I listen to a lot of music. Here are a few of my favorites that I ripped off from YouTube. A Wonderful Invention.

 

Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 1

Bethena

Greensleeves

Listen to the Mockingbird

The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens

 

 

Dark Eyes  Django Reinhardt festival at Birdland

Sweet Georgia Brown

Swing 42

It Don't Mean a Thing

I Scare Myself

You

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Everybody's Trying

Savoy Truffle

For you Blue

Words of Love

Little Child

Golden Slumbers

Ain't She Sweet

I'll See You in My Dreams

Carey

Little Green

Night Ride Home

Urge for Going

Black Crow

Refuge of the Roads

Hejira

My Secret Place

Chinese Cafe

Sultans of Swing

Your Latest Trick

Walk of Life

Fishing

Come On Lets Go

Wond'ring Aloud

The Crying Game

Come go with me

You never can tell

Katmandu

 

Isis

Psalm

Alabama

I want to talk about you

Meet me in the Morning

Jet Pilot Eyes

Not Dark Yet

Abandoned Love

You Angel You

Down Along the Cove

Volver

Umm Kulthum Lelat Hob

Habibi ya nour el ein

Volare

Gringo Flamenco

Aaj Jaane Ki

Jaane kya tune kahi

Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan

Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia

Lakdi ki kaathi

Meri jaan mujhe jan

Mack the Knife 1

Mack the Knife 2

The Butcher Boy

Charlie Parker with Strings

Take 5

Lullaby of Birdland

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Nobody Knows

Mood Indigo

 

I watch a lot of movies as well. I study Middle Eastern and South Asian films as part of my research. But you can learn something from even the really terrible movies. Film-making is an incredible art and here are a few films that I recommend. They are all terrific movies for various reasons.

The Lover Juliet of the Spirits Subarnarekha China Town L. A. Confidential
The Crying Game Shy People Taste of Cherry The Virgin Spring Blade Runner