Film,video games, music, art, girls, books, political debates, science, travelling, history, space exploration...
Unfortunatly he's dead but I would love to have a beer with Carl Sagan.
Man so many... (in no particular order) Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters, Owen, Nada Surf, Minus the Bear, Sigur Ros, Appleseed Cast, Mars Volta, The Beatles, Archers of Loaf, Cursive, The Faint, Doves, Decibully, El Oso,Thursday, Boy Sets Fire, Stars, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Depeche Mode, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, The Walkmen, She Wants Revenge, Massive Attack, Mogwai, Ted Leo, Wesley Willis, The Response, NIN, A Perfect Circle, The Good Life, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, The Smiths, Mellowdrone, Joy Division, Interpol, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Ryan Adams, Flaming Lips, Coldplay, Her Space Holiday, Longwave, Elbow, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Modest Mouse, No Knife, At the Drive In, The Police, New Order, Morrisey, Bloc Party, Firebird Band, Arcade Fire, Jets to Brazil, Spoon, Blur, Gorillaz, Beck, Joan of Arc, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, The Fire Theft, New Sense, The Promise Ring, Maritime, Air, Braid, Muse, U2, Pavement, Starsailor, The Shins, Iron and Wine, The Decemberists, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Refused, Lou Barlow, Sebadoh, Elliot Smith, and so so so many more...
The films of Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Terrence Malick, Michael Mann, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Danny Boyle.....
Anything written by Aaron Sorkin... Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (so sad it didn't last), The West Wing, Sports Night, Band of Brothers, Battlestar Galactica, Entourage, Nip Tuck, The Daily Show, Conan O Brian, Bill Mahr, CNN, The Discovery Channel, Adult Swim, Family Guy, Futurerama, The Simpsons, and my three favorite shows of all time - The X-Files, Twin Peaks, and 24.
Anything by Neil Gaiman, Lovecraft, philip k dick, william gibson, Hunter S Thompson, Kafka, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Carl Sagan, Oscar Wilde, Kurt Vonnegut, Shakespeare.... and many, many more. Favorite book?..... I guess it would have to be Prima's Official Strategy Guide for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Carl Sagan, Stanley Kubrick, the Dhali Lama, Bill Clinton, Brett Favre.