Writing, reading obsessively, maverick and classic literature, old books, music, movies, Tennessee, the 423, Yellow Springs, Christianity, the emerging church, christology, eschatology, theology, lectio divina, contemplative prayer, the never-ending quest for wisdom, mia famiglia, life-long friends, the sense of wonder, pulp space opera, the Beat Generation, bohemianism, astronomy, cosmology, physics, philosophy, ontology, speculative technology, the human consciousness, intelligent conversation, modest girls, traditionalism, futurism, mysticism, stand-up comedy, Batman, NPR, coffee, IV:XX, Camel Lights, Chimay, whiskey, vino, pale ales, mint juleps, live bands, dive bars, honky tonks, karaoke, dancing, traveling, hiking, cooking, lounging around.
Catherine Keener, Sarah Silverman, Alex Borstein, Maya Rudolph, Kate Winslet (during her Rubenesque phase), Jennifer Connelly, Betty Page, Kari Byron from Mythbusters... yeah, that's about it. Oh, and this dude:
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FAVORITE STYLES: Electro, synthpop, rockabilly, bluegrass, alt-country, classic country, indie, Britpop, surf rock, classic rock, funk, blues, R&B, gospel, ragtime, Top 40 (1987-1992), anything with a vocoder.FAVORITE BANDS: Joy Electric, Dance House Children, Rainbow Rider, The Brothers Martin, Anna Ranger, Norway, Soviet, Calico Sunset, Goldfrapp, Shiny Toy Guns, Scissor Sisters, The Faint, Femme Fatality, Fischerspooner, Felix da Housecat, Miss Kittin, Ladytron, Les Rhythms Digitales, Daft Punk, Le TechnoPUSS13S, The Rentals, The Killers, The Postal Service, Elkland, Goat Explosion, Young Love, Saint Etienne, Air, Stereolab, Dubstar, Future Bible Heroes, Ima Robot, Mouse on Mars, Add N to X, Deee-Lite, Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Particle, Freekbass, Primus, Less Claypool and the Flying Frog Brigade, Parliament, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bjork, Palace Brothers, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Arcade Fire, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Guided By Voices, Smog, Portastatic, Silver Jews, Yo La Tengo, u-Ziq, New Wet Kojak, American Analog Set, The Sea and Cake, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Magnetic Fields, Jeff Buckley, Tortoise, Dave Pajo, Iron and Wine, Belle and Sebastion, The Great Lakes, Badly Drawn Boy, Elliot Smith, Nick Cave, Jet, Starflyer 59, Luxury, The Prayer Chain, The Choir, Lost Dogs, Bon Voyage, All Things Bright and Beautiful, They Sang as They Slew, The Lassie Foundation, Jetenderpaul, Pedro the Lion, Map, Pony Express, Frank Lenz, Fine China, Shepherd, Velour 100, Hoi Polloi, Mortal, Deitiphobia, The Bakewells, The Radio Fix, Rifles at Recess, Actress, Queen Mob, My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, Havalina Rail Co., Tom Waits, Reverend Horton Heat, Southern Culture On the Skids, The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Hank Williams III, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Roger Miller, Freddy Fender, Willie Nelson, Junior Brown, Alison Krauss, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Emmy Lou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, The Mavericks, The V-Roys, Harry Connick, Jr., Jimmy Buffet, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, Man... Or Astroman?, Thee Spivies, Ivy, The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, New Order, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Monaco, Electronic, Bauhaus, Siouxie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins, The Pixies, Blur, Lush, The London Suede, David Bowie, Erasure, Yaz, Vince Clarke, Echo and the Bunnymen, Duran Duran, Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Tricky, Mono, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Keith Sweat, Ozomatli, Los Lobos, Guns N Roses, Beastie Boys, Money Mark, Mix Master Mike, The X-Ecutioners, Invisible Skratch Picklez, Dr. Octagon, DJ Shadow, Coldcut, UNKLE, DJ Baby Anne, DJ Icey, Headrillaz, Chemical Brothers, Lo-Fidelity All Stars, Public Enemy, NWA, 2 Live Crew, Mos Def and Talib Kwali, A Tribe Called Quest, The Freestylers, Lauryn Hill, Bobby Brown, PM Dawn, Madonna.
Batman Begins, Superman Returns, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Where the Buffalo Roam, Jesus, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Six-String Samurai, Flyboys, Serenity, the original Star Wars trilogy, Blade Runner, Spaceballs, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rocketeer, Zathura, Forbidden Planet, Flash Gordon, What The Bleep Do We Know?, 2001: A Space Oddysey, Alien, Aliens, Predator 1 & 2, The Terminator, T2, Robocop, Starship Troopers, Equilibrium, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The Fifth Element, Twelve Monkeys, Children of Men, Die Hard, Face/Off, Clerks, Clerks II, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Borat, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Black Cauldron, The Dark Crystal, Labrynth, The Neverending Story, Time Bandits, Legend, The Last Starfighter, Flight of the Navigator, Tron, The Goonies, Gleaming the Cube, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ('90), TMNT, Transformers: The Movie, GI Joe: The Movie, Batman (1989), Batman Returns, Sin City, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Blade, Superman, The Crow, Unbreakable, Young Guns 1 & 2, For A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Wild Bunch, The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey, Hero, Wing Chun, Ong Bok, The Protector, The Stormriders, Revenge of the Ninja, Conan the Barbarian, Fight Club, El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Grindhouse, Killing Zoe, Sid and Nancy, Drugstore Cowboy, Easy Rider, Trainspotting, Half Baked, Altered States, Snatch, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Go, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Amelie, Delicatessen, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, I Heart Huckabees, Bottlerocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Saved!, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Groundhog Day, Stripes, Caddyshack, Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Saint Elmo's Fire, Revenge of the Nerds, Porky's, Strange Brew, Short Circuit, Police Academy, Heathers, The Lost Boys, A Nightmare on Elm Street series, Freddy vs. Jason, Dead Alive, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, Scream, The Blair Witch Project, Interview with the Vampire, Rosemary's Baby, Carrie, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Stealing Beauty, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, Walk the Line, Titan A.E., Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Steamboy, Howl's Moving Castle, Fantastic Planet, Goodfellas, The Godfather 1 & 2, The Departed, Casino, Scarface, Kerouac, The Beat Generation, Dancing Outlaw, anything with Catherine Keener, and many, many, many more...
Comedy Central, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, TLC, American Movie Classics, Animal Planet, Adult Swim, Battlestar Galactica.
The Holy Bible, E.E. Smith, Maxwell Grant, Kerouac, H.S. Thompson, W.S. Burroughs, Bukowski, Hemmingway, Joyce, Tom Robbins, Irvine Welsh, Whitman, Donald Miller, C.S. Lewis, Kierkegaard, anything with zapguns and rocketships, amongst others...
Jesus Christ, Claudine Auguste, Terry Hempfling, the 423, Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, the Apostle Paul, C.S. Lewis, The Man in Black, Ronnie Martin, Batman, the Green Hornet, Indiana Jones, Kimball Kinnison, Dr. Richard Ballinger Seaton, Buck Rogers, William Adama, Malcolm Reynolds, T.C. McQueen, Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Bill S. Preston, Esquire, Ted Theodore Logan, Jay and Silent Bob, Anton Furst, Albert Einstein, quantum and astrophysicists, El Mariachi, The Bride, Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, ninjas.