Rock n' Roll and Marine Mammals. Blankets. Tea. Common Property Institutions. Watery environments. Jumping off drum kits.
Those who are REALLY smart and REALLY funny and REALLY talented - I don't want any mediocrity in my life.
Sonic Youth, Pavement, Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jim O'Rourke, Otis Redding, GBV, Anyone in the Leo Family, Clash, Wilco, Walkmen, Wrens, Superchunk, Richard Buckner, Portastatic, Dr. Dog, Neil Young, Dylan, the Mac, Howlin' Wolf, Ghostface, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Sam Cooke, The End of the World, Ume, Spouse, Moonshot.
The Royal Tennenbaums, Breathless, Life Aquatic, Amelie, Dead Man, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bad Education, Best in Show, Mallrats, UHF...
I'm a fan. Marquee Moon is a pretty great album.
Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Paul Bowles, Philip Roth, David Foster Wallace, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, Murakami, Nabakov, Melville, Rachel Carson... Also: Our Band Could Be Your Life, Please Kill Me, Among Whales, my giant atlas, lots of books about conservation and fisheries management...
Dennis Kucinich don't quit on me now!!