, jay-z, tom waits the makeup, ride, biz markie, slick rick, jolie holland, sixteen horsepower, holly golightly,jesus and mary chain, black tape for a blue girl, brian jonestown massacre, frank zappa, stiv bator, johnny cash, patsy cline, the doors, gil scott heron (his poetry too) nina simone, ella fitzgerald, peaches, moldy peaches, bob dylan,leonard cohen buffy st. marie, ravi shankar, kula shaker ac/dc early in the morning when i stay at my parents' house and my mum sings along and has no idea what they're saying.
la double vie de veronique and most other kieslowski films, paper house,little miss sunshine, i'm your man, carandiru, sexy beast, secretary, black belt jones, black mama white mama, coffee, sheba baby, what about me?, science of sleep, night of the hunter, labyrinth, alice, tampopo, eat drink man woman, kill bill 1&2, woodstock, andy warhol films if i'm knitting or doing something else at the same time. she devils on wheels, russ meyer flicks, anything by Pedro Almodovar, terry gilliam, david lynch, jim jarmusch (particularly dead man and mystery train), i like the way tokyo drifter looks, hair, wes anderson, sometimes i like my dinner with andre when i'm feeling pretentious, spirited away, kurosawa, lost in translation, i like the way In the Mood for Love looks, movies from our film festival (particularly the Bum and the Magic Retard and Mocking Southerns) lord of the rings, the dancer upstairs (javier bardem is smoldering), frida, masters of the universe, clash of the titans, movies with giant mutant animals, hard days night,the perfect man, wicker man, a dirty shame (or anything that darling john waters does),the audition, magic christian, italian for beginners, cabinet of dr. caligari,the godfather, metropolis, the idiots, lady snowblood trilogy, bruce lee movies, series of unfortunate events, catherine breillat, incident at loc ness, city of lost children, pee wee's big adventure, life aquatic, loved ones, dr. strangelove, i heart huckabees, mifune, grosse point blank, le balloon rouge. there are a lot films that i feel have cinematic significance but that are not my favorites. i'm glad i watched them once, but i do not care to revisit them. Lars Von Trier is one of those directors. dogme films are important but horribly depressing.( The Five Obstructions is wonderful and inspirational). as is clockwork orange, full metal jacket and apolcalypse now. etc etc
mr. show, dave chapelle, family guy, simpsons, sopranos,abfab any crime/killing/death/murder/ mystery/lab/sleuthing/forensic/intrigue show anything with operations and medical procedures nature things programs presenting delicious foods (perhaps in conjunction with a medical procedure)
to the making of books there is no end. ask me when i've had a few drinks and i'm feeling melancholy. wilde, my year of meats, pillow book, the devil's larder,perfume,jeanette winterson,tom wolfe, tom robbins, tom clifford, tom tom club, kalidasa, sexton, plath, sartre,camus,anais nin,Heraclea by bernard evslin,colette,food essays by jeffery steingarten,the joy of cooking,books about ninjas, harold and the purple crayon, siddhartha, tao of pooh, math books, poems of Issa, salad anniversary, mists of avalon, no exit, dome handbook, mythology, penthouse letters,instruction manual for a chinese children's accordian, japanese textile pattern history books, under the banyan tree (r.k. naranyan), the bonesetter's daughter,murakami, Armed Love by elia katz,dame darcy pictures, peoples' secret journals,i like reading plays in the springtime, dancing wu li masters, the monkey, bible, some ginsberg, kerouac, the tin drum, faerie stories, women who run with the wolves, folk tales people tell me. ..... many more
jean baptiste,bijou,frances glessner lee, lady snowblood, the bandit queen of india