alternately inspired and bored. into: music, first and foremost. girls. tattoos. film. art. pirates. puppies. eyes. helicopters. vespas. 1960's style. images flickering. mindless entertainment. bravery. inspiration. harmony. hunger. flashing lights. beeps on the hour. names. knowing what's right and doing what's wrong. random. order. grammar. noises and movements that pass for responses. facial expression. communication of thought. gaining better habits. defying convention. examination. sincerity. making the same mistake over and over. changes. being sponteneous. fallen heroes. the hope of new ones. going out looking fancy. finding new places. things to think of when falling asleep. memories. punctuation. proper spelling. neighborhood names. quotes of others. things that hold other things. arrows. lines. records. the smell of matches. restaurants. water. condiments. guacamole. cheese. the little sea creatures in my softsoap bottle. the appearance of other languages. color. the smell of fall. books i have no time to read. clocks. postcards. white leather couches. vintage cameras. my ipod. my tivo. netflix. gmail. instant messenger. belts. cheap sunglasses that continue to break. other meaningless possessions. new friends. lists...
fun, artistic people who are not crazy in a prescription pill kind of way. someone to go to shows and movies with. and drink with. someone i can put on the guestlist, and take to a screening too. someone spontaneous that can have an authentic conversation but doesn't mind silence on occasion.the person who came up with the idea to put little sea creatures in my softsoap bottle. people who return phone calls.i have met a lot of amazing people in the last few years... surprise me.
The Aggrolites, Air, Al Green, Alton Ellis, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead, The Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin, At The Drive In, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Belle and Sebastian, Billie Holiday, Billy Bragg, Björk, Blonde Redhead, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Booker T. and The MGs, Bouncing Souls, Braid, Brenton Wood, Burning Spear, Cave In, Charles Mingus, Chisel, Chris Murray, The Clash, Cornell Campbell, The Creation, Cursive, David Bowie, Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady 7, David Ruffin, Death Cab For Cutie, Delroy Wilson, Doreen Shaffer, Dr. Ring-Ding, Dusty Springfield, Edwin Starr, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, The Ethiopians, The Fire Theft, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, The Four Tops, Fugazi, The Fugees, The Gaylads, The Get Up Kids, Glenn Adams, Green Day, Hepcat, Horace Andy, Hot Snakes, Iron and Wine, The Jackson 5, The Jam, James Brown, Jeremy Enigk, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Eat World, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, John Coltrane, John Holt, Johnny Cash, Johnny Clarke, Jonathan Richman, Junior Murvin, Ken Boothe, King Tubby, Kinks, Lauryn Hill, Le Tigre, Lifetime, The Mars Volta, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, matt pond PA, Melodians, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Modest Mouse, The Monkees, Mos Def, The New Reggae Revue, Otis Redding, The Paragons, Phyllis Dillon, The Pietasters, Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Postal Service, Pressure Cooker, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Promise Ring, The Radiation Kings, Radiohead, The Ramones, Ranking Joe, Rilo Kiley, Rocket From The Crypt, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, The Royals, Sam and Dave, Sean Lennnon, Serge Gainsbourg, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, The Supremes, Sigur Rós, The Skatalites, Skavoovie and The Epitones, The Slackers, Smokey Robinson, Solomon Burke, The Sonics, The Specials, Spoon, Stevie Wonder, The Stubborn All-Stars, Sugar Minott, Sunny Day Real Estate, Take 5, Techniques, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Tommy McCook, Toots and The Maytals, Tyrone Davis, TV On The Radio, Vic Ruggiero, Victor Rice, The Walkmen, Weezer, The Who, Wilco, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Zombies
anything Cassavetes, "run lola run", "requiem for a dream", "vertigo", "breathless", "'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind", "fight club", "lost in translation","buffalo 66", "trainspotting", "goodfellas", "donnie darko", "amores perros", "basquiat", "apocalypse now", "a clockwork orange", "raging bull", "north by northwest", "rushmore", "science of sleep", "city of god", "talk to her", "children of men", "pan's labirynth", "sin city", "v for vendetta", "when we were kings", "sex and lucia" (hottest movie ever made), each and every movie produced by robo productions
'30 days', '30 rock', 'best week ever', 'the colbert report', 'curb your enthusiasm', 'the daily show', 'entourage', 'extras', 'flight of the conchords', 'family guy', 'human giant' 'it's always sunny in philadelphia', 'lost', 'miami ink', 'my name is earl', 'the office', 'rescue me', 'the simpsons', 'the sarah silverman program'RIP: 'arrested development', 'chapelle's show', 'freaks and geeks', 'six feet under', 'the sopranos', 'the state', 'stella'
'the stranger', 'the metamorphosis', 'brave new world', 'high fidelity', 'a farewell to arms', 'catcher in the rye', 'me talk pretty one day', 'running with scissors', 'women'
John Cassavetes, David Ruffin, John Coltrane, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Pryor, REAL pirates, Sailor Jerry, to start.