my favorite _____ is:
-villain: klaus kinski in my best fiend
-book: a man in love, karl ove knausgaard
-smell: comme de garcon, kyoto
-film: adaptation by spike jonze
-band/musician/composer: king crimson
-artist: james turrell
–city: new york city
-restaurant/ bar: el bulli
-drink/ cocktail: ginger tea
-decade: 2004-2014
-sport: running
-advice: stay small
-food: tiny bow (chinese dumplings)
-prized possession: my dad’s watch
way to go (die): in bed, either alone or with somebody lovely
my favorite _____ is:
-villain: the editor
-hero/superhero: rodney mullen
-book: into the great wide open
-smell: santal 33
-fetish: al jazeera
-film: withnail and i
-band/musician/composer: the grateful dead
-artist: mariah robertson, chiara de rege, alex graham, jawal nga
–city: bamako, mali
-restaurant/ bar: a yemani fish place in djibouti
-drink/ cocktail: ginger ale
-decade: 90’s
-sport: skateboarding
-advice: “find what you love and let it kill you”
-nightmare: i’m marooned on an island with tracey emin
-shop: tokyo hands
-position: CEO
-vice: hacking
-woman (of all time): mom
-man (of all time): brother
-hobby: collecting civil war era tin type photos
-prized possession: my niece
way to go (die): while ingesting a twombly painting
my favorite _____ is:
–villain: mao tse-tung
–hero/superhero: jon from watchmen. he was blown into the single quanta during an accident, but he reassembled himself with the power of his mind and now he can travel in time and space and is able to manifest any object/person with his mind
–book: see now then by jamaica kincaid
–smell: the way it smells after a thunderstorm
–fetish: wine/chocolate
–film: onibaba (japanese 60’s horror film)
–band/musician/composer: phillip glass
–artist: claude monet, bruce nauman
–city: nyc
–restaurant/bar: strip house (usq-nyc)
–hotel: the carlyle
–drink/cocktail: klein constanzia sweet wine (napoleon’s favorite wine, he drank 300 gallons of it in st. helena)
–decade: 1920’s
–sport: love the charm of the all-american baseball…
–position: always on the top!
–food (type of food): sea urchin, oysters, almonds, dark chocolate
–historical figure: hildegard von binden (medieval feminist writer, composer, writer, mystic, politician)
–pick up line: (the one i’ve used in the past and it worked): can i sit in your lap?
–shop: bookstore at icp
–nightmare: pet-sitting and killing them by forgetting to feed them
–vice: love, food, drink, emails
–woman (of all time): marchesa casati, hildegard von binden
–man (of all time): einstein, oscar wilde
–hobby: quantum physics, literature, ethics, theology, folklore
–prized possession: love notes from my sweetheart
–way to go (die): in my sleep
my favorite _____ is:
–villain: roy batty (blade runner)
–hero: james bond
–book: one straw revolution by masanobu fukuoka
–smell: mountain air
–film: lots
–band/musician/composer: four tet/james brown/ vivaldi
–artist: georgia o’keeffe
–city: NYC
–restaurant/ bar: Il buco / orient express
–hotel: banyan tree spa’s
–decade: 90’s
–sport: football (soccer)
–advice: do whatever it takes
–food: italian
–historical figure: churchill
–shop: dover street
–vice: coffee
–woman: mum
–man: dad
–hobby: road biking, cooking
–prized possession: 1965 rolex air king date
–way to go: orbiting the earth
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my favorite _____ is:
-villain: mediocrity. the barriers in our own mind.
-hero/superhero: mistakes. hard work. dedication. vision. timing. intuition. saying no
-book: andy warhol diaries
-smell: random chimney smoke from fireplaces in the west village nyc. soos bakery at the end of my street in rose bay sydney. when i was growing up as a teenager i used to draw late into the night, then walk down the street at 5am to take in the early morning bread and croissant aromas.
-fetish: same breakfast every day, smoothie made from 1 banana, almond milk, 1 date, soaked goji berries. flax seed powder. ice cubes.
-film: ‘eraserhead’ made the most impact on me growing up.
-band/musician/composer: dylan, neil young, john coltrane, tim buckley, nick drake, lennon, the velvet underground, the kinks, stone roses, oasis, nick cave, waits, jeff buckley, paul kelly, morrissey, joy division and the smiths have always been there through everything.
-artist: duchamp, the fluxus movement, dada, warhol, koons.
-city: jeremyville, sydney, new york, buenos aires, berlin, tokyo, milan/lake como
-restaurant/bar: souen macrobiotic food on prince and 6th ave. cafe gitane at the jane hotel and falai on clinton st lower east side. the smile on bond st. birichina café and crabble hole bondi beach sydney
-hotel: soho house ny for quiet drawing time and poolside. gramercy park hotel for the art and the key to the park. hotel on rivington. hotel on bowery. faena and casa chic buenos aires.
-drink/cocktail: good red wine. filtered water.
-decade: late 70’s downtown nyc
-sport: the bondi to bronte headland run in sydney, and running along the hudson river. swimming.
-advice: be yourself. find a unique style and voice.
