Hawkeye Pierce, Burden of Vision, All things rock, metal, traditonal, outlaw, and alt country, photography, wine, literature (poetry, wine, life-altering fiction), vandalism, arson, sleep, art, all various forms of outdoor danger.
people. especially folks who love alt country. trouble makers, gypsies, thieves, renegades, outlaws, in-laws, pretty much anyone. everyone has a lesson or two they can teach you.
Queens of the Stone Age, Rites of Spring, At the Drive-In, Failure, Choking Victim, Morning Glory, Husker Du, Embrace, Reagan Youth, Dag Nasty, Stiff Little Fingers, Cocksparrer, Jawbreaker, Pedro the Lion, American Football, Cat Power, Broadcast, Atmosphere, No Knife, Kyuss, Isis, Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains, Cream, Rolling Stones, Skynyrd, One Last Wish, Prefuse 73, Weezer, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, In Flames, Soilwork, Mastodon, High on Fire, Pantera, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Hank Sr, Hank Jr, Hank III, The Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, Patsy Cline, Lucinda Williams, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Lefty Frizzel, Ernest Tubb, Duane Eddy, Hank Snow, Merle Haggard, Roy Acuff, Faron Young, Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Loretty Lynn, Shelby Lynne, Allison Moorer, Kasey Chambers, Kelly Willis, Tori Amos, Ani Di Franco, Billie Holiday, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, Sigur Ros, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Neko fuckin' Case, Damien Jurado, Drive-By Truckers, Whiskeytown, Drag The River, Lucero, Will Oldham, Ryan Adams, Bonnie Prince Billy, Robbie Fulks, Jason and the Scorchers, Alejandro Escovedo, Blackalicious, Sage Francis, Photek, Roni Size, jazzy and soulful drum'n'bass, Mars Volta, Sage Francis, Blackalicious, Cannibal Ox, Vast Aire, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, El-P, Murs, Slum Village, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jimi Hendrix, DJ Shadow, Air, Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Blood For Blood, The Misfits, Gotham Rd, David Axelrod, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Stanley Clarke, early George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Djano Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Rainer Maria, Jets to Brazil, Cursive, and, of course, classic soul ...
There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Motorcycle Diaries, Donnie Darko, High Fidelity, Happiness, Storytelling, Kids, Gummo, Gunners Palace, Control Room, The Weather Underground, Princess Bride (say something, bitch), Requiem For a Dream, Pi, Big Fish (wink,wink), Battle Royale, Kill Bill Uno y Dos, Tombstone, Lord of the Rings, House of Sand and Fog, Amelie, The Triplets of Bellville, Ali G's "In Da House", Braveheart, Pulp Fiction, Dead Presidents, O' Brother, Where art thou?, Swingers, High Fidelity or anything with John Cusack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dummy, Hellboy, Girl Interrupted, Ghost World, Bongwater, anything by Kubrick mostly, Crash, Shaun of the Dead, Human Nature
American Dad, Family Guy, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Simpsons, Venture Brothers, mMetalocalypse, The Boondocks, Minoriteam
Chuck Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, Henry Miller, Jack Keuroac, Evelyn Waugh, Vladimir Nabokov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Rainer Maria Rilke, Milan Kundera, Chuck Palahniuk, David Sedaris, Tom Robbins, Allen Ginsberg, Friedrich Nietschze, Lady Vincent St. De Millay, W.H. Auden, Charles Webb
Be your own hero, if you can, but it doesn't hurt to take a little advice. . . Johnny CashGram ParsonsSteve EarleJimi Hendrix,Josh Homme,Chuck Bukowski Tony Iommi,my alcoholic grandfather and my tobacco-chewin' grandmother, without whom I wouldn't think I could drink and smoke and live forever.