in alphabetical order ::: black and white photography; environmentalism; film; gourmet cooking; human rights protection; literature; modern architecture; music; The New York Times crossword puzzle; Paris, France; quantum mechanics; study of comparative religions; wine; world politics
Music
in alphabetical order ::: Laurie Anderson; Joseph Arthur; The B-52s; The Band; Sara Bareilles; The Beatles; Beck; Björk; Bourgeois Tagg; David Bowie; Jon Brion; Jonatha Brooke; Jeff Buckley; Kim Burrell; Kate Bush; David Byrne; Neko Case; Johnny Cash; Roseanne Cash; Chagall Guevara; Tracy Chapman; Toni Childs; Cibo Matto; The Clash; Patsy Cline; Bruce Cockburn; Cocteau Twins; Leonard Cohen; Coldplay; John Coltrane; Shawn Colvin; Ry Cooder; Elvis Costello; Counting Crows; The Cure; The Dandy Warhols; Dave Matthews Band; Miles Davis; Ani Di Franco; Thomas Dolby; Bob Dylan; Steve Earle; Elim Hall; Brian Eno; Fleetwood Mac; Aretha Franklin; Mitchell Froom; Peter Gabriel; Serge Gainsbourg; Marvin Gaye;
Henryk Górecki; Gorillaz; Christophe Goze; Macy Gray; Al Green; Donny Hathaway; Lalah Hathaway; David Ryan Harris; Emmylou Harris; P.J. Harvey; Imogen Heap; Mark Heard; Jimi Hendrix; Joe Henry; Billie Holiday; Alberto Iglesias; Rickie Lee Jones; Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan; Kings of Leon; Diana Krall; Alison Krauss; Daniel Lanois; Annie Lennox; Lone Justice; Lyle Lovett; Aimee Mann; Bob Marley; MC Solaar; Brad Mehldau; Charles Mingus; Joni Mitchell; Moby; Meshell N'degéocello; Nirvana; Nouvelle Vague; Odetta; OutKast; Ozomatli; Parliament Funkadelic; Michael Penn; Sam Phillips; The Police; Portishead; John Prine; Radiohead; REM; Damien Rice; The Rolling Stones; The Roots; Satellite City; Bob Schneider; The Shins; Wayne Shorter; Shudder to Think; Paul Simon; Nina Simone; Elliott Smith; Snow Patrol; Regina Spektor; Steely Dan; Sufjan Stevens; The Sugarcubes; Supergrass; The Talking Heads; Tears for Fears; Le Tigre; Richard Thompson; Toad the Wet Sprocket; TV on the Radio; U2; VAST; Suzanne Vega; Venus Hum; Tom Waits; The White Stripes; Hank Williams Sr.; Cassandra Wilson; XTC; Rachael Yamagata; Neil Young + a bunch more
Movies
in alphabetical order ::: The 400 Blows; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Across the Universe; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; All About Eve; Au Revoir, Les Enfants; Babe; Baraka; Being John Malkovich; Being There; The Bicycle Thief; Blue Velvet; Bob Roberts; Breaking the Waves; Brokeback Mountain; Capote; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Children of the Revolution; Cinema Paradiso; The City of Lost Children; The Clockmaker of Saint Paul; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Closer; The Color Purple; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Dancer in the Dark; Dead Man Walking; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Dog Day Afternoon; Dogville; Donnie Darko; Don't Move; The Double Life of Veronique; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; Edward Scissorhands; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; A Face in the Crowd; Fanny and Alexander; Fargo; Fearless; Fight Club; The Five Obstructions; The Godfather; The Godfather II; Good Night, and Good Luck; The Gospel According to St. Matthew; The Graduate; Harold and Maude; Harvey; Hate (La Haine); Hedwig & The Angry Inch; I Heart Huckabees; I Love You, Alice B. Toklas; Ikiru; The Incredibles; In the Bedroom; Jules and Jim; The King of Comedy; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Koyaanisqatsi; Kramer vs. Kramer; Kundun; The Last Picture Show; The Lion in Winter (1968); Ma Vie en Rose; Magnolia; The Maltese Falcon; The Manchurian Candidate (1962); Mean Streets; Memento; Midnight Cowboy; Mindwalk; Monster in a Box; Network; The Night of the Hunter; The Night of the Iguana; La Notte; The Odd Couple; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Paper Moon; The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Piano; The Player; Pollock; Powaqqatsi; The Producers (1968); Punch-drunk Love; Raging Bull; Raising Arizona; Rebecca; The Return; 'Round Midnight; Rushmore; Say Anything; The Seven Samurai; sex, lies and videotape; Sherman's March; Sideways; The Silence of the Lambs; Sophie's Choice; The Station Agent; Sunset Boulevard; Syriana; Take the Money and Run; Taxi Driver; Terms of Endearment; Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her; This is Spinal Tap; Three Kings; Time Out; The Triplets of Belleville; Two Women (1961); The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Vanya on 42nd Street; Vincent and Theo; Waking the Dead; The War Room; Welcome to the Dollhouse; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Wings of Desire; A Woman Under the Influence; Wonder Boys; Young Frankenstein; Zeilig+ a bunch more
