My wife, riding motorscooters and motorcycles, my pets
People who have something interesting to talk about. ..
The Clash, Badly Drawn Boy, Belle & Sebastian, Death Cab for Cutie, Galaxie 500, Husker Du, Jawbox, Mission of Burma, Modest Mouse, Naked Raygun, PJ Harvey, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Radiohead, Spacemen 3, The Spinanes, Spiritualized, Tortise, Holly Golightly, Cat Power, Sleater Kinney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Way too much, but The Simpsons is the best of all time.
James Ellroy is my current hero. Read his LA Quartet; The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz.