How is this different enough from "About Me" to necessitate its own section?
Includes: R.E.M., Wilco, Tom Waits, Kamikaze Hearts, Calexico, Modest Mouse / Ugly Casanova, Arab Strap, cLOUDDEAD (& anticon), Ted Leo, Jon Brion, Gang of Four, The Clash, Beach Boys, Jayhawks, Nicolai Dunger, Uncle Tupelo, Black Keys, Aesop Rock, El-P, The Be Good Tanyas & Jolie Holland, Magnetic Fields, Sharon Jones, Nina Simone, Arcade Fire, Mountain Goats, The Books, The Walkmen, Art Brut, Four Tet, RJD2, Chet Baker when I’m stressed, I still love Blind Melon, Lonehawk, D-Plan, Ween, Little Joe Gould, Buddy Holly, your better classic rockers. Also Johnny Cash, Richard and Linda Thompson, Hank Williams, Dusty, Loretta, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Holly Golightly, Thee Headcoats and other turns from Billy Childish, Will Oldham & all things Palace, Holopaw, Phosphorescent & Flotation Toy Warning, The Frames, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, NMH, Kimya Dawson, Kings of Convenience, Notwist, The Legends, Voxtrot, The Figgs, John Vanderslice, Aqueduct, Spoon, the Exploding Hearts, the Nice Boys, the Gris Gris, The Replacements and Westerberg solo. I love the rap that soundtracked my adolescence (36 Chambers, Ready to Die, Ill Communication, Illmatic) and any that sounds like it, and more than that, too. I love Radiohead, I love the Dirtbombs, I shamelessly enjoy the Polyphonic Spree, I like some cheesy pop singles, early U2, The Streets, The Strokes. In my early childhood I grew up on the Talking Heads and The Pet Shop Boys. James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World†might be my favorite song of all time.
Wes Anderson's first three, Christopher Guests's first three, Kevin Smith's first three, Amelie, What About Bob? and Groundhog Day, Blue in the Face, Big Lebowski, Paper Moon, Wet Hot American Summer, Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally (don't hate), A Night at the Opera and Duck Soup, LA Story, a great many woody allen films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin, I am trying to break your heart, Lost in Translation.
Six Feet Under, Twin Peaks, Family Guy, Home Movies, The Office, The West Wing, Iron Chef, Naked Chef, Degrassi: the next generation, I miss radio free roscoe. (How do i find time for all this? oh, mystery!)
I Love: Gurganus, Auster, O'Brien, Carver, Nabokov, The Great Irish. Sedaris is funny and i do like Eggers. Currently: The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. I hope to one day read more about economics, but who has the time?
My sister, my parents, my grandparents.Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash.Ko Melina, Coco Chanel.