Subversion, Reclaimation, Endurance.
The interested, the countercultural, the passionate, the awake, the artistic, the idealistic, and the humourous among you...
the Clash, the Cramps; Don Letts; Mohave 3; Johnny Cash; Chopin; Stompin Tom Connors; Iron and Wine; Violent Femmes; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Galaxy 500; the Slits; Bob Dylan; the Pogues; Ari Up; the Smiths; Joy Division; dancehall/dub/roots/ ragga; the Cure; opera; cheezy 80's; the Ramones; Dub Syndicate; Marvin Gaye; Nick Cave; Public Enemy; classical guitar etc, etc, etc...
yes...
I guess...
Steal this Book; Manufacturing Consent; Be Here Now; The Subculture of Style; The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; The Lord of the Rings; The Handmaiden's Tale; everything by Antonio Gramsci and Hunter S. Thompson; A Christmas Carol; Trainspotting (etc); Lonely Planet guides; Walden; The English Patient; Dilemmas of Western Marxism; The Red Tent; I really could just go on forever here but I think that will be enough...
People who overcome self-interest in favour of compassion; artists; the idealistic; the unique who won't give in; those striving to be more than they were taught to be; my best friends and my grama...