These things are important to me:
Being a Nate. Being a comic artist. Intimidating jocks and inseminating socks. Art. Comic books. Movies. Hand drawn animation. Depression Era culture. Art Deco. Photography. Comic books. Directing. Tasteless jokes. Nerds. Ghostbusters. Children's literature.
Dereks. Because they don't run.
Atmosphere, Ben Folds, Björk, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Guardian, CAKE, The Cardigans, The Cars, Cat Power, Cibo Matto, Coldplay, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, The Decemberists, Devo, Dido, Enya, Fiona Apple, The Flaming Lips, Frou Frou, Garbage, Gold Chains, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley, Guano Apes, Hank Williams Sr., Howard Shore, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Johnny Cash, Jon Brion, Journey, Junior Senior, Kaizer's Orchestra, Kaki King, Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club, M83, mc chris, MC Frontalot, MC Hawking, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Muppets, My Chemical Romance, Nelly Furtado, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nina Simone, Outkast, The pAper chAse, Peter Gabriel, The Pillows, The Police, Queen, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Read Yellow, Regina Spektor, Robbie Williams, Seu Jorge, The Shins, Shivaree, Skunk Anansie, Smog, Sufjan Stevens, System of a Down, The Motherfucking D, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Vangelis, The White Stripes, Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Kanno.
Yes.
Lost, My Name is Earl, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who, Madame Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Law and Order: SVU, Mythbusters, South Park, The Daily Show, Star Trek: TNG and DS9, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Venture Bros., Mission Hill, Clone High, Bullshit!, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Hey Vern, It's Ernest!, Dexter
Invincible, Blankets, Hellboy, Akira, Frank L. Baum, H. G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Doug TenNapel, Scott Pilgrim, Love Fights, Alan Moore, Enki Bilal, The Replacement God, Geof Darrow, Jamie Hewlett, Brian K. Vaughan, Phil Hester, Bone, Becky Cloonan.
Super Grover. Krampus. Tina Fey. Cory Walker. Kaishaku. Judy Villas. Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. Abraham Lincoln. Paul Pope. Gordon Freeman. Detective Olivia Benson. Roald Dahl. Graf Orlock. Tony Moore. Egon Spangler. The Bell Witch. Kazuo Kiriyama. James Randi. Guybrush Threepwood. Jerome Horwitz, Samuel Horwitz, Moses Horwitz, and Louis Feinberg. Tom Waits. Anansi the Spider. Bruce Lee.