Painting, philosophy, politics, movies, traveling, friends and family, anything New York, coffee, and a well stocked bar.
Artists and other interesting folks
Muse, Weezer, Coldplay, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Franz Ferdinand, Ozma, Arctic Monkeys, Phantom Planet, Saves the Day, Reel Big Fish, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Cream, the Clash, the Pixies, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Theloneous Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Elliot Smith, Jimmy Eat World, Nellie McKay, Regina Specktor, Queens of the Stone Age, Simon and Garfunkel, Tenacious D, System of a Down
Swingers, Lost in Translation, Garden State, Old School, Harold and Kumar, Star Wars, Go, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, 25th Hour, Bowling for Columbine, all Tim Burton movies, In America, Sideways, Coffee and Cigarettes
the Office, Lost, Flight of the Conchords, Entourage, Real Time with Bill Maher, the Daily Show
Slaughterhouse-Five, On the Road, Leaves of Grass, Einstein's Dreams, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the Tipping Point, the Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and all art books.