Links to stuff that matters to me.

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.