| Influences | I like dark chocolate, the tao te ching, clean sheets, the study of human behavior, oscar wilde, fashion magazines, andrew goldsworthy, the idea of balancing things, erik erikson (contributed significantly to 20th century psychology wo graduating college), fresh hot black coffee, velocity, books, fresh herbs, peter greenaway, balsamic vinegar, a good discussion, juan de yepes y alvarez (st john of the cross), speed chess, banksy, people who think deeply yet remain positive, astrology, wasabi, wim wenders, grafitti, mark ryden, documentaries, catherine breillat, greyhounds made from freshly-squeezed grapefruits, robert altman, intuition, the smell of a bakery, francis bacon (painter), a long hot shower, horseradish, dealing with my anger for a stupid world, andy warhol, la hacienda lunch special 2, people who just keep trying, joan of arc, space ghost, jalapenos, antonio mancini, garland county library book sale room, carl gustav jung, the morning toasted bagel with land o lakes (salted) butter, peter o'toole, the stream of consciousness, greta wodele, a nice red wine, psychology, fyodor dostoyevsky, southpark, religion n mythology, hermann hesse, pop culture, john lovett's ever-improving home brew, t s eliot, improvisation, w somerset maugham, the young artists who show at my gallery, darren aronofsky, fresh high quality farm-raised produce, woody allen, going to bed, mr rogers, ayn rand, old clothes, walt disney movies (this began in childhood), robert a johnson (psychologist), the pancake shop special breakfast with ham and bacon, robin williams, discipline (not punishment), cats, allen ginsberg, parents who refuse to strike their children, telecasters, holistic thinking (the whole in the part), ingmar bergman, crosswords, joseph campbell, smart confident women, stanley kubrick, fresh mozzarella, st simeon stylites and the mcclard's hot tamale.
musicians i like: abba, ac/dc, aimee mann, air, al green, al haig, alanis morissette, america, antonio carlos jobim, aphex twin, art tatum, arvo part, bad plus, band, beatles, beauty room, beethoven, belle & sebastian, ben webster, bernard herrmann, beth orton, bill charlap, bill evans, billy preston, bjork, black sabbath, blonde redhead, bob dylan, brahms, brian eno, bt, bud powell, burt bacharach, byrds, carole king, cat stevens, cecil taylor, charles mingus, charlie parker, chet atkins, chicago (1st 6 albums), chopin, cibo matto, cole porter, coleman hawkins, crosby stills nash & young, curtis mayfield, dan fogelberg (1st 3 albums), daniel lanois, david bowie, david holmes, death cab for cutie, debussy, deep purple, dizzy gillespie, dj shadow, dntel, doors, donny hathaway, dr john, duke ellington, duncan sheik, duran duran, earl hines, earth wind & fire, ed harcourt, elliott smith, elton john (early), elvis costello (1st 3 albums), emerson lake & palmer, ennio morricone, erik satie, erroll garner, esthero, everything but the girl, explosions in the sky, fats waller, felix da housecat, fiona apple, flaming lips, foo fighters, frank sinatra, frou frou, fugazi, gabriel faure, gay beast, george gershwin, george jones, george michael, girl talk, glenn gould, godspeed you black emperor!, goldfrapp, gonzalo rubalcaba, groove armada, guided by voices, hall & oates, hammock, hank williams sr, henry mancini, herb alpert, hoagy carmichael, hole, isaac hayes, ivy, jfk, js bach, jaco pastorious, jackson browne (1st 4 albums), jaki byard, jam & lewis, james taylor, jawbox, jeff buckley, jennifer warnes, jerome kern, jimi hendrix, jimmy rowles, jimmy smith, jimmy van heusen, jimmy webb, joe jackson (1st 2 albums), joe pass, johnny cash, jon brion, joni mitchell, juan carlos esquivel, junior vasquez, kanye, keith jarrett, kraftwork, kruder & dorfmeister, lalo schifrin, latin playboys, laura nyro, lauryn hill, lcd soundsystem, led zeppelin, lee hazelwood, leon russell, louie armstrong, lucinda williams, madonna, martial solal, marvin gaye, massive attack, matthew sweet, max richter, michael nyman, miles davis, missy elliott, mitchell froom, moby, mogwai, morcheeba, mozart, muse, my bloody valentine, neil finn, neptunes, nirvana, notwist, nouvelle vague, oasis, olive, oscar peterson, outkast, p j harvey, panda bear, paul williams, phineas newborn jr, police, portishead, postal service, prince, public enemy, pulp, queen, rachmaninoff, radiohead, ralph vaughn williams, ravel, ray charles, rem, rodgers & hart, rolling stones, roni size, roxy cottontail, roy budd, royksopp, rufus wainwright, ryan power, saint germain, sarah mclachlan, scissor sisters, serge gainsbourg, sergio mendes, shawn colvin, shuggie otis, sigur ros, simon & garfunkel, sly stone, smiths, spiritualized, soundgarden, stan getz, statesmen, steely dan, stephane grappelli, stereolab, steve aoki, stevie ray vaughn, stevie wonder, sufjan stevens, supreme beings of leisure, suzanne vega, talking heads, tears for fears, tbe negro problem, thelonious monk, thievery corporation, todd rundgren, tony bennett, tony hatch, tv on the radio, u2, van allen belt, van halen, van morrison, velvet underground, verve, vivaldi, vladimir horowitz, wagner, walter norris, white stripes, whitney houston, who, william orbit, will.i.am, willie nelson, wutang clan, wyclef jean, yes
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