Music, art, books, and fuckin it up.
Makers of great music...
Prince, Pharoahe Monch, Jill Scott, Slick Rick, The Fugees, Thievery Corporation, Cibo Matto, Classics IV, Morcheeba, The Roots, Eartha Kitt, Mocean Worker, Erykah Badu, Temptations, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Dawn Penn, Lady Saw, Pliers, Chaka Demus, Gwen Stefani, All Saints, The Killers, The Cure, The Drifters, The Flamingos, The Ben Taylor Band, UB40, New Edition, Bobby Brown (old skool), Barry White, Elvis Presley, Boyz II Men, Amp Fiddler, James Brown, Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Buddy Holly, The Supremes, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Kem, Les Nubians, Bright Eyes, Jamiroquai, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Mary J. Blige, Cal Tjader, Algebra, Caesar Palace, Chicago, Cody Chestnutt, Indeep, Blue Six, Henry Mancini, Guns N' Roses, Head Automatica, Patsy Kline, Gipsy Kings, Sade, Ilya, Hooverphonic, Felix da Housecat, Elefant, De La Soul, Cypress Hill, Doug E. Fresh, Afrika Bambaataa, Nick Drake, Ella Fitzgerald, Jodeci, Santana, Lauryn Hill, Grandad Bob, Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam, LL Cool J (old skool), Faithless, En Vogue, Madonna (old skool), Kings of Leon, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Depeche Mode, Diana Ross, Lalah Hathaway, Dido, Jimmy Hendrix, Righteous Brothers, The Dazz Band, Charlie Byrd, Lovage, Wyclef, Michael Buble, Tony Bennett, Trick Daddy, U2 (old skool), The Shirelles, The Sounds, White Stripes, Sarah Vaughan, Run DMC, Luther Ingram, Mad Cobra, MC Hammer, LCD Soundsystem, Lenny Kravitz, Jurassic 5, Louis Armstrong, Beatnuts, Manu Chau, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Missy Elliott, Muse, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip, Ace of Base, Al Green, Air Supply, Aretha Franklin, Nat King Cole, N.E.R.D., Bobby Vinton, Nina Simone, PM Dawn, Baz Luhrman, Outkast, Mono, Moloko, Babyface, Beatles, Robbers On High Street, Ray Charles, Remy Zero, The Beta Band, Suzanna Vega, Squarepusher, Sunshine Anderson, Talib Kweli, The Chi-ites, Taylor Dayne, Green Day, and a whole lot of other shit like oldies, jazz, funk, reggae, hip-hop, chill, bossa nova, punk, alternative, soul, big band, classical, and yadda yadda yadda.
KING KONG!!! Star Wars Episodes I-VI, Gladitor, Constantine, Unleashed, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, Spun, The Eye, Team America, The Ring, Lord of the Rings (all three), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Troy, The Notebook, Spiderman 1 and 2, X-Men 1 and 2, The Incredibles, Toy Story 1 and 2, Shark's Tale, Finding Nemo, Lion King, Taking Lives, Liar Liar, Ocean's Eleven, Fight Club, Snatch, Saw 2, then Saw, because Saw 2 kicked Saw's ass.... Oh my god, I can't believe I forgot 25th hour and Crash.
No more television, thank you.
Walden, Civil Disobedience, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Constantine, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Wuthering Heights, George W. Bush Lies, A Million Little Pieces, The Worst Day of My Life, So Far, any Nicholas Sparks's books, The Da Vinci Code, Memoirs of a Geisha, Angels and Demons, Anthem, Fountainhead... I can't think of anymore right now.
Rebecca Sommer
My brother Ricky, because he's a go-getter, talented, funny, inspiring, deep dude.