-food (type of food): vegan
-shop: vintage clothing stores. farmers’ markets.
-nightmare: i often dream of being swept up by a rising ocean at bondi beach, but i always manage to swim to safety.
-vice: facebook
-woman (of all time): my mum sandra, who knew who i was before i knew, and then let me become.
-man (of all time): warhol still holds the strongest intrigue and fascination.
-hobby: discovering veganism, (which is the opposite of how i used to eat). it’s a journey into true flavor and new found energy.
-prized possession: my past mistakes, a blank sketchbook and a handful of pens.
-way to go (die): working hard on the next project.
my favorite _____ is:
-villain: emily thorne, revenge
-book: njalssaga, or “the story of burnt njal,” which is an icelandic saga
-smell: all the smells associated with an icelandic spring- fresh air, wet grass, blooming flowers
-fetish: shoes
-film: I am obsessed with romantic comedies and am incapable of changing the channel when any of the following come on; when harry met sally, 50 first dates, how to lose a guy in 10 days
-band/musician/composer: sigur ros
-artist: van gogh
–city: reykjavik, iceland
-restaurant/ bar: the bowery hotel in new york, which I call my home away from home
-drink/ cocktail: the ultimate vacation drink- a frozen strawberry margarita
-decade: 1920’s
-sport: ballet
-advice: pursue what you love, and the rest will fall into place
-food (type of food): mexican food – my husband gabriel and I make the absolute best vegetarian fajitas in all of new york city
-historical figure: coco chanel
-shop: moda operandi
-position: arabesque
-vice: chocolate
-woman (of all time): my mother
my favorite _____ is:
-villain: dr. evil
-hero/ superhero: bruce lee
-book: memories dreams and reflections by carl jung.
-smell: rosewood neroli by vered
-fetish: actual meaning of fetishism is the attribution of inherent value or powers to an object. I like to collect stones and shells from natural habitats.
-film: I am cuba
-band/musician/songwriter/composer: led zeppelin/nick cave/leonard cohen/ennio morricone
-artist: nikki de saint phalle, marina abromovich, thomas hirshorn, banksy
-city: barcelona for the incredible gaudi architecture.
-restaurant/ bar: mercado on kent, best basque country food in williamsburg.
-hotel: rosewood mayakoba, mexico
-drink/ cocktail: corzo tequila on the rocks with a splash of soda and lime.
-decade: 60’s-70’s when the music had soul, real talents flourished and artists were a collaborating community.
-sport: martial arts, softball, ping pong
-advice: avoid chemicals and radioactive rays
-food (type of food): korean, italian, basque, thai
-historical figure: pythia of the oracle of delphi. she was a priestess who counseled warriors and kings in 550BC.
-position: that’s too personal
-vice : workaholism
-woman (of all time): aung san suu kyi
-man (of all time): ghandi the non-violent rebel
-hobby: flamenco dance, watching adam curtis documentaries; keeping tabs on new archeology findings and understanding seismology
-prized possession: ’63 gibson acoustic guitar
my favorite _____ is:
-heroine: karen blixen
-hero: david lynch
-book: the unbearable lightness of being- milan kundera
-film: sunset boulevard
–band/musician/composer: nick cave
-artist: hans henrik lerfeldt
-city: new york
-drink/ cocktail: dry martini (preferably made with tito’s vodka)
by ts
lee disputing his shadow in david shrigley’s skate-park pool, malmö, sweden, may 2009. photo by carlos van hijfte.
my favorite _____ is:
-book: “what we talk about when we talk about love“, by raymond carver, one of my
favorite authors, one whose stories changed my view of the world we live in— what more can one ask of a work of art?
-album: blue, by joni mitchell, has been sustaining me these last few weeks as our
tour has grown long, playing over and over on repeat in my iTunes. what an
amazing achievement this record is.
-cities: right now i’m infatuated with all things portland (OR) — hands down the hippest city in USA right now. close seconds: paris, tokyo, marrakech, melbourne.
-place: place de vosges, paris.
-films: pierrot le fou, godard; late autumn, yasujiro ozu; ali: fear eats the soul,
rainier werner fassbinder; don’t look back, D.A. pennebaker; the gleaners,
agnes varda. this list, as with many of these, could go on and on…
-restaurant: chez panisse in berkeley — good vibes and good food.
-hotel: of late, from our recent summer tour, W hotel, dallas. not a city one needs to visit, really, but a killer hotel.
-hobby: bicycling. I’ve spent the summer bicycling my way across the country as sonic youth has toured. fantastic rides everywhere: montana rocky mtns, okla
cornfields, portland streets & bridges, st. louis mississippi river basin,
milwaukee, boise, san fransisco to the foot of the golden gate—you name
it, every city in the US is improving their cycling system.
-band: pavement, the most rocking and literate band of the 90s.
-prized possession: my just-released fender signature model jazzmaster guitar (the lee renaldo fender jazzmaster was released on july 1st).
-drink: single malt scotch on ice
-way to go: parched in the high desert.
above: waris ahluwalia in red suit (and lou doillon in looong legs)
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