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Current Listens: J. Dilla, LCD Soundsystem, D'Nell, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Madlib, Yahzarah, Havana, Celia Cruz, Mariah Carey.
Current Movies: Syriana, Sympathy for Lady Vengenance. Favorite Directors: Jacques Demy, Wong Kar Wai, Stanley Donen
Battlestar Galactica. Beauty and the Geek. America's Next Top Model. News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Rap Parody Videos (Lazy Sunday/Monday/Muncie, Jelly Donut, Goatman). Frontline. Bernie Mac Show.
Just finished Collapse. Amazing book. Should be read by all humans. Should be compulsory reading for all politicians.
A very incomplete and unordered list: John Coltrane, Martin Luther King, Fred Brooks, Harlan Ellison, Rachel Carson, George Clinton, Laura Nyro, Iggy Pop, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, David Bowie, David Ignatow, Carolyn Forche, Milan Kundera, Stanley Kubrick, Ivan Sutherland, Ben Watt & Tracy Thorn, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Betty Friedan, Jared Diamond, Mike Davis, Daniel Yergin, Zora Neale Hurston, John Steinbeck, Jared Diamond.