Music:
Music is what keeps me all shiny. My appreciation stretches to great lengths, but the following artists and bands have definitely had their way with me.
Tori Amos, Strangefolk, The Decemberists, Dave Matthews Band, The Beatles, Bobby Darin, U2, Gilberto Gil, Miller's Crossing, Sigur Rós, Radiohead, Al Green, Dispatch, Indigo Girls, The Police, Hot Hot Heat, The Allman Brothers Band, Béla Fleck, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Zero 7, CSNY, The Wiseguys, Jethro Tull, Andrés Segovia, Oysterhead, Supertramp, Joanna Newsom, Buffalo Tom, Evan Dando, Donovan, Tanya Donelly, Bebel Gilberto, Kings of Leon, The Polyphonic Spree, Ben Folds Five, Bob Marley, The Moody Blues, Gipsy Kings, The Velvet Underground, Venus Hum, Morcheeba, Bill Monroe, Karmasutra, Billie Holiday, Phish, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Angélique Kidjo, Chocolate Genius, Joni Mitchell, Hooverphonic, gorillaz, Morrissey, Jack Johnson, Leo Kottke, Burning Spear, Simon & Garfunkel, Barenaked Ladies, The String Cheese Incident, Esthero, Keller Williams, The Flow, Nick Drake, Buena Vista Social Club, Ray's Vast Basement, Neko Case, Grateful Dead, Cat Power, Jamie Cullum, Beth Orton, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Beastie Boys, Carlos Vives, Mike Gordon, Tom Waits, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, The Lemonheads, The Chemical Brothers, Martha Wainwright, Thievery Corporation, Iron & Wine, Devendra Banhart, Rusted Root, Morphine, Cousin Fungus, Dan Smith, Fleetwood Mac, Play Like Feeling, Pete Yorn, Enya, The Mars Volta, Björk, Steely Dan, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, Pulp, Sleater-Kinney, Ani DiFranco, Dire Straits, The Cure, The Ditty Bops, The Doors, Off Peak Fare, Portishead, Sondre Lerche, Elliot Smith, E.L.O., Leftover Salmon, G. Love & Special Sauce, Afro Cuban All-Stars, Patsy Cline, The Pogues, Essie Jain, Colleen, Mogwai, The Prodigy, Lamb, Calexico, Broken Social Scene, Luscious Jackson, Eszter Balint, Belle & Sebastian, Love, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Wilco, The Postal Service, Joe Strummer, John Scofield, Josh Ritter, Eric Bibb, Edwyn Collins, Robyn Hitchcock, Curtis Mayfield, David Byrne, Poe, The Restaurant, Yo La Tengo, Sinéad O'Connor, Gomez, Neutral Milk Hotel, Save Ferris, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Karen Dalton, Susumu Yokota, Galactic, Bill Withers, Melvin Sparks, Feist, Mika, Bowery Electric, The Black Keys, Finley Quaye, Yonder Mountain, The Arcade Fire, U.N.K.L.E., The Jazz Mandolin Project, Nicho Hinojosa, The Innocence Mission, Damien Rice, The Zombies, Mono, Muse, Passengers, Groove Collective, Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble, Praful, The Presidents Of The United States Of America, Jimmy Cliff, Deep Banana Blackout, Igor Stravinsky, Donna The Buffalo, Randy Newman, Susheela Raman, Aphex Twin, Trey Anastasio, Gillian Welch, Ekova, The Police, The Dandy Warhols, Ray LaMontagne, Dead Can Dance, Steel Train, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Loretta Lynn, José González, Kasey Chambers, Espers, Xavier Rudd, Art Of Fighting, N.R.P.S., 1 Giant Leap