1. Film
2. Music
3. Computers
4. Sushi
5. Saving money for an HDR-FX1
George Takei, the final frontier to my heart.
Hip-Hop, Funk, Blues, R&B:
Hieroglyphics
Del the Funkee Homosapien
Souls of Mischief
People Under The Stairs
Dead Prez
Abdominal
d-sisive
Tom Waits
Justin Timberlake
Ghostface Killah
Danger Mouse
A Tribe Called Quest
Buckshot
Jemini
DJ Format
Genius
Black Moon
Dan the Automator
Madvillian
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Nas
Talib Kweli
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Mos Def
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Big L
The Roots
Kid Koala
Cannibal Ox
Kraftwerk
RZA
GZA
Rhymfest
The Coup
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
NWA
The Streets
John Lee Hooker
Gravediggaz
Kanye West
Kid Frost
2Pac
Snoop Dogg
George Clinton
Wu Tang Clan
Atmosphere
Faith No More
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Sonny Sharrock
Jurrasic 5
+ Many more.
Indie (Rock) (Chill) (Pop):
Murder By Death
Sonic Youth
TV On The Radio
Animal Collective
Sufjan Stevens
Sigur Ros
Mew
VHS or Beta
Stereophonics
Mates of State
The Arcade Fire
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Black Keys
The Decemberists
Snowden
The Thermals
Rogue Wave
Make Believe
Kings Of Convenience
Oxford Collapse
Xiu Xiu
Belle & Sebastian
Interpol
mewithoutYou
Mae
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Wolf Parade
The Dears
Iron and Wine
Okkervil River
Band Of Horses
Trail of Dead
Calexico
The Unicorns
The Flaming Lips
Goldfrapp
The Smiths
Beach House
Chin Up Chin Up
+ Many more.
Noise, (Ckassic) Rock, Punk:
The Mars Volta
Lightning Bolt
The Blood Brothers
Ween
At The Drive-In
Fear Before the March of Flames
Sonic Youth
the Locust
Pit Er Pat
Wolf Eyes
Sleater-Kinney
Fantômas
Bad Brains
George Thorogood
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
Daughters
Boredoms
Russian Circles
Violent Femmes
Iggy & The Stooges
Hot Snakes
Anti-Flag
Interpol
In Flames
Fugazi
LCD Soundsystem
The Flaming Lips
Thursday
Black Flag
Dillinger Escape Plan
An Albatross
Electric Six
Drive Like Yehu
Death From Above 1979
Slayer
Atom & His Package
The Fall of Troy
Jethro Tull
Pantera
Wolfmother
Nine Inch Nails
Maylene And The Sons of Disaster
Some Girls
The Residents
Les Savy Flav
+ Many more.
Pretty much the ones that don't blow.
Anything by these fellows:
Max Brooks
J.R.R. Tolkien
Douglas Adams
Chuck Palahniuk
Gregory Maguire
Bram Cohen
Wes Anderson
Gillian and David
Ween
Tom Waits
Quentin Tarantino
Chris Cunningham
Trent Reznor
Bob & David
George Washington