billy bob thornton, parapsychology, chrome dinette tables, political smear campaigns, ufo conspiracy theories, getting out the vote, working on "workboy", hot fudge sundaes made by joey todd and/or lori, solo night driving, cats named leroy dupree and larry.
designs for living, miracle cures, and wonder drugs.
stuff that's not nearly as cool or awesome as the crap you nerds are listening to. and glen branca.
oh lotsa stuff...but blue velvet is my very favorite. and terrence malick/david lynch/stanley kubrick continually make my boat float. also: rear window, badlands, wild at heart, band of outsiders, 2001: a space odyssey, nashville, 400 blows, texas chainsaw massacre, annie hall, taxi driver, koyaanisqatsi, stranger than paradise, un chien andalou, the conversation, bananas, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, oldboy, audition, birth of a nation 2: alaska ho!, days of heaven, sin city, the long goodbye, ruthless people, city of god, jules and jim, once upon a time in the west, paradise lost 1 + 2, before sunrise + before sunset, raging bull, bonnie and clyde, psycho, microcosmos.and then there are the following cult films, which i passionately hate: donnie darko, fight club, napoleon dynamite, post-rushmore wes anderson.
i LOVE television. LOST, the UK office, the simpsons, strangers with candy, twin peaks, x-files, northern exposure, adult swim, arrested development, undeclared, freaks and geeks, home movies (many thanks to katie k)
nothing could ever match the page-turning frenzy that "the three investigators" sparked inside of me from fifth-seventh grades. oh, jupiter jones, pete crenshaw, and bob andrews, where have you gone? the world needs you now.