Dave

I'd like to meet:

W on small business and the economy: "I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do.' ... You know, when you give a man more money in his pocket — in this case, a woman more money in her pocket to expand a business, it — they build new buildings. And when somebody builds a new building somebody has got to come and build the building. And when the building expanded it prevented additional opportunities for people to work." — Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

Music:

Metal, punk, rock and roll.

Mastodon
DillingerEscapePlan
Soulfly
Millencolin
BadReligion
Pennywise
KillswitchEngage
Tool
SocialDistortion
36Crazyfists
InFlames
theHaunted
Gojira
MachineHead
Rancid
Meshuggah
Deftones
Descendants
Devilinside
FooFighters
Sevendust
Hatebreed
LambOfGod
Misfits
Unearth
CKY
BetweenTheBuriedAndMe
Terror
Helmet
DespisedIcon
Priestess
Devildriver
VisionOfDisorder
Bloodsimple
ShadowsFall
Sum41
RevolutionMother
EveryTimeIDie
RageAgainstTheMachine
Too many to list, but you can't say I didn't try.

Meshuggah: Bleed

Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen.
Filmed here in Chattanooga, TN at Ruby Falls Caverns.

Swedish skate punks Millencolin:

Movies:

Some Favorites:
Shawn of the Dead
Dumb and Dumber
Reservoir Dogs
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
Seven
300
Mr.Brooks
BourneUltimatum
FightClub
Lock,Stock,AndTwoSmokingBarrels
Snatch
Crash
TheTransporter
NapoleonDynamite
TheBreakfastClub
3:10ToYuma
EasternPromises
Rendition
SuperBad
30DaysOfNight

Television:

I dunno...Fuel TV, Discovery Channel, National Geographic. Shows about haunted places or how stuff is made. Music videos or what few there are on tv that are fit to watch. That's pretty much it. Maybe some Comedy Central or Fuse.

Heroes:

Anyone who can make something from nothing - ie: musicians, artists, photographers, teachers, parents, skaters, builders, etc. Anyone great at what they do and are humble about it.

Sick Drummer Gil Sharone of Dillinger Escape Plan in Atlanta, 2008. I was at this show. Lame crowd - KILLER show!

Mike Vallely