The world can be a lot better than what we settle for. All you really have to do is ask.
Ours, Jeff Buckley, The Weepies, Bright Eyes, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, Modest Mouse, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Tool, PJ Harvey, Marvin Gaye, Sublime, Cursive, Etta James, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Bob Marley, Kings of Leon, The Skies We Built, Cake, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, The Flaming Lips, REM, Tom Waits, Ben Harper, Sublime, Starsailor, Counting Crows, David Bowie, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkle, NIN, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Flickerstick, Nirvana, Cat Stevens, The Arcade Fire, Rusted Root, Queen, Placebo, Joan Osbourne, The Beta Band, Billie Holiday, Solomon Burke, Shawn Mullins, Pearl Jam, Rufus Wainwright, Fiona Apple, Traveling Wilburry's, Ween, The Moldy Peaches, Rilo Kiley. I don't like everything. But I like a lot.
The Boondock Saints, American History X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Escanaba in Da Moonlight, The Princess Bride, SLC Punk, Death to Smoochy, Muppet Treasure Island, (all) Lord of the Rings, Tommy Boy, Little Miss Sunshine, Tim Burton and Quentin Terentino films, Garden State, Waiting for Guffman, Equilibrium, Fern Gully, The Big Lebowski, I 3 Huckabees, Trainspotting, Pete's Dragon, Moulin Rouge, Super Troopers, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Adaptation, The Birdcage, Sandlot, Clerks, Almost Famous, Tombstone, Hook, The Royal Tennebaums, Pee Wee's Big Fuckin Adventure, The Imposters, Snatch.
Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Clone High, Conan O'Brien, Beast Wars, Flight of the Conchords, Arrested Development, Seinfeld.
I'm up to my elbows in Vonnegut. I feel the worst when I read the least.I try to be a filter. Not a sponge.