Silver prints, film and all of it's characteristics, film and it being physical, it's film, it winds; grain, reticulation. Retro espresso machines, just retro stuff that's made solid and precise. Retro Letterpress shit, gocco silkscreen stuff, lots of good art galleries, weird off the grid towns, staying out of ruts, travel beyond 125 miles from home. retro. did I say retro?
Weather web cams, traffic web cams, finding good snow, Charging out of town last minute. Bike trail journeys (eco-road trips?) Gaffers tape, C-Stands, mini leathermans, REI super "blue" flashlights, fold-up bikes- just bought another it's a retro-italian beaut. yeah retro.
Not necessarily in any order: Q and not U, Tommy Guerrero, Zoinks, Deathcab, Jawbreaker, The Gain, Ravi Shankar, Beatles, Lennon's-Plastic Ono band, The Evans, Gil-Scott Heron, Police, Pantera, Rebel Meets Rebel, Big In Japan, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Devo, Helmet, Bowie, Sabbath, Trouble, early Motley Crue, old Maiden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Juno, Grandaddy, Daycare, Foo Fighters, Alkaline Trio, 7 Seconds, Jack Johnson, Radiohead, The Shins, Powachord, Into Another, Pumpkins, Agent Orange, AC/DC, Daycare, Phallucy. Guitar shit..Satch, Malmsteen, Dream Theater, Early Halen up to 1984.
Fugazi-Instrument (Jem Cohen), Jimi- Live at Woodstock, Draw the Line, Being John Malkovich, Motorcyle Diaries, Lost in Translation, The Butterfly Effect, Amelie, the Tenacious D HBO specials, Standard Films-Best of the TB series, Jawbreaker, The Misfits (vintage nevada), Casino, HotRackets, the Super 8 footage of Dave Irwin sewing his mouth shut, Close Encounters, North Shore, Back to the Future 1, then 2 and 3-progressively declining. Bones Brigade Videos one and two, Piano.
Holmes on Homes- Canadian crazy homebuilder dude show, AM Talk Radio- Coast to Coast; Six Feet Under, FS-TV (Freespeece Television), BBC, The Weather Channel when they can take a break from East coast coverage to show what's happening in the West.
Publications: Frequency, Snowboard, Road, DirtRag, VIA, W, Southwest Air mag, Food mags for nice food shots, Photo geek mags by photo geeks, I like newstands. Publications: Frequency, Snowboard, Road, DirtRag, VIA, W, Southwest Air mag, Food mags for nice food shots, Photo geek mags by photo geeks, I like newstands. Publications: Frequency, Snowboard, Road, DirtRag, VIA, W, Southwest Air mag, Food mags for nice food shots, Photo geek mags by photo geeks, I like newstands. I like mags. Is anybody paying attention? Vanity Fair, Skateboard Mag, a bunch of UK mags action sport mags- printing is always of high quality.25 years of Independent trucks- great book. A lot of stuff Chronicle puts out is really cool. Declaration of Independents-Heckler book, Architectural, old school design and typography books, Earthquake Games- Bonnie Ranthum, Ecology of Fear-Mike Davis, David Lee Roth Autobiography... A ton of Magazine subscriptions see above. 1984, Ansel Adams- The Negative, The Print. Glen Freidman's F.U. Hero's, SUMO by Helmut NEwton (it's fucking three grand, 4 feet tall, collectible and way cool). Hockney's book- "That's the way I see it."
My Parents, People who are one step ahead of the crowd. Michel Gondry-genius director, Sebastio Salgado, J.Grant Brittain, Fawcett, Craig Kelly, Thomas Campbell, Temple C, Hosoi, Kidwell & Palmer.