Philippine politics and social reform, alternative energy solutions, astrophysics, religious studies, art galleries, documentary films, organic architecture, playing guitar, cooking for the family, patronizing East Bay restaurants, and ironically low brow humor
partners in crime.
Nina Simone, Sonic Youth, Shonen Knife, Mars Volta, Neko Case, Lauryn Hill, J Dilla, Bjork, Rakim, Cardigans, Marvin Gaye, Nick Drake, Roy Orbison, Cake, Blonde Redhead, Gogol Bordello, CSS, Daft Punk, The Go! Team, Wu Tang Clan, Common, Buena Vista Social Club, Public Enemy, Rufus Wainwright, Talib Kweli, Jurassic Five, Damien Rice, Belle and Sebastian, Soundgarden, Nirvana, A Tribe Called Quest, Metric, Okkervil River, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Digable Planets, De La Soul, Al Green, Ibrahim Ferrer, Feist, The Cool Kids, Minor Threat, Elvis Costello, Ladytron, Cibo Matto, Michael Jackson, Refused, The Pixies, Blur, Badly Drawn Boy, Elliot Smith, Bebel Gilberto, M.I.A. The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Beck, Domenico+2, At the Drive-In, Oasis, Radiohead, Violent Femmes, The Specials, The Skatalites, Sex Pistols, Radioactive Sago Project, Led Zeppelin, Stereolab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cat Power, Mirah, Justin Timberlake, Yo La Tengo, Ratatat, way too much corporate rap, and the "Stegosaurus Song."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Amorres Perros, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Eat Drink Man Woman, Raising Arizona, Chungking Express, Sex and Lucia, Trainspotting, The Motorcycle Diaries, Infernal Affairs, The Secretary, Rushmore, Army of Darkness, The Professional, The Edukators, Syriana, Empire Records, The Fountain, High Fidelity, The Constant Gardner, Goodbye Lenin, The Fifth Element, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hudson Hawk, In the Mood for Love, 2046, Keeping the Faith, When Harry Met Sally, Gattaca, Just Friends, Knocked Up, and the Bourne series
X-Files, House, The Office, Scrubs, Pete & Pete, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Human Giant, Kids in the Hall, CNN
Lolita, Crime and Punishment, The Subterraneans, Great Expectations, High FidelityW.B. Yeats, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, Jose Rizal
journalists.