music, travel, djing, concerts, sneakers, parties, films, books, roller skating, rollerblading, skiing, squash, racquetball, massage, hoodies, blazers, scarves, coats with furry hoods, aviator sunglasses, iPods, bass (the instrument), mixed drinks, indian food, sauces, tattoos, psychology, the outdoors, the first day of spring, accents, glasses, the world cup, mini coopers, hendrick's gin, central square, the middle east rock club, the b-side lounge, river gods, the enormous room...
LATELY:
Amusement Parks on Fire: Out of the Angeles
Bjork: Volta
The Fall of Troy: Manipulator
As Tall As Lions: As Tall As Lions
Talk Talk: Natural History
CHILDHOOD CLASSICS: Faith No More, Quicksand, Helmet, Anthrax, older Metallica, deftones, older God Lives Underwater, Toadies, Portishead, Massive Attack, The Gathering, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Bad Religion
QUIETNESS: Alpha, Antony and the Johnsons, Tindersticks, Azure Ray, The Album Leaf, Sia, Telefon Tel Aviv, Dead Can Dance, The Sundays, Cocteau Twins, Jens Lekman, Alias & Tarsier, Gregor Samsa, Cibelle, Hammock
LOUDNESS: Refused, The CafFiends, Glassjaw, older Codeseven, Poison the Well, The Fall of Troy, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cast Iron Hike, The Bled, older Cave In, Meshuggah, Buried Inside, Isis, The Blood Brothers, 36 Crazyfists, Alexisonfire, Unearth, Misery Signals, Drumcorps, Norma Jean
PARTY THROWERS: DJ /rupture, Diplo, Kid Kameleon, DJ C, Low Budget, Team Shadetek, Spank Rock, Radioclit, The Rub, Heatwave, Kid Koala
ROCK AND/OR ROLL: Mew, newer Codeseven, Denali, Antarctica, Engine Down, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, The Cooper Temple Clause, doves, older Muse, Paulson, The Smiths, At the Drive-In, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Circa Survive, Aereogramme, Minus the Bear, Kaddisfly, My Brightest Diamond
BEATS AND/OR RHYMES: The Avalanches, Junior Boys, Clipse, dälek, Amon Tobin, RJD2, Ratatat, Antipop Consortium, MF Doom, Madlib, N.W.A., Backini, Röyksopp, Sneaker Pimps, Depeche Mode, Busdriver, Eliot Lipp, Res, Ghostface, Squarepusher, Virgo, No Lay, M.I.A., Amerie, Missy Elliott, Sean Paul, T.O.K., Burial, TTC, Justin Timberlake, Kenna
INSTRUMENTAL BUSINESS: Mogwai, Tortoise, Secret Chiefs 3, M83, Red Sparowes
MISCELLANY: Beirut, The Pipettes, Balkan Beat Box, DeVotchKa, Mr. Bungle, Natacha Atlas, John Coltrane, Ozomatli, drum n' bass/jungle, ragga/dancehall, grime, electro, Arabic music, Baltimore club, old 50s pop, etc etc etc.
Mulholland Drive, Rushmore, Requiem For a Dream, Amelie, 12 Monkeys, The Game, Memento, Fear of a Black Hat, Lost in Translation, Dark City, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Napoleon Dynamite, Brick, Children of Men
Twin Peaks, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Kids in the Hall, Brass Eye, The Office (BBC version), Newsradio, Reno 911, Get Smart, Arrested Development
Brave New World, Lolita, House of Leaves, The Gulag Archipelago, Winnie the Pooh, The Master and Margarita, Animal Farm, Everything is Illuminated, No Logo, The Russian Debutante's Handbook