Philosophy. Art. Beer.
people who will challenge me (not to a dual) without being what most would consider "pushy".
in no particular order(thats a good name for a band): Paul Simon, RX Bandits, Fiona Apple, Gogol Bordello, The Clash, The Scofflaws, The Beatles, Ani DiFranco, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, The Slackers, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, The Holdsteady, Flight of the Conchords, Oingo Boingo, NOFX, Bob Dylan, Vic Ruggiero, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Umphreys Mcgee, John Lee Hooker, Chopin, Simon and Garfunkel, Sabicas, Rodrigo y Gabriel, Django Reinhardt, Balkan Beat Box, the Stooges, David Bowie, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, Black Flag, The Clash, Radiohead, Children of Bodom, Kid Dynamite, Damien Rice, the Flaming Lips, Pedro The Lion, Sigor Ros, John Coltrane, The Bad Plus, Rusted Root, Phish, Michael Brecker, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, The Band, Boss Relief, Led Zepplin, Billy Joel, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Let's Go Bowling, Skavoovie and the Epitones, .....et cetera
School of Rock, I 3 Huckabees, The Big Lebowski, Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Waking Life, The Princess Bride, Hero, Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Eternal Sunshine, all Wes Anderson flicks, The Last Waltz, Festival Express, V or Vendetta, Austin powers Goldmember, Napoleon Dynamite, Red Dawn, No Escape, Surviving the Game....et cetera
HBO original series. Lost.
Hesse, Hemmingway, Sartre, Bukowski, Feodor Dos, Kurt Vonnegut, A Clockwork Orange....et cetera et cetera
Ani DiFranco and Rob LaFalce. wow, they both have two capital letters in their last names.