Stuff I Like



MUSIC I ADORE: The Decemberists

MUSIC I ADORE: The Decemberists
The Decemberists: My number one.

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart: Probably the best of the bearded

Alex Parks

Alex Parks
Alex Parks: just listen to 'Mad World', then tell me she's not completely fabulous. Just try.

Alex Parks - Mad World

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants: Rock-awesome Chess Piece Faces

Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor: Just duh.

Bon Iver

Bon Iver
Bon Iver: Gorgeous Wisconsonian winter creation

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt: The Most beautiful music I have ever heard.

CocoRosie

CocoRosie
CocoRosie: The weirdest Sister-singing combo I've EVER heard.

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird: The most proficient whistler I've ever heard.

The Dittybops

The Dittybops
The Dittybops: Cross-country bicycle tours, acoustic guitars, what more can I say?

Vetiver

Vetiver
Vetiver: They're softer than they look.

Rosie Thomas

Rosie Thomas
Rosie Thomas: Soft and quiet, yet intensely powerful

Espers

Espers
Espers: Transcendental Folk Rock. Brilliant.

The Shins

The Shins
The Shins: I liked them before Gardenstate

Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom: Yelpy and celticy. Suprisingly postmodern

Sia

Sia
Sia: Like Imogen Heap, but not. And way better.

Iron & Wine

Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine: The best bearded born outside Texas. Made whispering cool again.

Band of Horses

Band of Horses
Band of Horses: They're just... wonderful, okay!

Nina Nastasia

Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia: She just makes wonderful music. Even though she looks like she belongs behind a Macy*s jewelry counter.

She and Him

She and Him
She And Him: M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel. (yes, them) It's easy to make it when you're already famous.

Other Music I Like Is:

Colby Stead. Local, deeply hurt, strong jawline, sensitive.

MOVIES I WANT TO MARRY: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

MOVIES I WANT TO MARRY: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind: Everyone with a brain's favorite movie, and rightly so

Heima: Sigur Ros

Heima: Sigur Ros
Heima: Sigur Ros. This movie completely changed the way I think about Aesthetics

Man On The Moon

Man On The Moon
Man On The Moon: Andy Kaufman saw this last week and laughed.

Garden State

Garden State
Garden State: Pubescent, valid. But it's still really good.

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman: I heart Chris Guest

I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees
I Heart Huckabees: Existentially delicious.

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things: Surprising and Labutian, Yet still very Accessible.

ONCE

ONCE
ONCE: These two platonic Irishfolks make gorgeous music and are great actors as well.

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko: The best superhero movie I've ever seen

Synecdoche: New York

Synecdoche: New York
Synecdoche: New York: Charlie Kaufman's Dir. debut. Brilliant. That's all

The Fountain

The Fountain
The Fountain. Brain twisting and heart-melting.

Conversation(s) with Other Women

Conversation(s) with Other Women
Conversation(s) with Other Women: it's split screen and it's amazing...

Doubt

Doubt
Doubt: Brilliant, thought provoking and it has an amazing cast.

Flying Karamazov Brothers

Flying Karamazov Brothers
Flying Karamazov Brothers: They juggle and have mustaches. it's a riot!

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy: Gentry showed it to me. He paused it at all the dirty jokes and asked me if I understood them a little, a lot or not at all. Then he made sure I understood all of them. Plus, it has a really good 'morale'

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Plan 9 From Outer Space
Plan 9 From Outer Space: Wow Ed Wood... Wow

Other Movies I Like:

Dragon Wars: it warranted a semi-annual celebration by myself and friends. watch it.

ON T.V. I WATCH Planet Earth

ON T.V. I WATCH Planet Earth
Planet Earth: Thank heavens Alisatair Fothergill had the foresight.

Arrested Development

Arrested Development
Arrested Development: The mere fact that it was cancelled means they're not ready.

30 Rock

30 Rock
30 Rock: 'Nuff said. . . "Meat is the new bread"

Man V. Food

Man V. Food
Man V. Food. I will be Adam Richman when I grow up..Put that in the bank.

Pushing Dasies

Pushing Dasies
Pushing Dasies: Life's better at the pie hole

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers: described once as the "quintessential Television show" I agree.

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf: Smeg off, I like it.

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster: Fry and Laurie, English and... Very English

Blackadder

Blackadder
Blackadder: So I like British comedies, sue me.

The Office

The Office
The Office: British and American. I do both. That's what she said.

Good Eats

Good Eats
Good Eats: Alton Brown is the Alex Trebeck of Foods. But prettier

Man V.S. Wild

Man V.S. Wild
Man V.S. Wild: Bear Grylls is Butch, and naked alot.

Other T.V. I Like

The Simpsons: Of Course. I'm American, aren't I?

A Few Plays I Like
  • --Zoo Story- Edward Albee
  • --You Can't Take It With You - Moss Hart, George Kaufman
  • --Wrecks - Neil Labute
  • --Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf - Edward Albee
  • --Ubu Roi - Alfred Jarry
  • --Top Girls -Caryl Churchill
  • --Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (TMLMTBGB) - The Neo Futurists
  • --Tiny Alice - Edward Albee
  • --The Zig-Zag Woman -Steve Martin
  • --The Shape of Things - Neil Labute
  • --The Pillowman-Martin McDonaugh
  • --The Nature and purpose of the Universe - Christopher Durang
  • --The Mercy Seat - Neil Labute
  • --The Man who came to Dinner - George Kaufman & Moss Hart
  • --The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Martin McDonaugh
  • --The Goat, or Who is Sylvia - Edward Albee
  • --The Cripple of Inishmaan- Martin McDonaugh
  • --The Birthday Party -Harold Pinter
  • --The Bald Soprano- Eugene Ionesco
  • --Some Girl(s) -Neil Labute
  • --Sister Mary Ignatious Explains it all For You -Christopher Durang
  • --Rhinocerous - Eugene Ionesco
  • --Proof - David Auburn
  • --Patter for the Floating Lady - Steve Martin
  • --My Head was a Sledgehammer (unedited text) - Richard Foreman
  • --Mother Courage and her Children - Bertold Brecht
  • --Miss Witherspoon - Christopher Durang
  • --Lisbon Traviata - Terrence McNally
  • --John and Mary Doe - Christopher Durang
  • --Galileo- Bertold Brecht
  • --Endgame-Samuel Beckett
  • --Doubt - John Patrick Shanely
  • --BASH:Latter Day Plays - Neil Labute
  • --Baby and the Bathwater - Christopher Durang
  • --August :Osage County - Tracy Letts
  • --Angels in America p.1 &p.2 - Tony Kushner
  • --All My Sons -Arthur Miller
  • --Act Witahout Words 2 -Samuel Beckett
  • --'dentity Crisis -Christopher Durang
  • -- 'Night Mother - Marsha Norman