General
Eating/cooking good food. Living life like its an old jazz song. singing,lalalalala. art. good conversation. winewinewine. Ascots. flea circuses(?), the universe. reality, photography, Pack ratting. Kazoos. nostalgia. transcendence. flea markets/thrift stores/garage sales, Castro Theater sing alongs, aminals of all sorts, that's right I said aminals. old stuff. outdoorsy stuff though i rarely get a chance to partake in such activities, fishin', swimming, yoga, reading, dancing, especially in dive bars, that's a combo lovely as peanut butter and chocolate. tattoos.
Music
balkan, anyone? tango,old-timey stuff, brass and jazz of all sorts, lots o' strings and things, junk bands, bluuuuuuuues, feeedback. looooops. found sound. broken social scene, cat power in all her gloomy glory, nick curran, the books, doves, coltrane, hank williams, johnny cash, tom waits, living legends(the grouch, anyone?), miles, Shotgun wedding quintet and any affiliated projects!,otis redding, nina simone, RACHEL'S, xela, J5, blackalicious, pretenders, PIXIES, the rapture, THE SMITHS!!!, jarvis cocker, black heart procession, depeche mode, arcade fire, the cure, faces, white stripes(i don't care what anybody says, they rawk)sigur ros, the faint, john lee hooker, gillian welch, modest mouse, BOWIE, queen, ratatat, mulatu astatqe, erykah badu, d'angelo, U.N.K.L.E, DJ shadow, tosca, yes, AIR, DJANGO RHEINHARDT, ELLA FITZGERALD, THE BOOKS, Tom Waits, beirut, radio citizen, keely smith(the skinny bitch can croon!) ray la montagne, tribe called quest, RADIOHEAD!!!!!!, al green, zeppellin, blonde redhead, john legend, muddy waters, bloc party, ROBERT JOHNSON, jimi hendrix, janis joplin, erasure, antibalas, cymande, the j.b.'s, postal service, pinback, scissor sisters, STEVIE WONDER, ray charles, joni mitchell, curtis mayfield, les nubians, bjork, frank sinatra, t bone walker, puente, cesario evora, beirut, marvin gaye, leadbelly... i'm being obnoxious now so i'll stop
Movies
metropolis, blue angel, rushmore, bufallo '66, amadeus, the princess and the warrior, in the mood for love, any adam sandler movie, high fidelity, labyrinth, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, monsieur ibrahim, trading places, harold and maude, royal tenenbaums, big lebowski, some like it hot, dirty rotten scoundrels, swingers, jim jarmusch films, masculin-feminine (godard), amelie, o brother, whereart thou?(i really have a thing for the coen brothers and wes anderson, can you tell?), adaptation, magnolia, morvern callar, overboard, sex and the single female, pirates of the caribbean, titus, GOONIES, willow, seven year itch, singin in the rain, punch drunk love, stanley and iris,... Apparently, I like movies.
Television
Its very strange, for some reason I've ended up with 3 of them but watch nary a one... pack ratting'll get you in trouble someetimes
Books
m(u)tants,geek love, the road, i am a strange loop, hugh johnson's the story of wine, Proust! desolation angels, encyclopedia neurotica, shel silverstein, john zerzan, the Master and Margarita, a natural history of the senses, heart of darkness, on the nature of the universe, everything is illuminated, any great art book, ts elliott, EDGAR ALLEN POE, the harry potter series ( iknow, i should have "big fat dork" tattooed on my forehead), pillars of the earth, as nature made him, interpreter of maladies, the spirit catches you, and you fall down, satori in paris,...
Heroes
gustav klimt, jack kerouac, nietschze, phillippe petit, egon schiele, my mother, jim dine, frida kahlo, magic-makers and love perpetuaters, dorothea tanning, robert rauschenburg, joseph cornell, my favorite professor ever--Micheal Barton Miller, my grandmother. Furthermore, I feel social workers are the unsung heroes of our society. They face all the degradation humanity has to offer on a daily basis and try to put the broken pieces of people's lives back together. It is the most thankless job on the planet. The Ellis Island greeting, "Give us your tired, your weak, and your poor...", should be emblazoned like a superhero's emblem on the back of every one of their little saintly lab coats. So, if perchance you meet a social worker, give them a hug!
Comments
Sep 25 2009 12:59 AM
Aug 18 2009 3:56 PM
Aug 7 2009 9:29 PM
Thanks for listening!
-The California Honeydrops
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Jul 30 2009 4:03 PM
Jul 22 2009 4:29 AM
May 28 2009 9:57 PM
It's not like we live eons away from each other, darlin', we should get tea sometime. Or grown-up drinks. We could invite Nick (Burns), who is back in town as well.
Has it really been a decade? Oh my god, it has.
May 8 2009 10:00 PM
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May 3 2009 6:40 PM
Mar 24 2009 11:24 PM
but I can druther your druthers on several social network sites at once.
Mother drutherer!
Mar 23 2009 11:38 PM
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Feb 26 2009 1:15 PM
See you soon!
Feb 11 2009 10:49 AM
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Nov 26 2008 5:26 PM
hope you find some lucky clouds to adhere to.
Oct 26 2008 6:21 PM
just wanted to say HELLO!!
all is well down south..not too far south..
mmmmwah!
Oct 22 2008 5:47 PM
Sep 24 2008 12:12 AM
Aug 18 2008 10:01 PM
hope all is well with you.
how is the art life treating you? along with the thug life? and how about the rest?
hope to hear from you soon.
your pal who whistles in wet marshlands as a past time, g.