Recommends
Things Worth Paying Attention To
Photography
- Elaine Mayes
- Lee Freidlander
- Vince Sullivan
- Cartier Bresson
- Sebastino Salgado
Music
- Tandy
- Terry Binion
- Jesse Poe (Villa Claustrophobia)
- Arvo Paart
- Heinrik Gorecki
- South San Gabriel
- Johnny Dowd
- King Sunny Ade
- Fela Kuti
- Anouar Brahim
- Moondog
- Ry Cooder
- Leo Kotke
- Mary Gauthier
- The Handsome Family
- Adem
- Devotchka (Live Shows!)
- Ali Farka Toure
- Tony Joe White
Directors I Like
- Ousmane Sembene (Taxi Cart Man)
- Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man)
- Maysles Brothers (Salesman)
- Ingmar Bergman (Fanny & Alexander)
- Stanley Kubrick (Paths of Glory)
- Luis Bunuel (Simon of the Desert)
- Werner Hertzog (Aguirre; The Wrath of God)
Books
- Spook
- Praying for Sheetrock
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Suttree
- Pedro Paramo
- The Forest People
- Jujitsu for Christ
- Salvation on Sand Mountain
- My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- Collected Short Stories of Flannery O'Conner
- Ridley Walker
- The Killer Inside Me
- Blood Meridian
- Crime Album Stories
- Surely You're Joking Dr. Feynman
- Random Family
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
- Wasp Factory
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- American Nomads
- American Tabloid
- The Ginger Man
- The English Passengers
- Auto Da Fe
- Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
- Stiff
- Fanman
Movies
- Magnolia
- Secret Of Roan Inish
- La Strada
- Macario
- Playtime
- Wise Blood
- Freaks
- SlaughterHouse 5
- Spirit Of The Beehive
- Latcho Drom
- Atlantic City
- The 5000 Fingers of Dr. Tewilliger
- Onibaba
- Time of the Gypsies
- Paths of Glory
- Dead Man
- The Island
- Zentropa
- The Nasty Girl
- Breaking the Waves
- Los Olvidados
- Land Without Bread
- Badlands
- Heavenly Creatures
- Seven Beauties
- Life Is Beautiful
- Miracle in Milan
- Santa Sangre
- Outlaw Dancer
- Chocolate (Claire Denis)
- Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
- Fanny & Alexander
- A Face in the Crowd
- In the White City (Alain Tanner)
- Third Man
- Stranger from the 3rd Floor
- Simon of the Desert
- American Friend
- Forest of Bliss
- Naked
- Night of the Hunter
- I Walked with a Zombie
- Bicycle Thief
- Black Girl
- The Accountant
- The Hustler
- Little Big Man
- Blade Runner
- Aguirre; the Wrath of God
- Searching for Bobby Fisher
- Tender Mercies
- Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow
- Tempest
- Mikey & Nicky
And of course, my MySpace page.