radioisfree
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | colorful anecdotist encased in gray industrial environment |
| Location | baytown, tx, United States |
| Introduction | please see my other blog: "art matters" http://jimhill-art.blogspot.com © 2013 by Jim Hill Unless otherwise noted, all written material is the work of the author of this blog, known here as Jim Hill. This copyrighted material may not be used without the author's permission or consent. |
| Interests | the politics of gender, the love boat, Madmen, The Wire,The Riches, Six Feet Under, Carnivale, The Brady Bunch, That Girl, Mannix, Banjo Jones, brazosport news, Vida Blue, Sandy Koufax, Bikini Wax, Stacks O'Tracks, The Monster Mash, Rollin' and Tumblin', Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Damien Hurst, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Eakins, Matisse, Georges Braque, Dubuffet, Arthur Dove, Milton Avery, Devon Pena, asequias, Mathletes, Multi-grain Cereals, Veganism, Gandhi,Luc Tuymans, damages, Todd Hido, Michael Kenna, Alex Kanevsky, John Newsom, Howard Solomon, Stephen Magsig, hyperbolic lover lighting, Liv Ullman, Paul Winter Consort, Roy Harper, Democracy Now!, Kairos, His Eye on the Sparrow, Willie Moreno's house, Charles Bukowski, The Club of Rome, Gazillionaires, the Committee of 300, rusting old cars, pinhole photography, toy cameras, dollhouses, wes anderson's brother, epitafios, the shield, burn notice, dexter, Chris Hedges, John Taylor Gatto, Miranda July, Paul H-O, April Gornik, Rackstraw Downes, Cy Twombly, Robert Bechtle, Fellini, Larry Clark, Michael Kenna, George Krause, |
| Favorite movies | shawshank redemption, godfather 1 & 2, don't look back, tarnation, venus, masked and anonymous, days of heaven, best of show, office space, thumbsucker, tarnation, requiem for a dream, fight club, sin city, i am trying to break your heart, a hard day's night, no direction home, taxi driver, you've got mail, searching for the wrong-eyed jesus, the devil's playground, synedoche ny, the green mile, the village, you me and everyone we know, junebug, virgin suicides, darjeeling limited, lost in translation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, adaptation, no country for old men, castaway, 8 1/2, the bicycle thief, the brown bunny, how to draw a bunny, before the devil knows you're dead, mystic river, 21 grams, welcome to the dollhouse, palindromes, happiness, why we fight, broken flowers, winter passing, decalogues |
| Favorite music | dylan, wilco, iron and wine, the band, beach boys, clap your hands say yeah, beatles, neal ford and the fanatics, fever tree, nick drake, mandalay, annie lennox, the handsome family,arcade fire, the national, tahiti 80, david byrne, new york dolls, paul young, kate bush, sufjan stevens, fiery furnaces, jose gonzales, john fahey, peter lang, elliott smith, peter green, richard thompson, ian anderson, george harrison, nitin sawney, peter case, eric taylor, joni mitchell, nico, neko case, jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter, lambchop, mercury rev, band of horses, david wilcox, donovan, the lovin' spoonful, lee hazlewood, carrie rodriguez and chip taylor, joan as policewoman, coldplay, james hill, the scenic drive, johnny cash,ernest tubb, hasil adkins, hoyt axton, belle and sebastian, imogen heap, thievery corporation, nicola hitchcock |
| Favorite books | time traveler's wife, fermament, Bible (message remix), naked, reasons for moving, mark strand, a digital diary, maira kalman, miranda july, kaye gibbons, raymond carver, richard brautigan, fight club, hotel insomnia, gods and devils, a.m.homes,craig atkinson, billy collins, ship of fools, south of no north |
You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?
lady behind me (in the cafe) called 911, then proceeded to issue the heimlich maneuver. i really wouldn't call it funny at this point. it is interesting to note that a fishbone that had been stuck for upwards of 7 years was finally (and ultimately) dislodged.