42, absurdism, artistic revolution, aspartame, avant-guard, cafe, bonsai trees, coffee, coffee bean, communication arts, confusing strangers, counterculture, dadaism, denny's, diners, eateries, enlightenment, equal, exploding dog, guerilla art, handwriting, higher ground, hyperbole, iced tea, lattes, los angeles, lyrics, nonsense, originality, outsider art, peet's coffee, pens, pop art, post secret, performance art, quotes, revolution, secrecy, social norms, space invader, splenda, starbucks, stealth, sugar, sugar packets, surprises, surrealism, sweet n low, sweetened beverages, tea, writing, collections
Fellow artistic revolutionaries
flaming lips, eels, reggie & the full effect, sonic youth, billie holliday, green day, björk, early coldplay, joplin (janis and scott), death cab, modest mouse, npr, devin davis, fiona apple, smoking popes, tarantula a.d. (or any other band with rock cellists), superjesus, punchline, french kicks, cat stevens, joanna newsom, portishead, stereolab, martin youth auxiliary, koufax, golden republic, miles davis, nick drake, r.e.m., new amsterdams, rilo kiley, sufjan stevens, the cure, ramones, sex pistols, zeppelin
a very long engagement, amélie, hitchhiker's guide, fight club, film noir, harold and maude, harry potter, films featuring the young john cusack, memento, monty python, run lola run
arrested development, mythbusters, daytime court shows, scrubs
sedaris, voltaire, adams, orwell, sarah vowell, dahl, kerouac, harry potter, klosterman, zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance
big poppa e, inventers of aspartame, bill viola, klee, steve from blue's clues, miranda july, dane cook, spike jonze, stadler & waldorf