A temperate climate, a forgiving and adaptable culture, the continued quest for the unknown, a simple, quiet place of stillness in the depths of the heart where fear and sorrow can not enter. Tits. Especially the pair on this one girl I know.
People who live in glass houses but throw rubber bricks. Oh, and these guys:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah , The Magic Numbers, Of Montreal, Doves, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Electrelane, Modest Mouse, Dean Martin, Broken Social Scene, Alice Cooper, Moldy Peaches, Bowie, Catpower, Smog, Pavement, The Decemberists, Al Green, New York Dolls, YYY'S, The Replacements, Flaming Lips, Chet Baker, Can, Saint Etienne, Stone Roses, The Beatles, Galaxie 500, Ramones, Stones, Tom Jones, Beta Band, Willie Nelson, Low,They Might Be Giants, Moldy Peaches, Peaches, The Ponys, Jimmy Smith,Wilco, That Dog, Pixies, whatever friend's gay band I'm seeing tonight,John Cale, The Band.
The King of Kong, Micheal Clayton Pop Gear, The Science of Sleep, Tokyo Drifter, Anchorman,Gate of Flesh, La Dolce Vita, Brazil,Dazed and Confused, Sideways, Tron, All The Real Girls, Badlands, King Kong Escapes!,Two Lane Blacktop, Lady from Shanghai, A Life Less Ordinary Umbrellas of Cherborg, A Clockwork Orange, Manhattan, Dolemite, Casino,Big Lebowski, Young Frankenstein, Raging Bull, Gate of Flesh, High Fidelity, Punch Drunk Love, Destroy All Monsters, Planet of the Apes, A Hard Days Night, ,The Long Goodbye, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Ghost World,Royal Tenenbaums, Spirited Away, The Right Stuff, Chinatown, The Conversation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Floating Weeds, Ghostbusters, Ikiru, Best In Show, ....blah blah
Damn you Olympics for making me care about Badmitten.
I bought Bob Spitz Beatles bio on clearance, but it's rather daunting in size.
Robert Altman,Bill Hicks, Seijin Suzuki, Andy Kauffman, Richard Pryor, Bill Laimbeer, Carson Mccullers, Bill Clinton, The Fab Four, Bill Maher, Michel Gondry, David Bowie, Nikola Tesla, Charlie Kaufman, Lester Bangs, Steve Malkmus, Lauren Ambrose, John Fante, Orson Welles, Vishnu, Wes Anderson, Ultraman. Rory Gillmore.