Literature, Travel, Tennis, Nocturnes, Self-mythologizing, Normative Economics, the Timeless (eg. Joan of Arc) and the Ephemeral (eg. her Walkman), Tasteful Nudity, Boudoir Shots, Bunburying, Having my Pockets on Swole and my Pager Blowin' Up, Dissolute Living, Acting the Fool up in the Club, "Curing One's Deepest Aridity With a Decoction of Strong Waters", Title 11 United States Code.
Oscar Wilde, James Whistler, Morrissey, Milan Kundera, Soren Kierkegaard, Wyatt Earp, Conor Oberst, Willie Nelson, Nelson Mandela, T.S. Eliot, David Brent, Jet Rink, Johnnie Walker, The Baron de Charlus, Ignatius J. Reilly, Jimmy Rabbit, The Girl Least Likely To, anyone charming...
Morrissey, The Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, Bright Eyes, Radiohead, Blur, Stereolab, The Clash, The Pogues, The Gentle Waves, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yaz, Arcade Fire, The Cure, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Tupac, RBL Posse, Eazy-E, R. Kelly, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Radney Foster, Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, Whiskeytown, Talking Heads, (old) REM, Pulp, The Libertines, Broken Social Scene, Kings of Convenience, Camera Obscura, Oasis, Wilco, Lou Reed, Bowie, T-Rex, Eno, Roxy Music, New York Dolls, Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams;
The Commitments, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, The Door in the Floor, The Full Monty, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Tombstone, Velvet Goldmine, The Squid and the Whale, Giant, The Remains of the Day, Mona Lisa, From Here to Eternity,most David Lynch (primarily when Naomi Watts is not in his employ).
Deadwood, Cops, City Confidential, The Office (British and domestic), Wild West Tech, Engineering an Empire, Mr. Wizard, Degrassi Junior High (and to a lesser extent, Degrassi High), anything edifying or moderately interesting (this obviously excludes most reality television and any "investigative journalism" involving Gideon Yago or Suchin Pak). Oh yeah, and one episode of MTV Real Life entitled, "I've Got a Summer Share".
De Profundis, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies; See also, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Proust, Joyce, Poe, Yeats, Flaubert, Russians named Fyoder and Danes named Soren. Doyle, Ishiguro, Kundera; Histories, Biographies; The Economist; Athlon Sports NFL/NCAA Preview Issue.
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