karaoke , laughing, dancing, singing, songwriting, philosophy ( Galen Strawson at the moment), Ultimate, baseball, pinball, watercolors, improv, Philadelphia, mix tapes & mix CDs, Bruno & other online comics, messy apartments, etc.
Creative folks. People who are moving toward joy.
Peter Gabriel, Issa Light (Jane Siberry), The Blue Nile, Beth Orton, Need New Body, Rickie Lee Jones, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, The Roots, Suzanne Vega, Broken Social Scene, BjÂörk, Soul Coughing, Luscious Jackson, R.E.M., Mos Def, Papas Fritas, Arto Lindsay, Amy Millan, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, The Magnetic Fields, XTC, many many more
ones with flights of fantasy, L.A. Story by Martin, 12 Monkeys & other Gilliam, Stalker by Tartovsky, Baby of Macon (as disturbing as it is) by Greenaway, With a Friend Like Harry by Moll, etc. Recent: Lost in Translation, About Schmidt, 25th Hour, etc.
home TV has no signal but I have stayed still for: Curb Your Enthusiasm, South Park, Mr. Show, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Sportsnight, some PBS specials.
Fiction: You Shall Know Our Velocity, Mercy of a Rude Stream, Immortality. Nonfiction: Complexification, Moneyball, The Clinton Wars, Philadelphia histories. Periodicals: McSweeney's, Believer
People who actively work to transform themselves to draw strength from joy and kindness.