Classical Sculpture, French Cinema, Classical Music, Philosophy, Marxism, Socialism, Class Warfare, Wine, Basil, Activism, Rambling, Walking, Italian Opera, Cooking without a recipe, Absurdist writing, non-fiction radio programs
Favorite Music
Yann Tiersen, Rufus Wainwright, Paris Combo, Pink Martini, Vanessa-Mae, Guiseppe Verdi, Sylvia Vartran, Django Reinhardt, Nick Drake, songs I make up and sings out loud
Favorite Movies
Raise the Red Lantern, The Bird Cage, Run Lola Run, Desperate Living, The Taste of Cherries, Aladdin
The Odyssey, The Complete Poems of Cavafy, Lamb, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, The Gospel of Mark, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Favorite Quote
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. ~Diderot
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ~Voltaire
You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different. ~Magneto