Performing and composing music professionally. Anything to do with how a sound can move you. Dark hair. Strong coffee. The 1976 Hiwatt Hylight DR-405. The 1962 Fender Precision Bass. The American Museum of Natural History.
Marissa Tomei, definitely. Also Ellen Page, and Jena Malone, as long as they're into rock music and food, like me. Oh yeah, and Daphne Zuniga in The Sure Thing. And Trent Reznor ... hmmm. Who else? Tony Levin, obviously, as well as Peter Gabriel. Pam Beasley, though that new girl is also growing on me. Xeni Jardin. Stewart Copeland. Sting, just so I can say I met Sting. Leo Fender. Jack Bauer. I dunno; this is a good question, and one that I should give some thought to. I feel like I've met most of the people with whom I know I want to meet; now all that's left are the people that I didn't know I wanted to meet.
The Beatles.The Police, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Josh Rouse, Fountains of Wayne, Bravo Silva (come back), Tears for Fears, Buffalo Tom, Bleu, Counting Crows, Ivy, The Everyday Visuals, the Replacements as well as Paul Westerberg's solo work, Boards of Canada, Dismemberment Plan, Jay-Z, Death Cab for Cutie, Tony Levin, Muse, Steve Reich, Charles Mingus, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, Barky, Creeper Lagoon, Nick Drake, Jack's Mannequin, Phoenix, The Roots, Steely Dan, Whiskeytown, The Album Leaf, Broken Social Scene, Matthew Sweet, Ben Folds, Dashboard Confessional, Underworld, Sufjan Stevens, Michael Manring, Tool, Colin Hay, Daft Punk, U2, Nada Surf, Ryan Adams, Stars, Glen Hansard, Sigur Ros, Duncan Sheik, DJ Shadow, Say Anything, Pete Yorn, Aqualung, Led Zeppelin, Tortoise, Phoenix, The Postal Service, The New Deal, Third Eye Blind, Longwave, Fleetwood Mac, Mute Math, Nickel Creek, Edgar Meyer.
There are a bunch of them. Just right now though, I saw this movie called Once. It's in limited release, but if you're in the New York area, head to the Landmark Sunshine theater on East Houston and see it. If you're a musician, I'm afraid I must insist - but even if you're not, you won't have wasted your $10.25. It's beautiful.
The X-Files (Friday nights with chinese food and my dad, circa 1993), The West Wing, The Joy of Painting, Star Trek: The Next Generation, ALIAS, 24, The Office (US), Lost, Family Guy, Green Wing, Battlestar Galactica, Prison Break, Heroes, 30 Rock, Frisky Dingo, The Daily Show, Flight of the Conchords, Weeds, The IT Crowd.
I have read everything and will read anything by: Paul Auster, Frank Herbert, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby, H.P. Lovecraft, Philip Pullman, Carl Sagan.
My dad, and Tony Levin.