Teachin' and actin'. The PBF. A Softer World. Golden Age comic books. Playing shortstop.
Them that mean it.
Beth Orton, Cassandra Wilson, Robbie Gil, D'Haene, Daniel Lanois, Gillian Welch, Tori Amos, Dan Bern, Lucinda Williams, Iris Dement, Neko Case, Tom Waits, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Beastie Boys and feckin' Flogging Molly.
Swimming to Cambodia, Waking Ned Devine, Shakespeare in Love and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The good cartoons.
East of Eden, Sex and Death at the Age of 14, Dandelion Wine, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Under Milkwood and all of Raymond Carver.
Archie Smith, Jackie Robinson and James Joyce.