Renata's page/list

Where am I? San Francisco



Books in the cue:

Devil in the White City

Read what I've been reading:
December 2006

He's Just Not That Into You Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (don't laugh!)

November 2006

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon

August 2006

Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim David Sedaris - my beach read

June 2006

The Life of Pi

On Directing Film David Mamet - not that I am going to be a director.....

April 2006

Adrift Steven Callahan

December 2005

The Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl - This is going to be Wes Anderson's next film

October 2005

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers

June 2005

The Curve of Time M. Wylie Blanchet - "The classic memoir of a woman and her children who explored the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest"

March 2005

The Goal Eliyaho M. Goldratt - corporate stuff... actually interesting- the Theory of Constraints

The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown - Umm, everyone has read this by now I think

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho - I'm on my search for my personal legend... still have a long way to go but it's all about the journey

January 2005

Broken Like You Stephanie Kallos- My sister Jenny's favorite book of the season (everyone got a copy)

The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd - a book from Jackie

The Negative Ansel Adams - part 2 in building craft

The Camera Ansel Adams - part 1 in learning how to visualize

November 2004

Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris - we all have to learn to laugh at ourselves

February 2004

Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren

October 2004

Walden by Henry David Thoreau- living the good life

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

March 2003

We Big Brother's inspirator by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Briar Rose The story of Sleeping Beauty adapted to a story about a woman who was in Chelmno by Jane Yolen

Fateless a fact based fictional account of a Hungarian boy sent to the concentration camps by Imre Kertesz

January 2003

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed short stories by John Irving

War With The Newts dystopia by Karel Capek

The Master and Margarita fantastical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov

Satan in Goray a Jewish community in Poland in the 1600s by Isaac Bashevis Singer

listen to what I've been listening to:

August 2006

Coppe http://www.sweetrice.com/

KCRW listen esp. morning becomes eclectic

Radio Deliro look/listen

SomaFM- Secret Agent listen

Tom Petty - "Highway Companion"

November 2005

Scissors for Lefty - local S.F. band

Kings of Leon

Medeski Martin and Wood - jazzy/funky/freestyle

April 2005

Duane Allman - "Anthology"

Joanna Newsom

December/ January 2005

Pharoah Sanders - "Karma"

Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book"

The Aggrolites - "Dirty Reggae"

April-December 2004

KCRW streaming online

February/March 2004

Cesaria Evora- beautiful beautiful voice- portugese and french

Duane Allman

Dave Brubeck Quartet

November/December 2003

Taj Mahal

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

October 2003

Outkast- "Speakerboxxx" and "Love Below"

Liederhosen Lucil and Kid Koala (went to a dj show last night...)

Zap Mama- "Amazone" and "7"

Sting and the Police

September 2003

Moloko "Statues"

NPR (yeah, whatever, I'm adult or something)

Clair's Bellydance Mix (ok, you'll have to ask me for a copy)

June 2003

Ibrahim Ferrer, and all the Buena Vista Social Club gang= Cuban

March 2003

Hotel Costes- all of them!!!

"Sacrebleu" Dmitri from Paris (!!!)

Massive Attack "Protection" "Mezzanine and Angel"

Otis Redding "Live in Europe"

Red Hot Chili Peppers "By the Way"

Plastyc Buddha

Nigel Kennedy

Movies
2006

"A Sunday in Hell" by Jorgen Leth (seen at the bicyclefilmfestival)

My films

The Life Aquatic

Refugee All Stars

Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven

2005

Sin City

Baraka

Eddie Izzard - ok, not a movie, but his Circle tour- I've watched it 5 times!

Y Tu Mama Tambien- great roadtrip movie

2004

Big Fish - I love tall tales...

Harold and Maude - forget Lost in Translation

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