Film, literature, poetry, comedy, film critique, some video games, Apple computers, live theater, Simply Syndicated podcasts, arguing in favor of film over digital, taking lone walks with my iPod and conversing with people who give a damn.
See my heroes...if they're alive, I want to meet them. I would also like to meet Richard Propes and TC Candler, the two guys I write reviews with on Independent Critics. Meeting Jesus would be cool.
Pink Floyd, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, Billy Joel, Meat Loaf, Boston, Dropkick Murphys, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Bright Eyes, Alan Jackson, Steve Miller Band, Brad Paisley, The Byrds, AC/DC, Buffalo Springfield, Cream, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, The Doors, The Eagles, Harry Chapin, Badfinger, Coldplay, The Doors, Joe Nichols, John Lennon, Norah Jones, Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, My Chemical Romance, Peter Frampton, The Refreshments, Steve Miller Band, Tenacious D, U2, The Shins, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, movie soundtracks, Broadway Musicals...
My Top 100 IN ORDER: Brazil, The Royal Tenenbaums, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goodfellas, Psycho, Annie Hall, Dark City, Rushmore, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dr. Strangelove, The Third Man, Ed Wood, Pulp Fiction, LA Confidential, Citizen Kane, Schindler's List, Glengarry Glen Ross, Saving Private Ryan, Alien, Aliens, The Producers, Die Hard, Blade Runner, 12 Angry Men, Raging Bull, The Big Lebowski, Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Magnolia, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, Memento, The Usual Suspects, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2, Fargo, This Is Spinal Tap, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Empire Strikes Back, Being John Malkovich, Election, The Incredibles, City of God, Time Bandits, The Graduate, The Silence of the Lambs, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Grizzly Man, Duck Soup, The Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, Mean Streets, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Adaptation., Fight Club, The Life Aquatic, Eraserhead, The Birds, The Fountain, There Will Be Blood, The Departed, Rififi, Requiem For a Dream, The Fog of War, The Darjeeling Limited, Rashomon, Goldfinger, Amadeus, Bowling for Columbine, Naked Lunch, Munich, United 93, Bottle Rocket, About Schmidt, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, American Splendor, The Lives of Others, No Country for Old Men, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Punch-Drunk Love, Unforgiven, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Waiting for Guffman, Pan's Labyrinth, Forrest Gump, Minority Report, American Psycho, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, My Left Foot, Rain Man, Shattered Glass, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Ronin, Miller's Crossing, The Maltese Falcon, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Thing, Predator,..
TOP 40 IN ORDER:The Sopranos, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Star Trek: The Next Generation, MASH, Lost, The Office (BBC), 24, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Venture Bros., Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, Oz, Strangers With Candy, Da Ali G Show, Spaced, The X-Files, King of the Hill, The Office (USA), Firefly, 30 Rock, South Park, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, Battlestar Galactica, The Colbert Report, Band of Brothers, Scrubs, Quantum Leap, Futurama, Rescue Me, Mythbusters, Batman: The Animated Series, Star Trek (OS), The Daily Show, Top Chef, Dexter, The Amazing Race, Jeopardy
The works of Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Dick Francis, HG Wells, William Shakespeare, Christopher Durang, Tom Stoppard, Samuel Beckett, Cormac McCarthy, James Ellroy, Roger Ebert and Stephen King; the graphic novels of Alan Moore and Frank Miller.
Teddy Roosevelt, Batman, Terry Gilliam, Douglas Adams, Stephen Colbert, Larry David, Sam Lowry, Jack Bauer, Michael Chaney, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese.