Favorite Things
Here is a list, with links, of some of Tycerium's favorite things:
Philosophy
Favorite philosophy books include:
David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature
Bertrand Russell's Problems of Philosophy
Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy (Ty recommends the translation by Richard Green, though it is not available on the web)
David Hume
Books
Don DeLillo's White Noise
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
19th century Russian literature, such as the works of Nicolai V. Gogol
The writings of Franz Kafka
The comic book Cerebus (required reading in life)
The graphic novel The Watchmen
Cerebus
Films
The films of Hayao Miyazaki, particularly Laputa
The films of David Lynch, particularly Blue Velvet
Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
The Court Jester, starring Danny Kaye
Swimming to Cambodia, featuring Spalding Gray (another great Spalding Gray site is here)
Laputa
Science Fiction Media
Babylon 5, probably the greatest science fiction show ever made
Blakes7
Dr. Who
Johnny Sokko, featuring the Giant Robot (a childhood favorite)
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Babylon 5
Television
Pig Sty, the short-lived sitcom on the Paramount Network (Ty HIGHLY recommends checking out P.J.'s songs)
Twin Peaks
Law and Order (another site is here, and a great fan page here)
Want to know what's on? Try TV Guide Online, The Sci-Fi Channel, or Nick at Nite
Music
Ty has a great love for New Wave music of the early '80's. He does like other things, too. Favorite bands include:
Berlin
The Go-Go's
Ultravox (and Ultravox!, with John Foxx).
The Cure
Helium (Ty highly recommends them if you're full of angst)
Elastica (read about
Ty's adventure seeing Elastica in Cleveland)
Moxie Fruvous (Ty highly recommends checking them out, especially for the They Might Be Giants fans among you)
PermaFrost (formerly Miles Dethmuffen, a local band in Boston. Ty highly recommends this band to all)
POLLSTAR has detailed concert information.
Elastica
Artists
The Russian Constructivists, particularly Malevich and El Lissitzky
Kandinsky
The Dada artists, particularly Marcel Duchamp
Kandinsky's Composition VIII
Early Childhood Infatuations
Batgirl, as played by Yvonne Craig (Batgirl speaks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Lynda Carter, TV's Wonder Woman
Yvonne Craig
Food
Ty has been vegetarian since 1986. He will eat dairy products and eggs, but his main staple is beans. He greatly avoids processed foods. His favorite kind of food is Indian. He also likes Mexican, Middle Eastern, Ethiopian, and Far Eastern. He enjoys to cook, especially Indian food, and to have friends over for dinner.
Avoiding Tobacco
One of Ty's pursuits is avoiding tobacco. He has acquired a long list of smoke-free restaraunts, coffee shops, and other places. He longs for a smoke-free dance club, where he can...
Dance
Ever since New Wave music came along, Ty has enjoyed dancing to it. He still likes to dance in an early '80's New Wave style. He also enjoys watching dance performances, particularly modern dance (of everyone he has seen so far, his favorite dancer and choreographer is Meg Stuart (see also here). Columbus has proven to be a good place for dance performance, with the OSU Department of Dance and The Wexner Center for the Arts.
Sailing
Ty grew up sailing a Mirror dinghy. The Mirror is a two-person boat with a centerboard, a mainsail, and a jib, with an optional spinnaker. It is eleven feet long, and is most easily identified by its red sails. Ty began helming the Mirror at age eleven, and has competed across the United States and in Wales. In 1982 he was ranked the fifth best Mirror sailor in the U.S. Since entering college, he has had some but little opportunity to sail. He hopes this will change.
Ty sailing with his father
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