religion and philosohpy (including science).
fashion
woodworking
chess
another person with whom to cross-pollinate ideas.
recently:
fiona apple
jacques loussier
charlie hunter
megadeth
steve vai
wayne horvitz
paul simon
brain wilson
muppet movie soundtrack
modern jazz quartet
belle and sebastion
boards of canada
múm
savath and savalas
yesterday's new quintet
györgy ligeti
kim ki-duk's movies are incredible
woody allen makes me very happy
stanley kubrick changed my life
wes anderson
michelangelo antonioni
terry gilliam
p.t anderson
andrei tarkovsky
various others . . .
sånger från andra våningen
ratcatcher
gumyeong
11 x 14
apple grown in wind tunnle
other foreign films, and other very obscure art films
all the discovery channels
pbs
news radio
working
seinfeld
star trek(s)
twin peaks
various pertinent basketball games
the world's writing systems (IPA)
OED (oxford)
a history of the modern world (palmer/colton)
the silmarillion (tolkien)
a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again (wallace)
white noise (delillo)
childhood's end (clarke)
woody allen (eric lax)
treblinka (steiner)
choke (chuck palahniuk)
a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (eggers)
frank zappa (not because he's "funny").
woody allen
david foster wallace
richard d. james
arthur c. clarke
duane michals
brian wilson
bill waterson
mark rothko
jacques derrida ("because" he's so funny)