cooking, praying, and mixing drinks. scotch and wine. coffee and cigarettes. meaningful pursuits. solitude. traveling to the other side and a great pair of jeans...
inspired or inspiring folks.
since childhood, chopin has held my heart and never let go...total classical junkie. bossanova esp. bebel gilberto & seu jorge, zero 7, brazilian girls, J5, the roots, talib kweli (thanx tom), mosdef, danger mouse, yeahyeahyeahs, jimmy cliff, l.hill, elliot smith, f.apple, the kills, moby, coldplay, art tatum, white stripes, super chill down-tempo mixes by dj jojoflores, daftpunk, french lounge music, chinese instrumentals...pipa..erhu, iron and wine, edith piaf, art tatum...
la vie en rose...the beat that my heart skipped...matador...layercake ....check it out. legend of 1900, run lola run...have always adored gattaca, behind the sun and just about everything by tarantino, wes anderson, wong kar wai, and barry levinson. just watched nina's tragedies...amazingly thought/emotion provoking... beautiful. &...if you enjoy headbuttin hard ass japanese biker gang chicks mixed with ama-lolita poofy dresses, check out kamikaze girls. District B-13...parkour flick.
mmm...bbc news & women's tennis
elie wiesel, this side of paradise, the problem with pain, mountains beyond mountains, james and the giant peach, sherlock holmes, eleven sons- f.kafka, some banana yoshimoto, short stories by david eggers, screwtape letters, aleksandr solzhenitsyn, the second bakery attack- h.Murakami, political/historical non-fiction, the awakening, the gospels, poetry..
dr. paul farmer, and rudolf stingel for the bright orange carpet