Metal, punk, jazz, drums, bikes, gonzo journalism, heavily salted cashews, tattoo ink, my dog Otis, mexican food and nitrous oxide. I don't drink because I am tired of the county jail.
Zeeb Parkes from Witchfinder General, with Chick Webb a close second.
Ramones, The Wildhearts, AC/DC, Bad Religion, The Donnas, Slayer, Artie Shaw, Alice Cooper, Stanton Moore Trio, The Sword, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Buddy Rich, Clutch, Raven, Lamb of God, Kiss, Venom, Pelican, Branford Marsalis, At the Gates, Cheap Trick, The Erotics, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Black Dahlia Murder, Exodus, SOAD, Gene Krupa, Supersuckers, Frank Zappa, Tool, Thee Heinous Brothers, Charlie parker, Shadows Fall, Judas Priest, Apex Theory, Graham Central Station, Motorhead, Wrathchild America, The Roots, Saxon, Jason and the Scorchers, old Scorpions, Accept, Shadows Fall, NOFX, Kyuss, Ani DiFranco, QOTSA, Early Man, Miles Davis, Celtic Frost, Led Zeppelin, GreatDayForUp and on and on.
The Ringer, Sideways, Kentucky Fried Movie, Dawn of the Dead, Kiss Meets the Phantom, Near Dark, The Terminator, 40 year Old Virgin, Thelma and Louise, Naked Gun, and yes, The Lord of the Rings. But I'm not really a big movie guy.
Friday Night Fights, The Family Guy, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Suze Orman.
"Voyage of the Narwhal" by Andrea Barrett, "Killing Yourself to Live" by Chuck Klosterman, "The Tao of Willie" by Willie Nelson. "Moyers on America" by Bill Moyers, Hunter S. Thompson's "Kingdom of Fear," "Class" by Paul Fussell, "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving, "Post Office" by Bukowski, McKinney's Laws of New York State. Sometimes I'll read Esquire for a goof.
The McAdam Cheese Company in Chateauguay, NY because they let me take salted curd right off the production line and eat it while it was still warm. It changed my life.