reading, writing, music (listening), mess making, pondering, hiking, coffee & crosswords, wandering, smiling.
I'm allowing for serendipity...
Built to Spill, Ziggy Stardust, Sigur Ros, Flotation Toy Warning, The Band, Langley Schools Music Project, The Afghan Whigs, the first two My Morning Jacket albums, Great Lake Swimmers, Lemon Jelly, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sebadoh, The Hold Steady, m83, Lambchop, The Cinematic Orchestra, Lawless, Why?, Electric President, Neil Young, Ride, Ms. John Soda, 13 and God, James Zabiela, Destroyer, The Bees, Sven Vath, The Sleepy Jackson, Hood, dave clarke (the 5 and the 1) Mojo Nixon, Bark Psychosis......so many many many many many many many many more..... thankfully the list never ends....
Wings of Desire, Cool Hand Luke, The City of Lost Children, Platoon, Withnail and I, The Last Waltz, River's Edge, The Blues Brothers, Strange Brew....etc etc etc.
Hamlet, The Fountainhead, Death on the Installment Plan, The Little Prince, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Nausea, Hunger, Tender is the Night, The Sun Also Rises, The Pleasure of the Text, The Myth of Sisyphus, Mad Love, The Dharma Bums......
mom's the only hero..... others I must confess i only admire....