Chuck Klosterman books, pulling elaborate pranks, being near the ocean, Bauhaus, people who quote Jack Kerouac without ever having read On the Road, atrocious political incorrectness, writing essays in the middle of the night, filling out interests in internet profiles
the Beatles, Common Market, the Fugees, Bob Dylan, Atmosphere, Shawn Carter, the Velvet Underground, Saves the Day, Rilo Kiley, anything Jenny Lewis has ever done, Lauryn Hill, Ray LaMontagne,Okkervil River, Phoenix, the Sun, Elefant, Fiona Apple, Blue Scholars.
Anyone from any "old country," and pretty much anyone in my family.