a workable fireplace, roughing it, adventures, complexities, intimates, rooftops, museums, quiet time, bookstores, science fiction, traveling, booze, bed time, neuroscience and the tireless exploration of self
placebo
jeff buckley
smashing pumpkins
the pretenders
neil young
flaming lips
smog
toots and the maytals
van morrison
george michael
tom waits
rufus wainwright
arcade fire
al green
tool
ben folds five
broken social scene
lou reed
amiee mann
pj harvey
dirty three
noonday underground
air
rza
the black keys
raising arizona
welcome to the dollhouse
the last unicorn
city of lost children
fargo
boogie nights
virgin suicides
eternal sunshine
kill bill
dr. strangelove
dumbo
spirited away
to die for
mrs. harris
delicatessen
the triplets of belleville
blood simple
the twilight samurai
rashomon
yojimbo
city of god
pootie tang
blade runner
farewell my concubine
a time for drunken horses
david foster wallace
dave eggars
orsen scott card
noam chomsky
jd salinger
neal stephenson
allen ginsburg
kurt vonnegut
howard zinn
vladimir nabokov
john updike
tom wolfe
douglas adams