octopi, chrome, the ocean, art, music, antiques, tea, other people's dogs, gin, making pie. knitting scarves, crafting sock puppets, seashells, suicide doors & rusty things.
harpo marx
Long list of Essentials: the clash, elvis costello, the specials, the Jam, depeche mode, the cure, the smiths, blondie, the pretenders, the ramones, Neko Case, Wilco, XTC, Aretha, Sam & Dave, Sam Cooke, Supremes, Chris Clark, Stevie Wonder, Louis Prima, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Prince, Billy Idol, the Pixies, David Bowie, The Kinks, the Police, Iggy Pop, The The, Bjork, The Slackers, the bodysnatchers, Desmond Dekker, The Uniques, Phyllis Dillon, Tom Waits, Guided by Voices, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, Black Keys,
silent german expressionist films. silent films in general really. Anything involving the Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, James Bond, John Waters, and Terry Gilliam. A Shot in the Dark, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita, Amelie, Lost in Translation, Pirates of the Carribean, A Life Aquatic, Shaun of the Dead, All things made by Jan Svankmajer, Brothers Quay any other fantastic and messed up stop motion animation.
Daily Show, Simpsons, Venture Brothers, Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Dexter, horribly addictive but cheaply produced Discovery Channel and Food Network programs, the occasional video on VH1 classics.
Currently:Dante's "Inferno", "The Jungle" "The Idiot "