BRAINS, Weathered Pines, The Seams, Heidi + Marissa jams, Sibling jams (THE GLOWING GARBAGE!), playing the 'lectric gee-tar, playing with vocal/guitar effects when i'm home alone, food, drinky. Bonding with people, family time, alone time, party time, bumming around, thinking, rocking out, zoning out, and hi-fives....or tens. Boom!
MONEY. ...Or Paul Reubens. Boom.
elvis costello, the reigning sound, clorox girls, marked men, outrageous cherry, wreckless eric, shangri-las, the deadly snakes, the marvelettes, the rolling stones, d.b.s., THE KINKS, niel young, patsy cline, dolly parton, rod stewart (old), the faces, EMMYLOU HARRIS, lucinda williams, gram parsons, the zombies, aretha.
Any of these filmmakers' movies: Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest, Vincent Gallo, Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, and more!
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Complicated Kindness, pretty much all Roald Dahl, The Outsiders, High Fidelity
Ken Jennings (of Jeopardy fame)