my family and my friends, i'm pretty hooked on my nephew, Cason, the Ticket, cooking delicious food for delicious people (or is it the other way around?), kalamata olives, chilies of all kinds and color, good beer, being outside, watching sports (mainly hockey!), music, talking about music, good movies, talking about good movies, reading books, ultimately talking about the books I read, playing poker for baked goods, safety/victory shots, and of course Ray Conniff.
Chuck Klosterman, even though we'd have nothing to talk about.
Isaac Brock so he can hate me.
Anthony Bourdain for obvious reasons.
and finally, Leonard Cohen, because he is the definition of greatness.
the beatles, modest mouse, leonard cohen, electric light orchestra, shawn lee, cake, the flaming lips, mind garage, squirrel nut zippers, meat puppets, spoon, sublime, tom waits, the polyphonic spree, ted leo & the pharmacists, wilco, captured! by robots, ugly casanova, minus the bear, the beach boys, oysterhead, the redwalls, beck, the who, ben folds, bob marley, the clash, damien marley, pixies, queen, david bowie, elliott smith, the shins, the eels, gnarls barkley, girl talk, rage against the machine, wolfmother, explosions in the sky, jay-z, andrew wk, journey, iron and wine, grateful dead, elvis costello, the mars volta, primus, me first and the gimme gimmes, NOFX, old 97's, neil young, ... just to name a few.
anything mel brooks! i dig documentaries because, as previously mentioned, i am a huge dork. and Once.
Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Big Love, Grounded For Life, Dead Like Me
Non-fiction & anything Klosterman please
the creator of tzatziki sauce