"We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.... sex and soul in equal measures; sensationalism and bad taste harnessed for noble purpose?..." Is there such a thing?
"Out here in the fields"? Do you recall the occupation of Holden Caulfield? ...he was much like you; "the catcher in the rye"... a perfectly sedate conscience in a dangerous playground full of fleeting moments.... as the children become more affected by their natural unflinching spontaneity, they carelessly teeter near unforgiving precipice...you reach out with both arms and gently guide them back to the center. The furtive careless dance continues...it does not cease...ever.... but always you are there, the sentinel, protecting....." W.M. Wheeler or?The Salt of the Earth, Elvis, Brando, Dean, Cash, Maceo Parker, Clinton...George and Bill, in that order, Gahan, and throw in that actress that plays Jean Grey on X-men....oh yeah it's Famke Janssen.
Hip Hop, House, Chicago deep and acid house, Detroit electronic, Ambient, Classic & obscure Funk, Soul & Black Disco, Classic Rock, Drum and Bass, good R&B...... The Orb, Red House Painters, Cocteau Twins, Wolfgang Press, Clan of Xymox, Pieter Nooten, Pixies, Lush, Modern English, Frazier Chorus, This Mortal Coil, (OK, SCREW IT, THE ENTIRE 4AD CATALOGUE) Smiths, Morrisey, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, early Duran Duran, ABC, Japan, David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Jansen & Barbieri, Brian Eno, Metamatics, Kraftwerk, New Order, Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Jam, Shreikback, Sade, Slowdive, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Bill Nelson, Portion Control, Propaganda, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, U2, the Shins, Postal Service, Yello, Orbital, Oasis, Elvis, the Cult, Squeeze, Split Enz, J. Cash, the Beatles, Maktub and the ingenious Reggie Watts, Test Department, Air, Band of Horses, Adrian Sherwood and the On-U-Sound System, ie. Keith Lebanc, Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Tackhead, Gary Clail, Mark Stewart and the Mafia, Beasties, Tribe called Quest, ODB, the Roots, da Wu Tang, Mos Def, Lyrics Born. Soulsides Crew, Guru, De La, Arrested Development, Mobb Deep, Slum Village, Dre, Snoop, Biggie, Missdemeanor, NWA, the Game, Lloyd Banks, Public Enemy, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Frank Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates, Seger, AC-DC, Jerry Rafferty, Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Etta James, Billie, the Clash, Agent Orange, Charged GBH, Sparta Kruder, & Dorfmeister, Dzihan & Kamien, Tosca, Massive Attack, Style Council, Harold Budd, Vini Reilly, Section 25, Holger Czukay, PIL, Cure,more to come
Blue Velvet, Easy Rider, Trainspotting, Godfather, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Usual Suspects, O Brother where art thou? Three Kings, Boogie Nights, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, Lox Stock and all that Guy Ritchie Shit, 21 grams, Ghost World, My Life as a Dog, Tie me up, Tie me Down, Perros Amores, Motorcycle Diaries, Betty Blue, Slaughterhouse 5, The Apartment, From Dusk til Dawn, The Machinist, Do the Right Thing, Scarface, Delicatessen, Moulin Rouge, Magnolia, Fight Club, Blade Runner, Minority Report, Tron, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Dark Crystal, Mad Max, Rumblefish, Rosemarys Baby, Down with Love, Alfie,work in progress
Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, Strangers with candy, 24, Jamie Kennedy Experiment, Lost, Comedy Central in general, Leno, Letterman, Arrested Development, History Channel etc.
Eating Fried Worms, Where the Wild Things Are, Fountainhead,