French toast, dogs, red pandas, playing music, skateboarding, surfing, bikes, art, community, making cool junk, thinking of cool junk to make, the flags at the used car dealership, bus-riding, the smell of tire stores, unbridled enthusiasm, bright colors, early mornings, kindness, balconies, tea, laundry, the beach, ducks, capoeira, mojitos, rooftops, mopeds, sleepless triumph, nature!, schemes!, adventure!, love!, inspirationinspirationinspiration, "the full catastrophe of life".
Mastodon, Agent Dale Cooper, Ben Franklin
Liars, the Mae-Shi, Mew, Mastodon, TV on the Radio, Silversun Pickups, Deerhoof, Bjork, Polvo, Arcade Fire, Pixies, Q and Not U, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bad Religion, Malajube, Menomena, Rat-A-Tat, My Morning Jacket, the Shins, Birdmonster, The Primos, Les Savy Fav, the Walkmen, 3 Inches of Blood, M.I.A., Jawbox, Archers of Loaf, Mountain Goats, New Pornographers, Lungfish, Juno, Iron and Wine, Raekwon, Jorge Ben, Giant Drag, Refused, Modest Mouse, Drive Like Jehu, Destroyer, The Strokes, The Joggers, Interpol, Lightning Bolt, Bloc Party, Joanna Newsom, Justin Timberlake, Far, Unwound, Fugazi, Spoon, Pearl Jam, King Tubby, Prince Far-I, Bob Marley, Blondie, Wives, BiPolar Bear, FourTet, Outkast, Deftones, Ornette Coleman, Flaming Lips, Doves, Dredg, Blonde Redhead, Feist, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Radiohead, Talk Talk, At the Drive-In, Mars Volta, U2, Talking Heads, Slayer, Fantomas, Broken Social Scene, Quicksand, Autolux, Cursive, Marvin Gaye, Coheed and Cambria, Prince, Pavement, BARR, Wu-Tang, Dismemberment Plan, Nirvana, Devendra Banhart, Becky Stark, System of a Down, Hella, Tortoise, White Stripes, Rogue Wave, Yeah Yah Yeahs, Stones, Beatles, Xiu Xiu, Animal Collective, Sean Paul, African Head Charge, Sexy Like Christmas, Boutros Boutros Montrose...
Princess Mononoke, Kurasawa, Murder on the Orient Express, LA Confidential, Ratatouille,
Twin Peaks, Lost, 24, Arrested Development, Discovery Channel
Watership Down, Baltasar and Blimunda, All the Pretty Horses, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Prophet, Omnivore's Dilemma, Everything is Illuminated, Kavalier and Clay, A Moveable Feast, The English Patient, Free Play, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Letters to a Young Poet, Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal, 100 Years of Solitude, all things Shakespeare, Through the Arc of the Rainforest, Anna I Anna, Joseph Campbell, The Master and Margarita, Vox, Kevin And Stryder's Big Day Out...
Mom, Dad, Grandpa, dogs, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela...