Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Japanese Studies, French Cooking, Cycling, Camping, Hiking, Photography, all that madness...
People in Japan or traveling in this general region.
Mars Volta, Black Flag, Fugazi, Beastie Boys, M83, Daft Punk, Sea and Cake, John Cage, Brian Eno, Velvet Underground, OPIV, The Stooges, The Stranglers, CCR, Al Jolson, Al Jourgenson, Ministry, ... a lot of crap
quite a few. Contemporary documentaries, horror, sci-fi, all that.
not so much
Haruki Murakami, Later Kerouac, Vonnegut, on't even really keep track.
Many.