truth, grace, unexpected beauty, parlor rock, rapture, people & their thoughts, mutts, nuts, boating, porch swings, ice skating, ice cream, terrapins, soup, eating pie with fresh whipped cream and friends.
Music
ballboy, bats, cure, helen love, huggy bear, mountain goats, neutral milky wimpshake, tilly and the wall, trash can sinatras, trembling blue stars, doowop, swing.
Movies
homemade, the jerk, the apartment, american pimp, roman holiday, gigi, adam's rib, harold & maude.
Television
Qi, never mind the buzzcocks, kumars at no. 42, get smart, animaniacs, iron chef, the dick van dyke show, perfect strangers, scrubs, top gear, the puppy channel.
Books
too many, but: the joy of cooking, lucky jim, gulliver's travels, orlando, the man who ate everything, any pogo or paul auster, the dubliners, stern men, the grasshopper king...
Heroes
Grandma Kumar, Timothy McSweeney, Robert Walser, Feargal Sharkey, Diarmuid Gavin, Mo Rocca, Ian Broudie, and the teams of Torvill/Dean & Davies/Fry.
otherwise: mollydog, books, and hopefully the lovely people who bless me with friendship.
Who I'd like to meet: erin mckean. sailors. oyster shuckers. not-so-serious owners of galoshes. economical talkers. tennis partners who do not care about keeping score. those who like the abbreviation 'ino. the lovechild of gerty farish and creekbird.
Hey Kardyhm! Sorry it took me so long to reply. We're currently recording a badass new EP which I think you'll dig. We'll make it back to SF one of these days. I'll definitely let you know when we're coming! Cheers,
Spent the eve of your birthday saying your name and hearing it said with the words miss her and what a lovely person and oh will you give her our love.
Wishing you a most wonderful birthday way out west. I'd take you for a Twin Peaks Sundae to celebrate if I could!