Ice Hockey, Music, Writing, and other various creative endeavors.
This would end up being a list of musical influences and the one and only Anthony Michael Hall
I have always said that there is something of value to take from all kinds of music that is done well, but my roots are all things METAL.
zombie, slasher, horror, kung fu, basically movies that make me smile.
Thanks to my band's house getting digital cable, I am all over Entourage, Weeds, and the Autopsy documentaries.
This summer I re-read that entire collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales in the order they were originally published, and I am pretty sure they made me more observant. Right now I am reading a book called "Power vs. Force : The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior"
Anthony Michael Hall, Glenn Danzig, Danny Carey, Richard Christy, etc...