hibernating for the winter...
people who are truly extraordinary in their own quiet way-------------- people who are not on myspace.
siouxsie and the banshees, patti smith, nico, kent, velvet underground, yo la tengo, cowboy junkies, pretenders, marianne faithfull, melanie, emmylou harris, nina simone, nick cave, joan armatrading, the smiths, concrete blonde, echo and the bunnymen, antony and the johnsons, blondie, of montreal, abba, annie lennox, neil diamond, irma thomas, palace, animal collective, jmc, joy division, stephin merritt, electrelane, and any phil spector-esque sixties girl group...
hedwig and the angry inch, educating rita, shortbus, 9 to 5, harold and maude, desperately seeking susan, times square, lilies, network, sixteen candles, some kind of wonderful, the jazz singer (1980 version), absolute beginners, anything by david lynch or pedro almodovar... and tons of documentaries.
on video and dvd only........ twin peaks, the young ones, abfab/french & saunders, the simpsons, roseanne, mr. show, upright citizens brigade, freaks and geeks, wonder showzen, flight of the conchords, six feet under, deadwood...
for fiction, pretty much anything by pynchon, hesse, orwell, vonnegut, saunders, and dostoevsky................ colin macinnes' london trilogy colin wilson's outsider cycle anything by howard zinn.... history, politics, sociology, philosophy, psychology, religion, metaphysics... anything that might help me to understand myself, other people, our place in the world, and how things have gotten so ridiculously and unbelievably f---ed up...
special agent dale cooper. howard zinn.