Anyone who thinks that they can take me on in a game of Tetris. Jon Stewart, I guess.
Local Rock n Roll, Wes Anderson movie soundtracks, Bran Van 3000 and stuff that's similar to any of those three things.
Miller's Crossing, Bamboozled, Raising Arizona, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Down by Law, Full Metal Jacket, Dr Strangelove, March of the Penguins, Roger and Me, The Boys of Baraka, Sicko, Cidade de Deus, Beowulf & Grendel, Wayne's World, Dark Days, Tetris: From Russia With Love, Apoclypse Now, Shaun of the Dead, Kopps, Azumi, The Gamers, Hands on a Hard Body, Mr. Death, Gates of Heaven, Jesus Camp, Word Wars, Hot Fuzz, Hearts and Minds, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Blood Diamond, The Queen, Shortbus, Cool Hand Luke, Ronja Rovardotter, Future of Food, Little Miss Sunshine, Fido, American Beauty, Delicatessen, Back to the Future, A Clockwork Orange, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman, Snatch, Sin City, Donnie Darko, The Princess Bride, Rain Man, Taxi Driver, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Pan's Labyrinth, Princess Mononoke, Made, Les Triplettes de Belleville, The Graduate, Darkon, The Future of Food
I listen to the radio -- KPFK, KXLU, KPCC. Democracy Now, Science Friday, On the Media, As It Happens, Wait Wait..., This American Life. I do watch a bit of TV too: Life of Birds, Rome, The Daily Show, Twin Peaks, The Trials of Life, Cowboy Bebop, Invader Zim, Planet Earth, Lost, Heroes, Deadwood, Arrested Development
books with lots of facts like John Hodgman's book: SAMPLE AUDIO FILE
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