OKP, DJing, modern dance, pop culture,reality TV, media studies, skateboarding, music, comic books, world politics and sociology.
*People who like to hangout.*People who return phone calls.*The afropunks.*Them that are down for rockin' like Dokken.*Creative folks.*Female DJs and producers. I know you're out there.*Daniel Clowes.*The person who created kettle corn.*Prince-'79-'98.*You. But back when you were fun.
PJ Harvey, Bjork,NERD, Jeff Buckley, Living Colour, Mark Eitzel/American Music Club, Fiona Apple, Bauhaus, The Cure, Bis, Boogie Down Productions, Har Mar Superstar, Kenna, NERD, Prince, Shudder To Think, Agent Orange,Terrance Trent D'Arby, Elvis Costello, The Dambuilders, Liz Phair, Pulp, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Beastie Boys, Mixmaster Mike, Black Flag, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Murs, De La Soul, RJD2, Atmosphere, The Roots, The Smiths, Bugz In The Attic, Head Automatica, Death From Above 1979, Gaunt, Pony Up, that dog, Roni Size, Sugar, Tricky, Say Anything, Lily Allen, The Mainliners,...so many. Let's put it this way. In my world, "High Fidelity" is a documentary.
Shortbus, Dirty Pretty Things, Garden State, High Fidelity, Pretty In Pink, Three O'Clock High, Lost In Translation, Ghost World, Almost Famous, Summer Of Sam, American Splendor, Thrashin', Singing In The Rain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Napolean Dynamite, Spiderman 1 and 2, The Wedding Singer, About A Boy, Hot Wet American Summer. If it's a teen movie, Spike Lee or Kevin Smith...I'm down. Punch Drunk Love... I FEEL that movie.
30 Rock, Veronica Mars, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Made, My Coolest Years, Project Runway, Desperate Housewifes, Real World and it's various spin-offs, Nicktoons, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, The Daily Show, Lost, Chappelle's Show, America's Next Top Model, Filmore, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Arrested Development, Rescue Me, What Not To Wear (BBC and US versions), Nightline, MXC, Changing Rooms, Trading Spaces, Alias, Thunderbirds, WW(F), The Office (BBC and US versions) , Family Guy, Adult Swim. It may be cooler to say I hate TV, but damnit, I love it.
Maus, The Temple Of My Familiar, Rotten:No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish-the Autobiography of John Lydon, Generation X, Roots, High Fidelity, The Deep Sea, I Wonder As I Wander, Eightball comics, Ghost World, Naked. I read a lot of biographies and non-fiction mainly because I can never remember fiction writers' names when I go to the bookstore.
My heroes are people who never stop being creative and people who stay true to themselves. If you fit the bill, then you're my hero.