Every couple of months, I travel to Mystic, CT to visit my mother, who has had a stroke. Through couch surfing, I hope to save a bit of money and to develop more a of connection to the area.

Since you ask: Beatles, Bowie, Black Flag, Brian Jonestown, Dylan, Eno, Flamin' Groovies, Flipper, Material Issue, Modern Lovers, Patti Smith, Pavement, Stooges, Sleater-Kinney, Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Yo La Tengo; Swing, jump, bop; Bach violin and cello works. 2001, Dr. Stragelove, A Hard Day's Night, Annie Hall, The Artist, Badlands, Barton Fink, Being John Malkovich, Breathless (1960), Birdman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dogville, Gimme Shelter, His Gal Friday, La Dolce Vita, Lolita (1962), The Maltese Falcon, The Passenger, Psycho (1960), Pulp Fiction, Satyricon, Seven Up, Singing in the Rain, This Is Spinal Tap, Top Hat, Touch of Evil. M. Amis, Atwood, Barth, R. Benchley, Borges, James Branch Cabell, PK Dick, James, Kafka, Miller, Murakami, Murdock, Nabokov, Orwell, Salinger, Jim Thompson, Thurber, Vonnegut.