music of all varieties(see music section), books(ditto), film(double ditto), history(esp old manhattan), sex, sociology, the implications of modern physics theory, dada & surrealism, sick & inexplicable human behavior(i.e. politics/religion).
people of all ages & persuasions who like to blab about culture(esp music & film), politics, mysteries & conspiracies, life's little foibles, whatever.
miles davis,jimi hendrix, bela bartok, thelonius monk, my bloody valentine, muddy waters, neil young, ornette coleman, sonic youth, bjork, aretha franklin(late 60s/early 70s),...trail of dead, brazilian girls, charles ives, outkast, wilco, public enemy, nirvana, charlie parker, da stooges, gang starr, the beatles, rolling stones(up til the late 70s), guided by voices, dimitri shostakovitch, parliament/funkadelic, wire, igor stravinsky, faith no more(+ other mike patton projects), john cage, l'il fuckin richard, sex pistols, NWA/ice cube, zykos, NY dolls, carl stalling, al green, 'exile in guyville', sly & the family stone, pixies, geraldine fibbers, bob dylan, gnarls barkley, new pornographers, naked city(+ other john zorn projects), the coasters, gang of four, david bowie, (pre-army)elvis, marvin gaye, yeah yeah yeahs, angelo badalamenti, cheap trick, edgar varese, missy elliott, led zeppelin, (early)daniel johnston, XTC, foo fighters, pierre boulez, bloc party, dr. octagon(+ other dan the automator projects), AC/DC, evelyn glennie, little walter, big wreck, amy winehouse, soul coughing, billie holiday, (early)black sabbath, elvis costello, mission of burma,(late-50s/early 60s)sinatra, aphex twin/richard T. james, (early)ike turner, butthole surfers, harry partch, queens of the stone age, jaco pastorius, tracy bonham, chuck berry, pompeii, princess superstar, lucas foss, mastadon, portishead, keith jarrett(esp. early-70s group dates),(early)alice cooper, brian wilson, richard thompson, otis rush, sepultura, tom waits, pretenders, signal to noise, olivier messian, trio, sun ra, roky erickson/13th floor elevators, death from above 1979, bill frissell, snatch & the poontangs, puya, denali/ambulette, rage against the machine, yma sumac, radiohead, slayer, okkervil river, kiss kiss, serena-maneesh, cake, dusty springfield, an albatross, scott walker, etc....................
david cronenberg(esp videodrome, crash & naked lunch), terry gilliam(esp brazil), kubrick, donnie darko, fight club, city of lost children, performance(+ other nic roeg &/or donald cammell films), takashi miike(esp visitor Q), werner herzog, a scanner darkly, alien/aliens, polanski, bunuel, scorcese(esp goodfellas & the departed), dawn of the dead(both old & new), david lynch, evil dead 2, robt altman(circa 70s), the saddest music in the world, the manson family, bringing up baby, tetsuo:the iron man, american beauty, darren aronovsky, texas chainsaw massacre(original only), bertolucci, pulp fiction, stranger than fiction, the piano teacher, beyond the valley of the dolls,nothing sacred, charlie kaufman(esp eternal sunshine), irreversible, funny games, high art, high tension, tarnation, cannibal holocaust, the proposition, kung fu hustle, sunset blvd., begotten, el topo, medium cool, sherrybaby, demonlover, kiss me deadly, the devil & daniel johnston, park's vengeance trilogy, etc.
six feet under, simpsons, lost, wild palms, carnivale, seinfeld, arrested development, sopranos, futurama, the wire, cops, kingofthehill, mr. show, max headroom, the brak show, sarah silverman program, etc.
"apocalypse culture", "low life"(luc sante), "house of leaves", don delillo, chuck palanuik, valdimir nabokov, robert stone, raymond chandler, thomas pynchon, william gibson, gunter grass, steven wright(the novelist, not the comedian), herman melville, j.g. ballard, poppy Z. brite, william s. burroughs, neal stephenson, j.l. borges, paul bowles, terry southern, joe r. lansdale, "don quixote", jared diamond, bruce sterling, griel marcus, mary karr, "the tooth fairy"(graham joyce), dashiell hammett, david l. lindsay, "the forbidden zone"(michael lesy), thomas m. disch, "writing on drugs"(sadie plant), clive barker, lawrence wright,lucius shepard, kevin canty, eric schlosser, jonathan lethem, mary gaitskill, lester bangs, barry gifford, simon frith, james ellroy(up thru white jazz), william t. vollman, chester himes, charles baudillaire, rudy rucker, andre breton, anne rice(lestat series only), jim thompson, ted hughes, simon reynolds, kathy koja, charles willeford, bruce wagner, anne sexton, russell banks, t.c.boyle, david foster wallace, etc.
miles davis, david lynch, don van vliet, werner herzog, neil young, evelyn glennie