Television
in alphabetical order ::: "30 Rock"; "60 Minutes"; "The Andy Griffith Show" (Yeah, that's right...what about it???); "Angel"; "The Avengers"; "Battlestar Galactica" (2004); "Big Love"; "Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason"; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; "Cavemen"; "Chappelle's Show"; The Colbert Report; "Curb Your Enthusiasm"; "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"; "Damages"; "The Dick Cavett Show"; "Extras"; "Firefly"; "Frasier"; "Friends"; "Hill Street Blues"; "Iconoclasts"; "Inside the Actors Studio"; "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"; "Jeopardy"; "Just Shoot Me"; "The Kids in the Hall"; "King of the Hill"; "The Late Show with David Letterman"; "Mad Men"; "M*A*S*H"; "Mr. Show"; "News Radio"; "The Office" (BBC); "Pushing Daisies"; "Reaper"; "Roseanne"; "Schoolhouse Rock"; "Scrubs"; "Seinfeld"; "The Simpsons"; "Six Feet Under"; "The Sopranos"; "Sports Night"; "Star Trek" (1966-69); "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson"; "Twin Peaks"; "Veronica Mars"; "Weeds"; "The West Wing"; "Will and Grace"
Blah. Blah. Blah. How 'bout I just let you read a distillation of the Wikipedia profile? (What it lacks in color, it makes up for in thoroughness.) - Patsy
Moore's family moved frequently when she was a child. As a result of that experience, her music has always employed diverse influences—including African and Caribbean rhythms, folk, soul, Latin, rock, pop and funk.
She enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1982, and performed in a band throughout college—singing, writing songs and playing keyboards. While majoring in broadcast journalism and minoring in film and speech communications, she decided a career in music was of greater interest to her and began working towards that end. After singer - songwriter - music producer David Mullen (an acquaintance) asked her to sing backup on a demo, she started writing and singing with others. Moore was hired as a staff writer at the McSpadden Group and a record deal with Warner Brothers soon followed.
Although numerous performers have covered her tunes since 1989, among the most notable is jazz world favorite Dianne Reeves—who, in 1999, recorded "I Remember" and "Goodbye" [on the album Bridges]. That same year, Moore joined keyboardist Charles Mims (Patrice Rushen, Tracy Chapman) in writing, arranging and producing Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone Else!) (Charphelia Records), a CD and educator resource guide which have garnered numerous commendations, including Teachers' Choice, Parent Council, Parents' Choice and Kids First awards. At the start of 2005, L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall débuted 'Misa Justa', a symphonic Jazz mass by Argentinean-born composer Eduardo Gutiérrez del Barrio, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a large choir, and a small group of soloists. That ambitious work, widely described as "a celebration of womanhood", features five sung poems written by Moore.
Twelve years following her stint as a Warner Brothers recording artist, Patsy Moore has resurfaced with the independent releases of a book and music single, as well as the development of a humanitarian NPO designed to facilitate artists in aiding the world's most needy.
The book—Essays and Letters: Volume I (Patchouli Grove Publishers)—is a collection of writings by Moore, dating from 2002 to 2005 and touching on the topics of art, politics, religion and spirituality, war and peace, and the author's longtime battle with cancer.
The single, "The Curve", is a sneak peek at a full-length CD slated for release in 2007—The Most Private Confessions of Saint Clair: Studio Renderings.
Moore's not-for-profit organization—seeking to encourage artists to find ways in which to enrich their communities and the world at large—is The Arts in Action Caucus.
In addition to her work as an artist, Patsy Moore is the founder and senior editor of The Bohemian Aesthetic (an online arts - culture - activism - current affairs magazine), co-owner of Papa Chuy (a music and film production company), and creator of Patsy Moore's Song Masters Seminar Series.
Anyway...here's some music you might hear playing in my house or car on any given day. To what are you listening?
"La musique est l'expression du mouvement des eaux, le jeu des courbes décrites en changeant des brises." - Debussy
