androgeny, art, books, border towns, cats, complaining about los angeles, conspiracy theories, craigslist, curry, cynicism, deconstruction, design, diana cameras, eastern bloc countries, ethopian food, fensters, film, fire, french, gerber daisies, giallo films, graphic design, having authors sign library books then putting them back in circulation, hiding from people when david stops and picks up whatever free crap is on the side of the road, hirst, holgaroids, hot peppers, lacan, leaving obscene notes in public places, licorice, making things, medium format film, mix tapes, monster cereals, movies, music, my friends, narcissism, nihilism, noise, peanut butter, photography, pomegranates, pop icons, prague, proletariat art, psych rock, psychoanalysis, rent control, rickrack, russian, sewing, shoes, signs and signifiers, silkscreening, snowflakes, socialism, subway systems, sunshine, surrealism, thrift stores, tongues, unconventional literature, vinyl (records)
Music
eno, jandek, scott walker, paavorahju, judee sill, linda perlhac, steven r. smith, no neck blues band, animal collective, this heat, sun city girls, jack rose, fennesz, dreamies, konono no. 1, townes van zandt, elizabeth cotton, talking heads, current 93, marissa nadler, samara lubelski, boris, tape, ariel pink, can, sister rosetta tharpe, amon duul ii (yeti era), orthrelm, richard youngs, dungen, alistair galbraith, ennio morricone, tubeway army, matt valentine and erika elder, mats gustafsson, pauline oliveros, devendra banhart, throbbing gristle, the pop group, joanna newsome, cab voltaire (73-77), big star, fela kuti, tower recordings, nick cave, kraftwerk, blind willie mctell, the knife, sonic youth, notwist, calla, liars, oneida, y pants, gang gang dance, wreck small speakers on expensive stereos, east river pipe, strange outsider tracks and music from odd places (pretty much anything on sublime frequencies), the soundtrack to werner herzog's "the wild blue yonder", etc...
Movies
fellini, godard, herzog, jodorowsky, argento, cassavetes (john, not nick), kar wai, kubrick, buniel, o'russell, truffaut, etc. etc. etc. and "off the charts"
Television
i try to avoid this.
Books
changes weekly. likes: pynchon, orwell, deleuze, lutz, bender, saunders, tea, garcia marquez, cave, barthelme, and many others too numerous to name. the above is just a current rotation.
Heroes
stu lee jackson always rules me.
this just in: caglar juan singletary is the greatest hero in american history. look him up!
p.s. jimmy carter say yes.
p.s.s. jimmy carter isn't really one of my heroes. i just felt like saying the above statement.
About me: i line my upper teeth behind the lowers until my jaw shoots forward a little and i am no longer speaking up for others.
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Who I'd like to meet: henry darger, thomas pynchon, toshiro mifune, gilles deleuze, eric satie, and god because i'm hoping he can rectify things once and for all.
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Still think of you kids regularly. Thanks for keeping me in your heart and stuff. And be careful at Coachella. Just about killed me the one year I made the pilgrimage, but oh so worth it in the end. Much love from back (near) home.
Hey Joanna, I hope the fires are keeping their distance from you. I'm at work taking a break from a hectic morning so I thought I'd say hello. I hope you have a good day! Shawn
