my one and only

friend and lover with strength and sentimentality, beautiful individual with positive energy and sensitivity, confusion and fears, pessimism and cowardice, bravery and imagination... collaborator in art, words, music and life... my hero would be the individual angel who would risk everything and fear nothing for their love for me and so would i... my hero would choose me and take me...

... and i would give more and more...

my pages plenty, rich, continuous

amrita, kitchen (and all banana yoshimoto's fictional delights) now is the time to open your heart, in the temple of my familiar, maya angelou's biography, the way i found her, i heard the mermaids singing, the time traveller's wife, the first rasta, princes amongst men, the comedienne, the bell jar, dorothy parker's bittersweet poetry, marguerite duras's intense and deeply erotic true tails, gil scott heron's all writings (set him free, you philistines; he is an angel), frida kahlo's diary...

a small fraction of the books that i have read and like...

the moving image in my world

wings of desire, paris texas, in the mood for love, the night porter, clubbed to death, irreversible, addiction, the funeral, la haine, the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, frances, walk the line, down by law, ed wood, hedwig and the angry inch, pecker, the hairdresser's husband, delicatessen, amelie, artemisia, betty blue, diva, les nuits sauvages, la vie en rose, the chorus, wild side, vacas, the red squirrel, all the federico fellini, derek garman, peter greenaway masterpieces, all the david lynch surreal creations, especially blue velvet and mulholland drive, pedro almodovar's miraculous spectacles, especially, women on the verge... and all about my mother, hal hartley's visual books, john cassavetes's intense and fearless introspections, theo angelopoulos's poetic greek dramas, the vintage gems from the 20's silent, pandora's box, to the 60's technicolor, the grass is greener (all the hollyhood divas, especially, rita hayworth, bette davies, joanne crawford and katherine hepburn...) all the black and white 60's greek movies especially the ones with jenny caresi in) and some 70's musical ones with aliki and michalis; yearning memories, rest in peace, cinema paradiso, one from the heart, out of africa, the way we were (for love, politics and a good cry), last tango in paris, orlando, yes, head on, bent, aimee and jaguar, lola and bilidikid, torch song trilogy, lilya4ever, time of the gypsies, black cat white cat, the rockers, mystery train, sin city, pleasantville, the matrix trilogy, P, requiem for a dream, before night falls, happy together, chungking express, the dancer upstairs, the ring 1 and 2, world cinema, from europe, africa, china and the americas all the way to some of australia's and new zealand's finest independent...

some of the films that i like...

some of my plethora of music i live to love

bob marley, the abyssinians, the gladiators, black uhuru, i- threes, les ethiopiques, gigi, shuggie ottis, charlie mingus, miles davies, john coltrane, the roots, the fugees, maria callas, klaus nomi, nina hagen, diamanda galas, molly nillson, laurie anderson, planning to rock, patti smith, lara fabian, zazie, emilie simon, marc almond, nick cave, tom waits, frank zappa, tricky, the knife, tiger lillies, tryo, francis cabrel, les rita mitsouko, marianne faithfull, kirsty mcoll, donna summer, grace jones, candi stanton, angie stone, erykah badu, ESG, nu disco, rare gems of imagination and uniqueness, chicago house, detroit techno, cutting edge experimental minimal, johnny cash, patsy cline, elvis; the one and only king (love him tender), the doors, janis joplin, deep purple, jefferson airplane, velvet underground, iggy pop, AC/DC, gogol bordello, the smiths, joy division, zero 7, the cinematic orchestra, cocteau twins, dead can dance, kronos quartet, tuxedomoon, st. germain, st. etienne, massive attack, chicks on speed, the B-52's, madredeus, the gotan project, eleftheria arvanitaki, tania tsanaklidou, haris alexiou, arleta, manos hadjidakis, othon mataragas, mary and the boy, misia, mariza, rachid taha, natacha atlas, world music from north africa and the balkans (i include greece, here) all the way to the americas, chopin's piano sonatas, bach's fugues, mozart's concerti, verdi's political and powerful operas, all the baroque boys, especially purcell and monteverdi, all the girls from the blues, especially, dinah washington, etta james, bessie smith and billie holliday...

some of the music i like

cinema, books, hard undiluted fun... partying and a stimulating conversation full of passion and essence, leading to..., knitting and generally making beautiful things, styling, dressing up, high heels, ties, accessories, such as canes and necklaces, sunglasses and monocles, all sorts of adventures and experiences, cutting it fine, extreme situations in love and money, mental and physical travelling...

some of the life parts i like