see above and to the right
interesting individuals in general - personalities.
slum villa, stevie wonder, nasty nas, j-live, mccoy tyner, biggie smalls, the roots, 70s breaks in general, chick corea, camp lo, common sense, ghostface, maestro fresh wes pre 1990, herbie hancock, big pun, jimmy hendrix, k-os, l.a. carnival, lords of the underground, black star, main source, mozart, outkast, oh no, mr. scruff, nirvana, organized konfusion, pete rock+cl smooth, stereolab, the pangea project, pre-battle axe oddities, the roots, tribe, oc, raphael sadeeq, medeski, martin and wood, gangstarr, eric b and rakim, glenn gould, steely dan. i could go on.
movies don't make you shake your ass. partial however to: il deserto rosso, the big lebowski, the royal tennenbaums, just for kicks, wild style, don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood, being john malkovich, connery bond. that's about it for now.
lost. leafs and raptors games. sports highlights in general. curb your enthusiasm.
zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, in the skin of a lion, nine short stories, 1984, early douglas coupland
pops, maybe ghandi to a lesser degree. also, see music list.