I'd like to meet:
John Peel. El Chapulin Colorado. Fat 1977 Elvis. Competitive eaters.people who think the word "friend" is cheapened when myspace tells me i have 647 of them
Music:
Okkervil River. Idlewild. Doves. Stone Roses. Belle & Sebastian. Jesus & Mary Chain. Blur. Oasis. The Wrens. Super Furry Animals. Metric. Bon Savants. Voxtrot. Levy. Camera Obscura. Jens Lekman. Pernice Brothers. Echo & The Bunnymen. Ash. Art Brut. The Long Winters. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's. The Streets. Snow Patrol. Royksopp. Afghan Whigs. The Fall. Morrissey. The Smiths. Felt. Electric Soft Parade. Bloc Party. The Changes. Sloan. Ride. Arcade Fire. Primal Scream. New Order. Joy Division. Superdrag. The Figgs. Taxpayer. The Shins. The Wake. Catherine Wheel. Sing-Sing. Decemberists. Slender Means. Replacements. Lightning Seeds. Aberdeen City. Mittens. Suede. Charlatans. Buzzcocks. Depeche Mode. The Clientele. The Zombies. The Who. The Dears. Jonathan Richman. Gene. Pulp. Verve. XTC. Jason Falkner. Wire. Emergency Music. Radiohead. Spearmint. Futureheads. The Jam. Ok Go. Thin Lizard Dawn. St Etienne. Stars. Gigolo Aunts. Arctic Monkeys. David Bowie. Aloud. Soft. INXS. The Kinks. The Kooks. Run DMC. New Pornographers. Shirley Bassey. Hard-Fi. Longwave. The Strokes. Guillemots. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Buffalo Tom. Gang of Four. Of Montreal. Blondie. Toad The Wet Sprocket. Devendra Banhart. ...Trail of Dead. The Queers. The Sterns. Rick Bain & The Genius Position. Blanketeer. Boo Radleys. Television. Magnetic Fields. The Silver Lining. Army Navy. Harvey Danger. Hallelujah The Hills. The Chills. The Channels. Trembling Blue Stars. French Kicks. Serge Gainsbourg. Brendan Benson. Brett Rosenberg. Hooray For Earth. Dennis Brennan. Cannonball Adderley. Shearwater. Bang Camaro
Movies:
Trainspotting. Star Wars. Lord of the Rings. High Fidelity. Lost in Translation. Donnie Darko. Ghost World. 24 Hour Party People. Shawshank Redemption. Braveheart. Election. Full Metal Jacket. Planes Trains & Automobiles. A Clockwork Orange. Amelie. Captain Ron. Breakfast Club. Overnight Delivery. A Bronx Tale. Amores Perros. Velvet Goldmine. Happiness. The Wood. Quadrophenia. Pulp Fiction. Super Size Me. Fahrenheit 9/11. Sideways. Mallrats. Back to the Future. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Closer. Snakes On A Plane. Borat.
Television:
The State. Lost. Battlestar Galactica. The Simpsons. The Sopranos. Daily Show. History Channel. Glutton Bowl. Red Sox baseball. old British comedies (Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served?, etc)
Books:
The Last Party. The Jungle. High Fidelity. Slaughter-House Five. The Underboss. Lies My Teacher Told Me. Songbook. Nickel and Dimed. Fast Food Nation. The Plot Against America. What's the Matter With Kansas? Anthem. My Life in Heavy Metal. Lies Across America. Trainspotting. 1984. Black Mass. Galapagos. Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. Ball Four.
Heroes:
I didn't feel like having that David Bowie joke here anymore, and I haven't thought of anything clever to replace it. Check back.