Music:
The Cure, Buena Vista Social Club(best summertime music), Sole, Tom Waits, Thelonius Monk, Yesterday's New Quintet, Snot, Dose-One, Damien Rice, Slug(second-best summer music), Murs, Aesop Rock, Prefuse 73, Micranots, Postal Service, James Brown (the father of ALL modern music),Modest Mouse, Ray Lamontange, DJ Krush, Mogwai, Sage Francis, Oscar Peterson Trio, Brother Ali, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, CR Avery, Madlib(the Blue Note CD should be manditory listening), Buddhist Monks of Maitri Vihar Monastery, Jedi Mind Tricks, Pitch Black, The Enemies, MF Doom, E&A, Alias, Misfits, Agent Orange, Lovin Spoonful, RJD2, Blueprint, The Doors, Jesus and Mary Chain, Frank Sinatra, Radiohead,The Drifters, Ray Charles, Air, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Muddy Waters, Bo Carter, Harry Belafonte, Dr. Octagon, Del, Charlie Parker, Beat Junkies, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, DJ Neil Armstrong, George Shearing, Chris Issac (I really just like Wicked Games), Anti-Flag, Jello Biafra, Portishead, Fahrenheit 451, Massive Attack, Tricky, Razed in Black, Greatful Dead, Switchblade Symphony, Beastie Boys(first tape I ever bought), Marvin Gaye, and all show tunes!!!....not really...
Movies:
Ferris Beuler's Day Off, Casablanca, City of God, Fifth Element( Lelu is my girlfriend, she just lost my number...),Maltese Falcon, Dumb & Dumber(Funniest movie ever, hands down), The Motorcycle Diaries, Pi, The Proffessional, Super Troopers, Kill Bill, The Big Sleep, Metropolis, Breakfast with Hunter, the Crow, Sin City, Crybaby, Old Star Wars, The Wild One, Zoolander, Boondock Saints, Monty Python, Equilibrium, Benny & Joon, Jackie Brown, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Last Man Standing, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Payback,.... Just whatever makes me laugh or is super stylized.
Television:
Comedy Central, Food Network, and discovery channel(s)
Books:
Anything and everything by Hunter S. Thompson, On The Road, Desolation Angels, Women, Run, American Gods, Neverwhere, A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius, Looking for Spinoza, The Upanishads, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, The Lazarus Heart, etc., etc....
Heroes:
Optimus Prime