My iPod is always going. I'm partial to soul/funk and honky-tonk/alt-country, and many very cheesy pop tunes. I love so much it's hard to narrow down, but here are my perennial faves: Aaliyah, Abba, Johnny Adams, Fiona Apple, Eva Cassidy, Belle & Sebastian, Bettye Swann, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Dennis Brown, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Cat Power, Kasey Chambers, Kelly Clarkson, The Clash, Nikka Costa, Elvis Costello, Joe Ely, Cesaria Evora, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Patty Griffin, Green Day, Donny Hathaway, Merle Haggard, Chris Isaak, Etta James, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Le Tigre, Kirsty MacColl, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Alanis Morissette, Sinead O'Connor, The O'Jays, Shuggie Otis, Esther Phillips, Prince, Toshi Reagon, Charlie Rich, Sade, Shakira, Nina Simone, Elliott Smith, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen, Allen Toussaint, Luther Vandross, Dinah Washington, Paul Weller, Lucinda Williams, Stevie Wonder.
Radio (what did I do before the webstream?): KALX, KUSF, KPOO, KVRX, KEXP, KXLU, WFMU, WWOZ, WERS, WPFW, WKCR, BBC Radio 1, Triple J Australia.
Movies
Rear Window, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Rushmore, Coal Miner's Daughter, Sullivan's Travels, Leave Her to Heaven, Out of Sight, Being There, Team America, Heathers, Raising Victor Vargas, Ghost World, 25th Hour, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Boogie Nights, Spice World, Say Anything, Men Don't Leave, The Sound of Music, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Tapeheads, Reds, Clueless, Sixteen Candles, Mrs. Soffel, My Brilliant Career, High Tide, School of Rock, Casablanca, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, The Sound of Music, Bell Book and Candle, Dick, Party Girl, Dazed and Confused, Viva Las Vegas, Lost in Translation, Mad Hot Ballroom, Royal Tenenbaums
Television
The Wire, Freaks and Geeks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, My So-Called Life, Buffy/Angel, Wonderfalls, Daria, Six Feet Under, Action, Karen Sisco, Entourage, The Office (UK)
Books
Yes, I love books. I especially love YA books. It's hard to single out favorites when there are so many great YA authors whose books I enjoy, but I will say I'm particularly attached to any books by Patricia McCormick, David Levithan, Markus Zusak, and Jaclyn Moriarty. There are so many more YA authors whose books I adore...and many of them are on MySpace, so I hope you'll check 'em out in my Friends profiles.
Amongst "adult" (zzzz) authors, I pretty much love anything by Dawn Powell, Graham Greene, Ellen Gilchrist, Evelyn Waugh.
Random list of some favorite books:
A Confederacy of Dunces; An Actual Life; Angela's Ashes; Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash; Franny and Zooey; Cut; Sold; Dangerous Angels; Feed; Gone with the Wind; High Fidelity; I Capture the Castle; Lady: My Life As a Bitch; Me Talk Pretty One Day; Mr. Vertigo; My Brilliant Career; Sleeping Arrangements; Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley; The Grass Harp; The Member of the Wedding; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Realm of Possibility; To Kill a Mockingbird; Two Girls, Fat and Thin; White Teeth
I love your books, I've read them all! And I just bought Naomi and Ely's, and I love it. I ordered Nick and Norah's from the library, but it hasn't come in yet. My favorite book of yours is The Steps, and I've read it at least a million times =]
I just sat and read You Know Where to Find Me in a few hours. I'm pretty sure this is my new all-time favorite novel. I love your writing! I can't wait to read all of your other books. Rock on! Meg B
Rachel Cohn, you have added so much to my life, because you gave it meaning with "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist". It is without a doubt, the best book I have read in my life, not just because it was the only one I've ever read with the music that gets me through horrid days, but because it makes you believe in life, believe that there's something waiting for you after the worst turn, and I swear that by the time i'm in the ground, I'll have heard very single song you've mentioned in the book.
i finished Nick & Norah in two nights because i couldn't put it downnn. and that doesn't happen often to me! by far one of my favorite books to date. i've been a huge fan of david levithan's work for quite a while and now i definitely love your work as well. :)
Your books are so incredible. I love the edgyness of them. Most teen books I read are so watered down but not your books and that's what I love about them. I can't wait for Nick&Norah to come out.
I finished You Know Where to Find Me over the weekend and by the end had tears running outta my eyes. I really loved it, as I expected to. =) Thanks for writing such a great book.
Are you going to the UCLA/Los Angeles Times Festival of Books toward the end of the month?
Hi, my name is alissa. I was at the South Brunswick library in New Jersey yesterday. I just wanted to say thank you for coming. It was really fun and amazing to hear your answers. So, again, thank you.
Hi Rachel, I just wanted to tell you, that i finally got to finish your book, it took me while because of it's intensity, which is a good thing, i had told you that i felt related to the character, but once i read it, it seemed more real then anything, i felt like it was me, that i was reading about, which is funny, i actually ended up Crying in the end, because unlike Miles, i didn't want Help, i didn't think i needed it, but anyway sorry, um yeah, the Book is a tear-jerker, and i love you more now then before, honestly i look at the book, as what i use to be, and i want to Thank You. sooooo much.
always Tiffany xoxo
ps-i hope this comment make sense, cause as i type it, i'm having doubts LOL.
Can I just say how thrilled I am that you are also a Crumbs addict? I am always and forever explaining their righteousness to people and you already know. That's hot.
I GOT THE BOOK THAT YOU SENT ME!!! I WAS SO EXCITED! I ALREADY LOVE IT, AHAHA like i said, in my entry, i feel the connection already!!! ahhh! Thank YOU
i just finished you know where to find me. it was different from your other books but i could still see your unique finesse shining through. not laugh out loud funny but verrry witty. i totlly related to miles minus the drugs. it was awesome.
Ok well I got to type fast cuz I am off to buy your book. You are my Idol. When I started reading your books it made me think of becomeing a writer. A dream I hope to one day make true. Well I am off to buy it. Bye.
Well I'm flattered, b/c I've watched your star rise and shoot straight up! And now a movie! How cool are you? I hope you're having fun with it. I'm about to have my first novel debut next month - are you in NYC? I'm having a big book launch party at Bank Street Books on May 1 from 5-7pm. Please come if you're here! K.
Rachel, thanks for friending me. We met at a PA SCBWI weekend years and years ago...remember? I'm so happy for your success! Love Nick and Nora..... Katie Davis
