these are a few...

...of my favorite things.

someone enjoyed a TV show i recommended, and asked me to share a few more of my favorite books, films, etc.

though i have a hard time believing anyone actually cares about this stuff, i promised i'd answer all reasonable questions... so, here you go:

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favorite books:

• blindness by jose saramago (my favorite book... incredibly moving and beautifully written.) also great by saramago: all the names, the cave, the tale of the unknown island (for all you romantics out there, give this book to your loved one. guaranteed 'tang.)
• paul auster (aka the bard of brooklyn) - the new york trilogy, the book of illusions, the music of chance, moon palace... really everything he writes is fantastic.
• james baldwin - go tell it on the mountain
• george orwell - 1984
• anita diamont - the red tent
• alex garland - the beach (yes, the movie sucks, but the book is awesome)
• patrick suskind - perfume
• haruki murakami - the wind up bird chronicle
• zora neale hurston - their eyes were watching god

favorite artists:

• george tooker, eric drooker, really anyone whose name rhymes with "ooker." i also like gregory crewdson.

favorite movies:

• rear window (pretty much my all-time favorite)
• the big lebowski (probably the coen brothers' magnum opus. however, let's not overlook their other great work such as barton fink and the man who wasn't there.)
• 2001: a space odyssey
• back to the future (i am virtually unstumpable when it comes to BTTF (part 1) trivia. UNSTUMPABLE. try me.
• waking life (also a great soundtrack)
• happiness
• apocalypse now
• the good, the bad & the ugly
• punch-drunk love
• donnie darko
• the shining
• mulholland drive
• i also have a soft spot for silly movies like three amigos and cabin boy

favorite music:

• radiohead, bjork, fiona apple, hendrix, wilco, the roots, dave brubeck, toots & the maytals, orchestra baobab, phish, stevie wonder, stephen malkmus, etc. (warshaw, you gave me a C- for musical knowledge when you first wrote about me. can i at least get bumped up to a B now that you know the truth?)

favorite TV shows:

• deadwood, curb your enthusiasm, wonder showzen, family guy, branded, yankees games, bengals games, around the horn, mr. show with bob & david. i’m also not averse to a little 90210 rerun here and there.

so there you have it. if you've read all the way to the bottom of this page, you can now consider yourself to be 1% dumber than when you began.

since you're still here, if you have similar tastes in books or movies or whatever, and have a recommendation for something you think i might like, i’d be much obliged if you’d send it my way, or just post it on the board below.