Music, kitties, art, eating, making fun of people, thinking, learning, destroying things, rolling around in warm laundry.
this guy -----
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BEN KWELLER, The Clash, The Shins, Bob Dylan, Ben Folds Five, Beastie Boys, The Cars, The Doors, Interpol, Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Dresden Dolls, Radiohead, Nirvana, Iron and Wine, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips, Built to Spill, The Ramones, Against Me!, Cursive, Led Zeppelin, Matisyahu, The Hives, The Arcade Fire, Sufjan, Beirut, Sun Kil Moon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Reel Big Fish, Jeffrey Lewis, The Decemberists, Weezer, Bright Eyes, Operation Ivy, Beck....etc. Anything resembling folk, ska, or old school punk. Violins, horns, or harmonicas are a plus.
In other words,
Shaun of the Dead, Garden State, Inherit the Wind, Motorcycle Diaries, I 3 Huckabee's, Donnie Darko, Little Miss Sunshine, any movie that makes you think and/or blows shit up.
The sun don't shine in your TV.
Anything Kurt Vonnegut; Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Hitchiker's Guide, Lullabye, The Fountainhead, The Giving Tree...
Gandhi, Jesus, Jimi Hendrix, Trini the Yellow Ranger, and this guy ---
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