| Influences | WRITERS: Haruki Murakami, Frederick Barthelme, Flannery O'Connor, Russell Banks, Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, T.C. Boyle, Truman Capote, Mary Gaitskill, Lorrie Moore, Mary Robison, Iris Murdoch, Sarah Waters, Alison Bechdel, Raymond Carver, Charles Bukowski, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Melanie Rae Thon, Joy Williams, Toni Morrison, David Sedaris, Alice Walker, Dave Eggers, Jhumpa Lahiri, J.D. Salinger, Sylvia Plath, Alice Munro, Amy Hempel, Banana Yoshimoto.
MOVIES: Rushmore, The 400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, My Summer of Love, Almost Famous, Morvern Callar, Ruby in Paradise, Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Before Sunset, Lost In Translation, The Dreamers, Breaking The Waves, Ghost World, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Run Lola Run, Manhattan, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Rebecca, My Life As A Dog, Look At Me, Head-On, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Splendor In the Grass, Lemming.
MUSIC: Goldfrapp, Beth Orton, Gillian Welch, Tegan and Sara, Nick Drake,
The Eels, Bonnie Raitt, Esthero, Martha Wainwright, Regina Spektor, The Eames Era, Massive Attack, Edie Brickell, Van Morisson, Keren Ann, Neko Case, Mazzy Star,The Shins, Edith Piaf, Aimee Mann, Air, Al Green, Amy Correreia, Ani DiFranco, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Catie Curtis, Cassandra Wilson, Chet Baker, Cowboy Junkies, David Byrne, Dinah Washington, Elvis Costello, Emiliana Torrini, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Edwards, Langhorne Slim, Lucinda Williams, Michelle Shocked, Nina Simone, Prince, Rickie Lee Jones, Sue Jorge, Sigur Ros, Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman, The Velvet Underground. |
