Belly button -- it collects interesting debris. Also the universe. Because I live there. Plus my ego fits there. Sadly, the Id has no home.
Music
Pixies + Frank Black + Breeders. Elvis Costello (pre-Bacharach collaboration). Van Morrison. Any Mike Patton. Tom Waits. Richard Thompson. Clash. Fugazi. Replacements. Dead Kennedys. Stevie Wonder. The metal of my youth (Anthrax, Metallica, et al); brings a tear. Nick Cave and Drake. Marvin Gaye. Public Enemy. NWA. Tribe. De La. Estradasphere. Secret Chiefs 3. Built to Spill. Johnny Cash. Bob Marley. The Cure. Diana Ross. The Pogues. Coltrane. Tom Jones. Wilco. Most Ministry. Most NIN. Bruce. Archers of Loaf / Crooked Fingers. Preservation Hall. M Davis. PJ Harvey (Rid of Me!). Kronos. Gladys Night. Talking Heads. Cat Stevens. Gilbert O'Sullivan. Jim Croce (there, I said it). NOFX. XTC. Russian composers. The Specials. Operation IVY. Modest Mouse. Flaming Lips. Sam Cooke. Halo Benders. U2 (up to Zooropa). ACDC (both eras). Van Halen (DLR-era). Donovan. Gary US Bonds. Louis Armstrong. Alex Chilton. Black Crowes. Blur. Split Enz. Toots & The Maytag repairmen. Hold on, let me check the iPod. . . .
Movies
Coen Bros. Hitchcock. David Lynch. Bogart films. Almost all Kubrick. Bruce Campbell (Evil Deads). Most Tarantino. Spike Jonze and Lee. Terry Gilliam. Jean Reno in "The Professional." "Delicatessen" & "City of Lost Children." Kurosawa. Japanese horror films (not their American remakes). Classic French films (Godard et al). Sergio Leone. "The Seventh Seal" (seriously, and not in a film-snob-kinda-way). Some PT Anderson. Robert Mitchum pictures. Jimmy Stewart. Scorcesse. Some Kevin Smith. Fellini moments. Brando moments. Eastwood moments. Woody Allen (and if you know me, you'll say "of course . . . sigh") Hold on while I check my DVD collection. . . .
Television
Rod Serling. Sopranos. Lost. PBS. Food Network (mainly "Good Eats," but Paula Deen is smokin and B Flay is worthwhile when not acting smug). Gossip shows about people I'll never meet, which somehow makes me feel important. (ARGH, I hate them dumb shows! Dummies!!) Oprah for a dose of empowerment. Law & Order SVU (still waiting to play a victim). Dog Whisperer. Passions (yesyesyes). Project Runway (I'm drawn like a moth). History & Discovery channels. IFC & Sundance. But, really, I don't watch that much. God bless DVR, may I someday empty you.
Books
F. Scott F., Ernie Hem, Al Camus, Vlad Nab, Cormac MC, Jay-Cee Oates, Billy Burroughs, MC Graham Greene, Check-it-out Chekhov, J-Z Joyce, Dick Matheson. All my literate dawgs from Cell Block 1940-1950. Chuckie P Palahniuk. Capote. Miller. Oh Henry! (for a quick fix) E-A Poe. Aesop. Willie Golding. Ess King and Clivey Barker(yeah, I'll admit to adolescent infatuations). Has anyone written anything worthwhile in the new millenium? In the past 15 years? 20? Discuss.
Heroes
Monkeys. They have humans waiting to evolve out of them if they're just patient enough. How cool is that?
Who I'd like to meet: Plato. But he's dead. Rasputin. But he's also dead. Keith Richards. Somehow he is not dead. Da Vinci (to find out if he's a conspiratorial mastermind). But he's dead. The Democratic Party (of which I'm a member). But it's dead.
Hey Russ. I hope everything is going well. Haven't seen you online in while. I'm assuming you changed your screen name, though. Drop me a line if you'd like. We moved to Clarks Summit, PA a few weeks ago so I'm not around the bing-a-ling anymore. Anywho...hope you're peachy. Take care.
