writing, film, food, drink, apple computers, music, comanches, creeks, natives, creative people, etc.
a vw mechanic who will tell me the honest truth about why a synthetic oil change costs 70 dollars.
in stream of conciousness order, lyle lovett, the cramps, elvis presley, gene vincent, ozomatli, jack johnson, hank williams, hank thompson, old 97's, reverend horton heat, chet baker, getz/gilberto, wayne hancock, coltrane, miles davis, billie holliday, sarah vaughn, santana, celia cruz, texas tornados, steely dan, bob wills and his texas playboys, willie nelson, buddy holly, stray cats, brian setzer, early 70s earnest pre ironic pop, 70's stevie wonder, rockabilly, earth wind and fire, bebel gilberto, strokes, george strait, ronnie dawson, link wray, waylon jennings, uncle tupelo, son volt, wilco, ryan adams, whiskeytown, west coast cool jazz, brazilian samba, bebop, western swing, duke ellington, chet baker, dizzie gillespie, elvis costello, nirvana, pixies, the clash, chris issak, tom waits, pete yorn, norman's biggest export (besides the sooners who break my heart) the flaming lips, trip hop, stereolab, ernest tubb, chuck mangione, nick drake, badly drawn boy, helmet, ministry, lemonheads, white stripes, tejano, selena, 49 songs, powwow songs, creek stompdance sounds, baptist hymns in comanche and creek (though i wouldn't consider myself all that religous i just like the sounds), george and ira gershwin standards, t.rex, dwight yoakum, dylan, the byrds, tito puenta
outsiders, 70s to mid late 80s woody allen, with a smidgen of sweet and lowdown in for good measure, breathless, powwow highway for sentimental reasons, fisher king, the last time i committed suicide, next stop wonderland, rushmore and the royal tenenbaums, amores perros, touch of evil, the elephant man, il postino,hoosiers, pulp fiction and resevoir dogs, the commitments, ghost dog, down by law, townes van zandt-be here to love me, croupier, lone star, greivous angel, feliini, scorsese, cassavetes, hitch, what else i dunno, lots yes...
both versions of the office, gotta love that office.
like books. i will read most anything by roddy doyle, salinger, james welch, sherman alexie, joy harjo, nila northsun and louise erdrich, john irving, kerouac, burrows, dan rhodes, cormac mccarthy, rilke, bronte, austen, i read stephen king and v.c. andrews as a kid i ain't bout to try to hide that either.
mah parents, spiderman, bill clinton, john stockton, quanah parker, jeff hornacek, kerouac, alexie, salinger, jean luc godard, kiowa painter t.c. cannon, comanche painter rance hood, creek painter jerome tiger, creek poet joy harjo, any native filmmaker who can manage to make a film, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, some friends, jim and dwight from the office.