the sound of someone in the shower while lying in bed. trains constant rhythm. wind in trees. vinyl pops, scratches and wheezes. frogs on lilly pads. creeks consistent babbling. bunny happy noises. breath in my ear. squeaks of the springs when i'm crawling along a trail in amos the xterra. silence of carving snow on my board.
artists, conversationalists and those who would like to be purveyed. Oh, and pandas.
Dilla, Dilla, DILLA, The Roots, Cymande, Green Arrows, Bob Marley, Dub Trees, Celtic Cross, Ryan Adams, Prefuse 73, Hugh Masekela, Foreign Exchange, TV on the Radio, Ella Fitzgerald, Sublime, 311, Rickie Lee Jones, Dierks Bentley, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Eligh, Alias, Sole, Armor for Sleep, 13 and God, Taj Mahal, Oscar Brown Jr., Bobby Blues Bland, Fela Kuti, Deftones, A Tribe Called Quest, Four Tet, Della Reese, Althea and Donna, Sweet Honey In the Rock, Stephen Marley, Top Quality, Mad Kap, The Colored Section, KRS-One, Sixtoo, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Saosin, Menomena, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, DJ Vadim, DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, Peanut Butter Wolf, MED, Kankick, J. Boogie, Doors, Cunninlynguists, Pete Rock, Mos Def, Lil' Sci, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Guru, RJD2, Elliott Smith, Cornelius, Lamb, Cubik and Origami, Encore, All Natural, One Block Radius, Deux Process, Phoenix, Opus, Boom Bip, M83, Controller 7, Buddy Peace, Dr. Oop and the Blacklove Crew, Johnnie Taylor, Talking Heads, Johnny Cash, Ammon Contact, DJ Shadow, Sound Providers, Keb Darge, The Sound of Animals Fighting, MxPx, Kid Koala, Pole, Beatnuts, Beat Junkies, John Mayor, Jason Mraz, Moka Only, Buck 65, DJ Jeremy Sole, Westside Chemical, The Dirty Projectors, Tricky, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Tim McGraw, Brother Ali, C-mon and Kypski, Anthony Hamilton, Toumani Diabate, Ali Farke Toure, Fat Jon, Culture, Ratatat, Madlib, 3 Inches of Blood, Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Pharcyde, Rancid, Pelican, Emanon, Citizen Cope, A Perfect Circle, Operation Ivy, Tiger Army, Etta James, Sly and the Family Stone, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, Robert Palmer, Coheed and Cambria, Tera Melos
Clay Pigeons, Casino, Pretty Woman, The Last Unicorn, Watership Down, Ace Ventura, Tommy Boy, Busty Cops
Star Trek, Northern Exposure, Arrested Development, The Office (UK & US), Invader Zim, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Spongebob Squarepants, Anderson Cooper 360, Samurai Champloo, The Simpsons, Futurama, Dave Chappelle, The Oblongs, Squidbillies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Power of One-Bryce Courtenay, Watership Down-Richard Adams, Less Than Zero-Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho-Bret Easton Ellis, The Rum Diaries-Hunter S. Thompson, Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger, High Fidelity-Nick Hornby, Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison, The Horse Hunters-Robert Newton Peck, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down-Ishmael Reed
my parents, anyone who makes a positive difference to themselves or other people, master sommeliers, my best friend Ryan Patrick, Herman Leonard, Hunter S. Thompson, Edward Weston, Banksy, Annie Leibovitz, Hype Williams, Gregg Araki, Neil Preston, Embry Rucker, Margaret Malandruccolo, Anderson Cooper, anyone who grew up in a hut.