Gender: Male
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Occupation: Bon vivant
Location: Earth, alas.

About Me

I like: Highways and byways, roads well-traveled and neglected. An adventuresome meal, a leisurely glass. A meeting of minds — with a book, a work of art, a performance, a companion…

Interests

Choosing the road heretofore untaken.

Favorite Movies

On a particular day: Voyage in Time – Las Hurdes – 1900 – Napoleon -  Wings of Desire -  Legong – The Decline of Western Civilization… To put it another way: Tarkovsky – Bertolucci – Wenders – Sturges – Wilder – Keaton – Arkish – Kurosawa…

Favorite Music

Same day: Sun Ra – Edith Piaf – The Neon Philharmonic – Raymond Scott – Bernard Hermann – Shirley Horne – Fats Waller – Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Bryan Ferry – Scott Walker – Charles Trénet – Jacques Brel – Benny Carter – Latimore – Van Dyke Parks – Yma Sumac – Will Downing – Bobby Troup – Richard Harris – Jimmy Webb – Johnny Mercer – Dave Frishberg – Andy Bey – Ed Reed – Jimmy Scott – Esther Phillips – Amy Hobish – Bobby Conn – Bobby Charles – Carol Douglas – Patricia Barber – Fred Astaire – Carla Bruni – Ernie Anderson – Artur Prysock – Charles Aznavour – Betty Carter – Bill Henderson – Don Shirley – Nat King Cole – Peggy Lee – Blossom Dearie…

Favorite Books

An impossible exercise, but…:  Slaughterhouse-Five – The New York Trilogy – Fifth Business – The American Senator – Dreams from Bunker Hill – The Horn – Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter – The Moviegoer – The Connoisseur – Catch 22 – Augustus Carp Esq – À la recherche du temps perdu – The Alphabet Man – The Wreckage of Agathon – The Francoeur Novels – Reinhart’s Women – I Am Mary Dunne – Love and Garbage – Vox – Pale Fire – Revolutionary Road – Lolita – Brave New World – Under the Volcano – Henderson the Rain King – Life in Wartime – Waiting for the End of the World…