Otis Redding, The Pernice Brothers, Lewis Taylor, The Manhattans, Fountains of Wayne, Marvin Gaye, Rolling Stones, Old 97s, Rhett Miller, Sean Costello, Elvis Costello, Kathleen Edwards, Cameo, The OJays, The Temptations, Ryan Adams, The Five Heartbeats, Eddie Hinton, Gene Chandler, William Bell, Howard Tate, Joss Stone, Rich Price, Queen, Willie Nelson, Wilco, The Stray Cats. Solomon Burke, Prince, Teenage Fanclub, My Morning Jacket, Jimmy LaFave, Kelly Willis, Holland Dozier, Journey,Etta James, Marvin Sease, Marshall Crenshaw, any and all Finn brothers combinations/collaborations, Big Sandy, Neko Case, The Wonders, Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters, Lisa Gerrard, The Weepies and bagpipes. I love bagpipes. Seriously. I either tear up or grin from ear to ear like a muppet. Sometimes both I suppose...
Auntie Mame, Xanadu, Rushmore, Love Actually, The Royal Tannenbaums, Valley Girl, Still Crazy, The Five Heartbeats, That Thing You Do, Return To Me, Tootsie, Moonstruck, Secretary, Ghost World, Lost In Translation, The Ref, Wet Hot American Summer, Kung Fu Hustle, Shanghai Noon, Wedding Crashers, Pirates of the Carribean, X-men, Bugsy Malone, Casablanca, Stick It (for sure!), Pride and Prejudice
The Sopranos, Curb your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, King of the Hill, America's Next Top Model (why lie?!? I love it...), Six Feet Under, The OC, 90210, Quantum Leap, CSI (damn it...I held out as long as I could), Project Runway, Deadwood, Heroes, Gilmore Girls, Dirt, Flavor or Love Charm School,The Soup and The Girls Next Door, The Soup, Big Love
David Sedaris, Dominick Dunne, Dave Eggers, Michael Chabon, Janet Evanovich, Patricia Cornwell, Nick Hornby, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Klosterman, and the Jenna Jameson autobiography reads like a very dirty white trash fairy tale.
Hiros.