I'd like to meet:
a painless end
Music:
Otis Redding, Blonde Redhead, Leadbelly, The Smiths, Issac Hayes, Stereolab, MF Doom, Kill Sadie, Wu Tang Clan, Lambchop, Stevie Wonder, The Sonics, Bailey (The DJ), Murs, Les Savy Fav, Deerhoof, Califone, John Coltrane, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Belle and Sebastian, Whodini, Madlib, Xiu Xiu, My Favorite, Bowie, Waits, Pixies, really early and really late Jay-Z, Aphex Twin, Matthew Herbert, Big Daddy Kane, KRS One, KMD, Al Green, Bad Brains, Cam'ron, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif.. My Bloody Valentine, Slint, Cinematic Orchestra, Devendra Banhart (even after the hype, its just good shit), Antony and the Johnsons (I am a bird now fucks me up every time I listen to it end to end), Don Caballero, Julie Doiron (fuck you), Ida (fuck you), Azure Ray (yes, okay, yes), KIND OF LIKE SPITTING, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Mos Def, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Prince, Scout Niblett, Jason Molina/Songs Ohia/Magnolia Electric/Pyramid Electric, Deftones, DrumnBass, Southern Crunk Ass Hip-Hop, AND A bunch of other shit.
Movies:
Taxi Driver, Easy Rider, Jesus Son, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Scarface, Pi, Waking Life, Iron Monkey
Television:
MOST ANY CARTOON, ESPN
Books:
White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty, John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer,Poetry: The City in Which I love you by Li Young Li, Any Cornelius Eady, Any Tony Hoagland, Octavio Paz, Sandra Cisneros' Loose Woman is good
Heroes:
Anyone who ever told me "no"