music listening, expensive audio equipment, mountain biking, sailing, hiking, skiing, running, carpentry
Far-out people who dig creative music.
albums i've been digging recently:
Ok Go: Live from SoHo (iTunes Exclusive) - EP
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
John Mayer: The Village Sessions - EP
pop & rock: Ryan Adams, All-American Rejects, Fiona Apple, Beck, Benevento Russo Duo, Bloc Party, The Bravery, Jeff Buckley, Cake, Citizen Cope, Coldplay, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, Feeder, The Flaming Lips, The Format, Interpol, Jet, Keane, Lenny Kravitz, Kunek, Loney Dear, Margot & The Nuclear So & So's, Midlake, Shawn Mullins, My Brightest Diamond, Nada Surf, Oasis, Peter Bjorn and John, Phantom Planet, Phish, Phoenix, The Postal Service, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Rogue Wave, Josh Rouse, Shout Out Louds, Smashing Pumpkins, Something For Rockets, South, Stars, The Strokes, Travis, The Used, Rufus Wainwright, Weezer, Whiskeytown, Wilco, Pete Yorn
electronic & dance: Aphex Twin, Benny Benassi, Bonobo, Boozoo Bajou, The Chemical Brothers, Cinematic Orchestra, Daft Punk, De-Phazz, DJ Lithium, DJ Tiesto, dzihan & Kamien, The Future Sound Of London, Groove Armada, King Kooba, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Nuspirit Helsinki, Paul Oakenfold, Dave Ralph, Squarepusher, St. Germain, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7
turntablism & urban: A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Common, Cut Chemist, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Digital Underground, DJ Cam, DJ Food, DJ Shadow, Greyboy, J Dilla, Jurassic 5, Madlib, Outkast, People Under The Stairs, Rjd2, The Roots
the classics: Allman Brothers, Beach Boys, The Beatles, Big Star, The Doors, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, The Police, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, U2, Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, The Who, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Frank Zappa
reggae: Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Yabby You
bluegrass & celtic: Norman Blake, Bela Fleck, Danu, Flook, The Duhks, Gaelic Storm, David Grisman, Mickey Hart, Iron & Wine, King Wilkie, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Edgar Meyer, Nickel Creek, Tony Rice, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Solas, Teada, Sean Watkins
funk & soul: James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Jamiroquai, Mickey & The Soul Generation, Shuggie Otis, Fela Ransome-Kuti, Gil Scott-Heron, Sly & The Family Stone, Soulive, Bill Withers
jazz & improvisational: Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Charlie Hunter, Diana Krall, John McLaughlin, Jackie MacLean, Medeski Martin & Wood, Brad Mehldau, Wes Montgomery, Mori Stylez, Bud Powell, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Smith, McCoy Tyner
"An Inconvenient Truth" This Global Warming documentary is one of the most important films you will ever see.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Old School, Anchorman, Saw (All 3), The Big Lebowski, Office Space, Spinal Tap, Stranger Than Fiction
Seinfeld, House MD, That 70s Show, King of Queens, CSI: Miami, The Office, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
I hate to admit it, but I rarely find the time to finish the books that I start.
Norm Abram of This Old House, Eric Clapton.