dinosaurs, DJing, etc.
people i already know, and people i don't know yet.
fela kuti, jorge ben, roy ayers, cymande, mandrill, parliament funkadelic, prince, herbie hancock, art blakey, dave brubeck, miles davis, john coltrane, hugh masekela, freddie hubbard, wayne shorter, bobby hutcherson, the mizell brothers, donald byrd, mulatu astatke, augustus pablo, the police, talking heads, dom um romao, marcos valle, clark terry, azymuth, earth wind and fire, nina simone, james brown, el michels affair, candela all-stars, digable planets, kanye west, missy elliot, timbaland, ghostface, company flow, outkast, john legend, erykah badu, jill scott, cajmere AKA green velvet, masters at work, gerardo frisina, larry heard, ken ishii, jimpster, quantic, fat freddy's drop, boozo bajou, bugz in the attic, beatfanatic, troubleman, bonobo, zero db, gerardo frisina, mr. scruff, spiritual south, gotan project, da lata, kruder & dorfmeister, jazzanova, zero 7, massive attack, thievery corporation, ltj bukem, roni size, marcus intalex, calibre, high contrast, dj marky, drumagick, jamie lidell, matthew herbert, carl craig, basement jaxx, recloose, escort, justus kohncke, lindstrom & prins thomas, maurice fulton, snax, kathy diamond, freeform five, tracey thorn/EBTG, switch/solid groove, claude vonstroke, justin martin, metro area, raw fusion records, tru thoughts records, freerange records, g-stone, turntables on the hudson, pulver, ghostly international, MAW records, sonar kollektiv, schema records, candela recordings, and basically all manner of past, present, and future jazz / funk / soul / latin / afro / house / broken beats / breaks / reggae / jungle / electro / disco / party / chill / sexy music.
all-time: star wars, batman (the first one), yojimbo, seven samurai, north by northwest, akira, spirited away, bad education, dirty rotten scoundrels, kill bill 1 and 2, sexy beast, leon the professional, interview with the vampire
recent: children of men, the prestige, paprika, volver, the science of sleep, the departed, casino royale, jesus camp (yikes)
does youtube count? actually i don't even watch it that much. studio 60 on the sunset strip was pretty cool for awhile, stephen colbert is a genius, and bill o'reilly makes me laugh alot. oh and shark week. awesome. how about WEEDS?
1984 by george orwell, the lost world by arthur conan doyle, short stories by ray bradbury, 20,000 leagues under the sea by jules verne, the cheese monkeys by chip kidd, american psycho by brett easton ellis, american gods by neil gaiman, get your war on by david rees, sabuda and reinhart's pop-up dinosaurs, national geographic magazine, discover magazine, SEED magazine, etc. etc. etc.