upstarts, hard work, doc filmmaking, a glass of wine (or several), proactivity, atypical conversation, big cities, big portions, white shoes, apple computers and all the shit they make, tragic stories about suburban life, porn, frank kozik, the big outlines around cartoon characters, real estate, alleys, music on KCRW, mediocre artwork passionately created, napping, money, big thoughts, bursts of energy, general naughtiness, conservation, excess
smart weirdos
Bloc Party, The Kills, Le Tigre, Fischerspooner, Nick Drake, Thievery Corporation, The Raveonettes, Morcheeba, DJ Shadow, Lamb, The Bravery, The Dandy Warhols, Mystic, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Leftfield (a tradgedy when they broke up), Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Sierra Swan, Shotgun Radio, Kinky, Nine Inch Nails, Gangstarr, Bassment Jaxx, William Shatner
The Professional, The Princess Bride, Barfly, Sexy Beast, Terrence Malick Films, The Jerk, Waiting for Guffman, Contempt, The Conversation, In the Soup, A Fish Called Wanda, The Thin Blue Line, Soldiers Under Command (soldiersundercommand.com), Crumb, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Predator, Fight Club, The Fifth Element, Better Off Dead
There's all these people out there who like to adamantly profess that TV sucks and it's bad for the mind and I agree. They're also right about microwaves. I am guilty of having indulged in both, but my TV/Microwave sponsor keeps me honest with regard to such sinful matters.
1984, Justine, Revenge of the Lawn, Shopgirl, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, In the Blink of an Eye (all editors must read this), anything Bukowski, Most anything by Richard Brautigan, Howl, Everyone Poops
Steve Jobs, Trent Reznor (you know what I mean if you saw him at Coachella), my mom, my pops, HB, Bob Ross