I'd like to meet:
Richard Pryor, Roberto Benigni, Richard D James, Lew Alcinders, Larry David, LeBron, that guy that screams at cars by Pacific place downtown with his voodoo staff.
Music:
Panda Bear, Peter Bjorn and John, Neko Case, TV on the Radio, MIA, Senor coconut, Kraftwerk, old school hip hop, The Books, James Brown, Terry Riley, Iggy and the Stooges, Roots Reggea, Aphex twin, NWA, Gang of Four, Getto boys, Madlib, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Devendra Banhart, Nick Drake, Sonic Youth, Mos Def, Tribe Called Quest, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, Joy Division, The Smiths, Mariachi Bands who play in mexican restaurants, MF doom, Portishead, Kompakt records, Ghostly records, Stones Throw Records, The Black Keys, Quasimoto, Gang starr, music that puts me to sleep, micro beats and crackle pop sounds.
Movies:
Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, psychadelic cartoons, gory japanese movies, french romance films, Italian fantasy, some science fiction, and good documentaries.
Television:
The shows near and dear: Twin peaks, Espn Classic....mexican cliff diving, classic NBA games, Cleveland sports collapses, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthuasism, Seattle's Japanese station, Gumby, Voltron, PBS, Lost, Weeds, Cavaliers games, Nova, old Jacques Cousteau shows, food network, and Anthony Bourdain's travel/food show.
Books:
"The Tipping Point", "The Laws of Simplicity" by John Maeda, "STIFF- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers", "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby, "Devil in the White City", "The perks of being a wallflower" by Stephen Chobsky, Chuck Klosterman, "Massive Change" by Bruce Mau, "The medium is the massage" by Marshall Macluen, Anything by Bukowski, David Sedaris, and my new favorite Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Architecture and Graphic design books Whitney Biennial 2002, cook books, local history about American cities.-----------Magazines: Colors, Metropolis, CMYK, Wire, RES, Print, Vice, Index, IDN, I.D., 60's + 70's playboys, National Geographic, Juxtapoz, Architecture Digest, Beautiful Decay, HOW, Grooves, Surface, Found.
Heroes:
Richard Pryor, Eddie "the Eagle" and LeBron James.