singstar (obviously, because it is the coolest), brooklyn!, farms, airstreams, tiny homes, voyeurism, mysticism, Phoenicia, scooters, hula hooping, pinball, monday night bowling, tuesday night crafts, wednesday karaoke, physics, dressing up to get down, books, tea, romanesco broccoli (proof of divine artistry), Vernie & Ya-Ya, costumes, fist fights, pictures of giggling girls with guns, shoes, Julian, lilies, natural nutrition, sufism, and of course, the recently reinstated Ian Loumos (my favorite malaka)...
blah. lately... KANYE, M.I.A., arcade fire, art brut, mates of state, james brown, lcd, belle and sebastian, talib & mos, spoon, ryan adams, neutral milk hotel, def leppard, shuggie otis, clipse, wu tang, led zeppelin (yum), al green, marvin, erykah badu, blur, yelle, ciara, george michael, arctic monkeys, neko case, feist...
Juno! (my new favorite and the most solidfying reason for my obnoxious crush on Michael Cera- even though he essentially plays the same character in everything), the up series, the Life Aquatic, Eternal Sunshine, Kill Bill, Amelie, Adaptation, Lost in Translation, Royal Tennenbaums, elegant universe, Style Wars, Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy...
WBUR is my television equivalent: this american life, radio lab, on point (sometimes). I cheat, however, with DVDs - The ever-entertaining seinfeld (though the last two seasons are weak), The Office!, Curb your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Arrested Development.
Another Roadside Attraction, Jitterbug Perfume, Nine Stories, Skinny Legs and All, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Quantum World, Guns, Germs & Steel...
my most amazing guitar teacher Carlton Zeigler, Karl Pilkington David McDermott (anachronistic PSYCHO), Wangari Maathai, Bill Murray, Tom Robbins (How does one get that cool?), Larry David, Ricky Gervais, Bill McKibben, Kenny Shopsin, apparently lots of dudes...