stereotypes, trendiness, hipster affectation, fads and general image awareness
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it." - C.S. Lewis
"The world does not need more Christian writers -- it needs more good writers and composers who are Christians." - C.S. Lewis
"Nothing we produce is ever what we long to create, because we're trying to capture the transcendent with human tools. But the attempt itself is glorious." - N/A
aaron roche, the album leaf, arcade fire, the beatles, beirut, belle & sebastian, brian militana, broken social scene, the boss, coldplay, david crowder band, death cab for cutsies, denison witmer, doves, ms. leslie feist, glen hansard & marketa irglova, hillsong united, iron & wine, johnny cash, midlake, nada surf, the non, our lady peace, page france, pink floyd, the postal service, radiohead, sigur ros, the six parts seven, sufjan stevens, third eye blind, this will destroy you, twothirtyeight, wilco, the winston jazz routine...
the usual suspects, the shawshank redemption, primer, bottlerocket, can't hardly wait, high fidelity, waiting for guffman, office space, almost famous, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, groundhog day, fight club, garden state, american beauty, half nelson, little miss sunshine, once, juno...
lost, the office, heroes, arrested development, macgyver, matlock, seinfeld, strangers with candy, upright citizen's brigade...
mere christianity, fahrenheit 451, catcher in the rye, the age of spiritual machines, the irresistible revolution, blue like jazz, velvet elvis, and the harry potter series...
the boss...