| General | Rebel Rousing, general disobedience, astral travel (it's the cheap way to travel),learning to whistle, gaming (be it scrabble, crossword, cards, charades, you name it...I game it), flirting, courting, incredibly long walks, exploring rare books room at the NYPublic library as well as The National archives in D.C. and College Park Maryland... train riding, stone skimming,red wine, song, and dance. | | Music | Otha Turner and The Afrossippi Allstars, Kayhan Kalhor, Nick Drake, Fela, Sufjan Stevens, Chico Hamilton, De La Soul, Broken Social Scene, Hayedeh, Django Rheinhardt, Brian Eno, Yusef Lateef, Ray Charles,The Clash, Elliot Smith, Leonard Cohen, Shajarian, Pavement, Robert Johnson,Yo Yo Ma, Guided By Voices, The Roots, Chet Baker, Dylan, Jimi, Neil Young, The Last Poets, R.L.Burnside, Built to Spill, Low, Moondog, Cass Mcombs, Aretha,Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Sea and Cake, Iron and Wine, East Village Radio shows...music whore...too many to mention all - | | Movies | Wong Kar Wai's Happy Togeteh, Dreams of Hind and Camille,
Central Station, Chronicle of a Summer, Cassavettes,Fellini, Errol Morris,
I AM CUBA (how fantastic is that opening scene?!), The Gleaners and I, Grey Gardens, My life as a Dog, Fire...
Forough Farrokhzad The House is Black, Maya Deren... | | Television | Don't have cable so .....To the Contrary w/ Gwen Ifill. The Simpsons. Bernie Mac, This Old House, Lidia's Italian Kitchen, Globetrekker. Sesame Street, Buster the Bunny. | | Books | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee and Walker Evans), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison),
Howl (Allan Ginsburg), The Good Fight and Unbought and Unbossed (Shirley Chisolm), Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Robert McChesney), My Antonia (Willa Cather)
Public Opinion (Walter Lippman).Palestine by Joe Sacco, , Most books by James Baldwin...not enuf space for all literary likes.Edward Gorey, Photography books of WEEGEE.Poetry of Joel Brouwer.Forough Farrokhzad THE WICKED PIGEON LADIES IN THE GARDEN by Mary Chase. MYOPIC BOOKSTORE IN CHI-TOWN RULES. Joe Judd comin' to see you real soon farmboy. | | Heroes | mere mortals but modern day heroes in their own right...old chi-towners Ed Marzewski and Joe Judd. Bill Moyers, Shirley Chisolm, Philip and Daniel Berrigan, Bayard Rustin
Forough Farrokhzad.... |
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