Travelling (even without any particular destination), the Mississippi levee, bell-bottom jeans, riding around in the country listening to music, food that is very bad for me, taking walks when it's not too hot out, the Central California Coastline, standup comedy (especially Mitch Hedberg, Dave Chapelle, Demetri Martin and Jim Gaffigan), trees and flowers and sunshine and fresh air and all that damn hippie stuff.
Ryan Adams (not Bryan), The Beatles, Big Star, The Black Crowes (but only with Marc Ford), David Bowie, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Gram Parsons, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (John Frusciante owns all), The Smiths, Sonic Youth, U2, The Wallflowers, Neil Young
Almost Famous, Anchorman, Annie Hall, Band of Outsiders, Borat, Breathless, Hannah and Her Sisters, High Fidelity, Kill Bill (1 & 2), The Lord of the Rings (trilogy), Manhattan, O Brother Where Art Thou?, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, That Thing You Do!, This Is Spinal Tap
The Daily Show, Gilmore Girls, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Office, The Simpsons
America: The Book, Animal Farm, Beloved, The Catcher in the Rye, Crime and Punishment, East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hobbit, The Lorax, The Lord of the Rings, Madame Bovary, Mrs. Dalloway, Music of the Swamp, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Portrait of a Lady, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, To the Lighthouse, Valley of the Dolls
Jim Casy