Positive people...or negative people who are funny.
Currently: the new Spoon, Pelle Carlberg, Always: Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Jawbreaker, Pavement, Arcade Fire, Arlo Guthrie, The Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Beulah, Billy Brag, T. Rex, Television, James, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Pixies, New York Dolls, The National, Mission of Burma, Mason Jennings, Man Man, Esquivel, Grandaddy, The Decemberists, David Bowie, Joan of Arc, Johnny Cash
the Thin Man series, Burnt by the Sun, Goonies, Labrinth, Early/Mid Woody Allen,
The Office, No Reservations, Degrassi, Fraggle Rock, Voltron, It's Always Sunny in Philly
Authors/Writers: Philip Roth, Philip Pullman, Edward Said, Saul Bellow, Books: Goodnight Moon, Theory of the Leisure Class