creativity, the kitchen, January 20, 2009, middle-thought, evolving, becoming a better musician, daydreaming, making fun of shit that completely deserves to be made fun of, budgeting/saving, tax decuctions, avoiding fundamentalist anything and politicians with agendas, observing in confusion at how my generation has 0 solutions...infinite complaints...and bandwagon tendencies, gardening, the outdoors, and hopefully retiring before I'm dead.
...anyone/everyone with a free approach to thinking, like minds, and no one that insists on wasting their brains on Fox News, Republican reach-arounds, and tithing.
...this list is bigger than I am aware of and grows exponentially...but a few would include in no particular order: Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, The Police, Stevie Wonder, any/all 70's R&B, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Bad Plus, Coltrane, Vinnie Colaiuta, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Jeff Sipe, etc. etc. etc.
anything Cohen Brothers...and recently watched "There Will Be Blood," Daniel Day-Lewis is genius.
DVR...anything funny or informative...Metalocalypse to Curb Appeal.
sometimes...
THE Universe, Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, Rachmaninoff, Frank Zappa, at least 18-month no interest financing (for appliance and furniture purchases, home equity repair), Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer), Jaco, (water, yeast, malt, hops), Carl Sagan, 35mpg, nice smelling air, big fucking "what if" questions, and compounding interest.