fellow political nerds and activists, musicians, artists, thinkers, writers, Cookie Monster, some one who will start a liberal think tank with me, fellow sushi snobs, and former President Martin Van Buren (I like his mutton chops)...
R.E.M., The Beatles, Radiohead, Boards Of Canada, The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Broadcast, Pixies, Air, Nirvana, Outkast, Stevie Wonder, Nas, Gang Starr, Mobb Deep, UGK, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, The New Pornographers, A.C. Newman, Neko Case, A Tribe Called Quest, Squarepusher, Black Star, My Bloody Valentine, Camp Lo, Magazine, The Roots, Kid Loco, The B 52's, MC Solaar, Beck, Blonde Redhead, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, Blur, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, The Police, The Velvet Underground, Alice In Chains, The Pretenders, PJ Harvey, The Doors, Tricky, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Interpol, Prefuse 73, The Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Credence Clearwater Revival, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Nate Dogg, Oasis, Pavement,Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pearl Jam, DJ Burglecut, The Spice Girls
I 3 Huckabees, The Silence Of The Lambs, Boogie Nights, In America, Syriana, Derailed, Safe, Peeping Tom, Virgin Suicides, Silver City, Midnight Cowboy, Brimstone And Treacle, The Manchurian Candidate, The Muppet Movies, The Dark Crystal, Sex, Lies And Videotape, Three Kings, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, High Fidelity, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Super Size Me, Dancer In The Dark, Happiness, A Face In The Crowd, The Best Years Of Our Lives, Meet John Doe, No Man's Land, With A Friend Like Harry, The Graduate, La Haine, Wings Of Desire, City Of Lost Children, But I'm A Cheerleader, Pump Up The Volume, Finding Nemo, The Pianist, Dead Man Walking, Halloween, Candyman, Magic, Jurassic Park, Jaws, In The Company Of Men, Short Cuts, The Monty Python Movies, Se7en, eXistenZ, Mulholland Drive, Ocean's Eleven (Soderberg), Ocean's Twelve, Our Daily Bread, La Bamba, Spice World, Hearts And Minds, Casualties Of War, Apocalypse Now, Bowling For Columbine, Roger And Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, Mr. Death, Annie Hall, Citizen Kane, The Conversation, Do The Right Thing, Dr. Strangelove, E.T., Help!, Network, The Player, The Indiana Jones Movies, The Seventh Seal, Some Like It Hot, Star Wars Episodes 4-6, Taxi Driver, The Tenth Man, 2001, Un Chien Andalou, Menace II Society, Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood, The Ernest Movies, The Naked Gun Movies, The Airplane Movies, 28 Days Later, Half Baked, Better Off Dead, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Good Night and Good Luck, The Constant Gardener, Boyz N The Hood, The Crying Game
The West Wing, Flight of the Conchords, Real Time With Bill Maher, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Family Guy, Crank Yankers, Chappelle's Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Da Ali G. Show, The Crazy Bob Show, 90210
1984 by George Orwell, Crimes Against Nature by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Animal Farm by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury , Down And Out In Paris And London by George Orwell, One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, All Music Guide To Rock, The Bible (as literature), Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail, '72 by Hunter S. Thompson, Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord.
My parents, George Orwell, Stevie Wonder, Jed Bartlet, my cat