I'd like to meet:
sly stone, ron santo, lovie smith, jeff mangum, stephen colbert, ron carter, jud heathcote, arundhati roy, cory rusk, ethan coen, nels cline, chuck d, julius erving, crispin glover, conan o brian, stan lee, tony wilson, richard price, bill murray, kim gordon, henry kissinger, greil marcus, herbie hancock,lucinda williams, christopher hitchens, alfonso soriano
Music:
(deep breath) zappa. velvets. the band. iggy. bowie. prince. sonic youth. wrens. arcadefire. miles. monk. grant green. british sea power. fugazi. oscar peterson(r.i.p). herbie hancock. MC5. blonde redhead. architecture in helsinki. akron/family. sabbath. ninah simone. head of femur. mercury rev. neil young. de la soul. james brown. brainiac. tortoise. sigur ros. magnetic fields. kraftwerk. yo la tengo. feist. clinic. my morning jacket. crash worship. futureheads. deerhoof. hold steady. okkervil river. broken social scene. mogwai. cat power. beatles. eric b and rakim. slayer. dylan. boards of canada. andrew bird. the dears. brighteyes. happy mondays. kings of leon. parliament. the shins. cash. pj harvey. new pornographers. mingus. grandaddy. autechre. nick cave. band of horses. elvis perkins. pavement. wilco. slick rick. the brother kite. devo. modest mouse. madlib. lcd soundsystem. pinback. stars. echo and the bunnymen. avalanches. neu. black keys. raveonettes. q-bert. common. blackstar. pixies. versus. calexico. dinosaurjr. grizzly bear. q-bert. mum. djshadow. seaweed. neutral milk hotel. beefheart. kraftwerk. built to spill. muse. michael jackson. no age. decemberists. blondie. orb. stones. stevie wonder. dead boys. afghan whigs. magnetic fields. elvis perkins. orbital. steve earle. deerhunter. digable planets. wu tang. mastodon. hives. medicine. my bloody valentine. white williams. guided by voices. rogue wave. fruit bats. germs. black flag. minor threat. boredoms. wire. the field. television. metric. great lake swimmers. talking heads. lucinda williams. aretha franklin. beck. fraktion. swervedriver. ride. the twilight sad. smashing pumpkins. shuggie otis. runaways. stone roses. flaming lips. ultramagnetic mcs. buzzcocks. zeppelin. buddy guy. oneida. janis. the jesus and mary chain. burial. black rebel motorcycle club. brian jonestown massacre. funk brothers. dandys. wolf parade. minutemen. dead kennedys. misfits. interpol. submarine. the stooges. dan deacon. chameleons. shellac. wire. clap your hands say yeah. little brother. joy division. explosions in the sky. the soundtrack of our lives. super furry animals. enon. slowdive. billie holiday. bloc party. the go team. gang of four. queens of the stone age. magnet. kyuss. radiohead. low. the jesus lizard. os mutantes. secret machines. bad brains. walkmen. moldy peaches. the sword. notwist. parts and labor. tv on the radio. replacements. slint. chavez. shearwater. mission to burma. girls against boys. belle and sebastian. mudhoney. daniel johnston. libertines. bdp. the police. too short. yeasayer. beck. public enemy. beasties. springsteen. superchunk. the roots. deathcab. trail of dead. rem. lambchop. spoon. the cure. sexpistols. etc.etc.etc.
Movies:
caddyshack. fast times at ridgemont high. dr strangelove. aronofsky. the coens. kubrick. lynch. wes anderson. jason reitman. pt anderson. those old scorcese flicks. godfatherII.
Television:
the wire. sportscenter. the daily show. henry rollins show. chapelle show. arrested development.
Books:
prayer for owen meany-irving. lie down in darkness-styron. great shark hunt-thompson. kite runner-hosseini. god of small things-roy. bluest eye-morrison. confederacy of dunces-o'toole. it-king. white noise-delillo. EVERYTHING RICHARD PRICE HAS WRITTEN (clockers, the breaks, samaritan, freedomland, etc.)
Heroes:
REAL: hunter s thompson. d boon. walter payton. jim watson. richard pryor. norman mailer.SUPER: hulk. luke cage. sunspot. beast. silver surfer. groo.