I'm interested in Actual Sustainable PEACE! Conflict resolution without death... also music, art, reading, parenting, computer programming and general merriment.
Anyone who believes in and practices PEACE, Artists, Musicians, Free-Thinkers, Exhibitionists, Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, Economists, Capitalist, Communists, Left-Wing, Right-Wing, Darwinist, no Creationist (that's where I draw the line). Anyone who can maintain a civil dialogue using reason and logic.
beatles, the grocery concern, anything on merge records, doc watson, radiohead, wilco, the kinks, gillian welch, johnny cash, the carter family, rex, sly and the family stone, public enemy, geezer lake, cat power, neil young, polvo, archers of loaf, jeff buckley, flaming lips, neutral milk hotel, a lot of music from the 60s, charles mingus, U2, every band that I'm friends with, babe the blue ox, skeleton key, beekeeper, ida, k., the malarkies, vpn, dan zanes, al green, pink floyd, tom waits, peter gabriel, slint, the jesus lizard, helmet, captain beefheart, brian eno, matty charles and the valentines, tortoise, gutbucket, rolling stones, dolly parton, gloria deluxe, duke ellington, john coltrane, pre-war blues, prince, the shins, the decemberists, sufjan stevens, neko case, the roulette sisters, bill monroe, bob dylan, the ramones, the pixies, pete seeger, woody guthrie, the holy ghost (the band), saul williams, the all things, etc.
There Will Be Blood. Children of Men. I really enjoy the documentary. The Future of Food. War Tapes. Why We Fight. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Silent. Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism. The Corporation. Control Room. Also non documentaries on real stuff like Good Night and Good Luck. I loved Anchorman. Will Ferrell is a genius. School of Rock. Jack Black is a genius. Woody Allen, PT Anderson, Wes Anderson, Coen Bros., Christopher Guest, Robert Altman, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, etc.
The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Dave Chapelle Show, Lost, Now, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, Democracy Now
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond; Collapse by Jared Diamond; David Sadaris; Philip Roth; Noam Chomsky
Dad and Mom, Shannon, Alden, Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn, John Lennon, the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Edward R. Murrow, Amy Goodman and all the unspoken heroes who practice love, compassion and reason and help uplift the human condition.