I'd like to meet:
old friends and new friends
Music:
Pinback, Bowie, Prince, Ratatat, Tribalistas, Tribe, Common, Michael Jackson, Digable Planets, Jurassic 5, Latyrx, Modest Mouse, Les Nubians, Leon Redbone, Aimee Mann, Cardigans, Zero7, James Brown, Talib Kweli, Bjork, D'angelo, Tricky, Cardigans, Beck, Theivery Corp., Kruder & Dorfmeister, Richard Ashcroft, SADE, Fiest, Tegan & Sara, Sweetback, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Wolfe Parade, The Sounds, Broken Social Scene, Esthero, the Shins, Interpol, Telefon Tel Aviv, Crooked Finger, Death Cab for Cutie, Rhythm & Sound, Kunek, The Bravery, Funky Lowlives, Bloc Party, Everything but the Girl, Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs!,Band of horses, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Belle & Sebastian, Nada Surf, Camera Obscura, Clap your hands say yeah!, Beirut, Metric, Lily Allen, The Stars, Phoenix, Peter Bjorn & John, Cat Power, Amy Millan, Cold War Kids, Deerhoof, The Field, Ghostland Observatory, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and so on...
Movies:
Big Fish, True Romance, Amelie, BottleRocket, Dodgeball, Princess Bride, Being John Malkovich, Jackie Brown, Napoleon Dynamite, Clue, Shaun of the dead, Four rooms, Snatch, Elf, Baba ho Tepp, Anchorman, SinCity, Royal Tenenbaums, Office Space, Fubar, Lost in Translation, Garden State, Nacho Libre
Television:
LOST, Arrested development, Amazing Race, Lonely Planet, Jeopardy, Trailer Park Boys, The Office, Curb your Enthusiasm
Books:
anything Rohinton Mistry, The Kite Runner, Yann Martel, history books