Taking pictures of things, National Public Radio , Concerts are always a fun time, a good drink now and then, not smoking anymore, long showers, long days, rain in the summer, trees, Living by a large body of water, riding my bike, driving around with no real distination, the simple act of breathing.
Marc Bolan, Tom Joad, Woody Guthrie, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Howard Zinn, Ernest Shackleton, Ernest Hemingway, David Letterman, Christopher Walken, Bob Newhart. Also people who are pretty awesome, like the ones listed above.
The Hold Steady, Gram Parsons, Black Montain, T-Rex, Tom Waits, Avail, Ladyhawk, Pavement, The National,The Promise Ring, The Black Keys, Wilco, Jay Bennet, The Secret Machines, Swingin' Utters, The Descendents, Dead Meadow, Spiritualized, Billie Joel, The Black Angels, The Replacements, Oxford Collapse, The Jayhawks, Son Volt, Beaten Awake, Houseguest, The Very Knees, Radiohead, Bouncing Souls, Screeching Weasel, Elliot Smith, Richard Buckner, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams, The Cure, Neil Young, Will Oldham, The Band, Neko Case, Flogging Molly, The Pogues, Dave Vandervelde, Where the Moon Came From, Hot Snakes, Rites of Spring, Fugazi
Clerks. The Jerk. What about Bob. Airplane. Animal House. Caddyshack.
Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Law and Order Criminal Intent (the one's with detective Logan are better). Antique Roadshow.
Robert Adam's book's "Beauty in Photography" and "Why People Photograph." I like large and expensive photography books. McSweeney's quarterly and Believer Magazine are also equally good. Also Blindspot and Apeture. And Books by Howard Zinn. William Carlos Williams' poetery.
Afew Photographer's I respect and admire; Joel Sternfeld, Robert Adams, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Misrach, Kevin Buckholtz, Mitch Epstien, Robert Frank, Harry Callahan, Tim Davis, Walker Evans, Minor White, Eugene W. Smith, Abelardo Morrell, Barbara Bosworth, and few others. A few People who I think are funny; Amy & David Sedaris, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Bob Newhart, Steve Martin, David Cross, Brian Poshen, Bob Odenkirk, Larry David.