literature (esp. 20th century american), film, pop culture, politics, religion, jambands, hand-drumming, writing, California, festival season, stimulating conversation, used book stores, Sancho's and Cervantes, being a perpetual student, exploring the great outdoors, and all things 'kind'
David Lynch, Jeff Tweedy, UM, George Saunders, Sacha Baron Cohen, Holly Hunter, and her
Jambands: Umphrey's fucking McGee, SCI, Grateful Dead, Phish, Trey Anastasio, STS9, moe., Allman Brothers, Keller Williams, YMSB, New Monsoon, Zilla, the New Deal, the Disco Biscuits, Railroad Earth, Derek Trucks Band, KDTU, Perpetual Groove...Rock/Pop: Wilco, Flaming Lips, Beck, Mars Volta, White Stripes, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Ryan Adams, the Shins, Les Claypool/Primus, Tool...Classic Rock: Pink Floyd, Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Yes, King Crimson...Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop: Parliament, Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Eryka Badu, Jill Scott, K-os, Gnarles Barkley...Americana: Gram Parsons, the Band, Hem...80s: Talking Heads, the Police, New Order, the Cure...Reggae: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, John Brown's Body, Matisyahu,...Jazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Big Plus, Material, MMW, Garaj Majal, Crittters Buggin, Benevento/Russo Duo, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Madeleine Peyroux...Electronic: Simon Posford in all his guises (Hallucinogen, Shpongle, Younger Brother); Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Amon Tobin, Chemical Brothers, Ott, Taruna, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Talvin Singh, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, Tabla Beat Science, Bill Laswell, The Orb, Brazilian Girls, DJ Harry, Cut Chemist, Ooah, Oscure, Bassnectar
favorite directors: David Lynch, Woody Allen, the Coen Brothers, Robert Altman, Scorsese, Coppola(s), Darren Aronofksy, Lars Von Trier, Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman.favorite actresses: kate winslet, frances mcdormand, jennifer connelly, naomi watts, ellen burstyn, samantha morton, parker posey, emily watsonactors: mark ruffalo, billy crudup, sean penn, steve buscemi, john turturro, john goodman, philip seymour hoffman, brad pitt, jack black, will ferrell, bill murray, robert deniro, woody allen
The Wire, Deadwood, Sopranos, Big Love, Wonder Showzen, South Park, Da Ali G Show, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Reno 911, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Twin Peaks, Seinfeld, Oz, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Chappelle Show
100 Years of Solitude, Sound & the Fury, Absalom Absalom!, White Noise, Crying of Lot 49, Portnoy's Complaint, the Counterlife, American Pastoral, Cather in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, Nine Stories, A Good Man is Hard to FInd, Lolita, The Corrections, Drop City, Blithedale Romance, Notes from Underground, Sun Also Rises, Jesus' Son, Civilwardland in Bad Decline, Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, Girl with Curious Hair, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, ELectric Kool Aid Acid Test, Dog Soldiers, The Things They Carried, Galatea 2.2, Love in the Time of Cholera, Song of Solomon, Rule of the Bone, The Safety of Objects