recommendations:
some of my favourite things?
ok, you asked, so here they are in no particular order:
books:
enders game – orson scott card
the moviegoer – walker percy
the brothers k – amercian author whose name i don’t remember
the once and future king – somebody (first name i don’t remember) white
anything by tennesse williams (drama)
anything by arthur rimbaud (poetry, i get song titles from rimbaud, pretentious git that i happen to be…)
the complete short stories – flannery o’connor
dune – frank herbert
the jungle books – rudyard kipling
flood – eric drooker
music:
massive attack – protection
echo and the bunnymen – heaven up here
george gershwin – rhapsody in blue
nick drake – bryter layter
kraftwerk – man machine
donna summer – donna summer’s greatest hits
bad brains – i against i
the clash – london calling
julee cruise – floating into the night
david bowie – station to station
david bowie – low
david bowie – heroes
rolling stones – goats head soup
artists:
ashley bickerton
damian loeb (have to be nepotistic, ok?)
alexis rockman
marcel duchamp
edward hopper
jeff koons
wolfgang tillmans
architects/designers:
mies van der rohe
george nelson
eero saarinen
the eames’
tadao ando
oscar niedermeyer
movies:
godfather part 2
man facing southeast
wings of desire
dead man walking
mars attacks
south park movie
tv shows:
father ted
simpsons
family guy
c.o.p.s (aka – white trash people lying to the police. i’m sorry to say that i really do love c.o.p.s, even the ‘bad boys’ song….)
and that’s it off the top of my head.
-moby