funk, web comics, theater, music, playing bass, bdsm, tattoos, piercings, movies, poetry, writing, kink, Mucha, Gibson, Stoppard, Albee, breakdancing, youth work, linguistics
Stimulating people who don't need to be entertained but appreciate the effort.
Frank Zappa (and The Mothers of Invention), Queen, Too $hort, Freekbass, Handsome Boys Modeling School, Murder by Death, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Tupac, Prince, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck, Commander Venus, BB King, 50 Cent, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bright Eyes, Prozzak, Blackalicious, NIN, Manson, Buckethead, Caruso, Dashboard Confessional, Ani, Dar Williams, Daft Punk, The Faint, Jamiroquai, The Cure, Deltron 3030, Zwan, Krinj, Danger Mouse
Palindromes, Wal-Mart: the cost of low prices, Hotel Rowanda, National Treasure, The Emporer's New Groove, 21 Grams, Saved!, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Supersize Me, Control Room, Dirty Dancing, 28 Days Later..., South Park the Movie, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Requim for a Dream, Bill & Ted (both), Talented Mr. Ripley, Rushmoore, Moulin Rouge, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia, Boogy Nights, American Beauty, Go, Traffic, Romeo+Juliet
Heroes, God, the Devil & Bob, Family Guy, good anime
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Celestine Prophesy, Jesus and the Buddah, Mere Christianity, Being and Nothingness, The Blank Slate, No:Logo, Fastfood Nation, Branded, Youth in Revolt, Conversations with Neil's Brain, Mind Wide Open, Catcher in the Rye, The Soul of Black Folk, Everything in the Garden (Albee's), Russian Poets of the 20th Century, The Gold Cell, Bum Rush the Page, Lingua Ex Machina, Aloud, Catch 22, The House on Mango Street, Weep Not Child, Fight Club, Arcadia, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?, The Idiot's Guide to Toaism, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The NEW Bottoming Book
Frank Zappa, Henry David Thoreau, Che Guevara, John Stewart, Bob Marley, Billy Corgan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jonathan Larson, Kris, Flea, Sam Brown