drums, beer, bikes, records, sculpting (3D or real, whichever), drawing, good storytelling, useless waste of time on the internet, cigarettes, white spandex onesys (but only on halloween), green, random conversation with strangers, prospects of getting tattoos, but not having any money for them, my plugs, more drums, more beer, thrift stores, flea markets, old useless crap that will always look cool, but ultimately will just collect dust, meeting people who give you something in return everytime you see them, trying not to be poor, and the fine art that comes from a pack of camels and a sharpie.
Blackalicious, TV on the Radio, The new Ponys record, the kooks, MAXIMO PARK, the Stranger than Fiction soundtrack, the new Wilco album, the new and old Menomena records, the Fratellis, The Annuals, the new Deerhoof record, Aesop Rock, MILK, the Herbaliser (props, J dawg), Robert Pollard, the new Arcade Fire, Wreckless Eric, The new lcd soundsystem, Battles, blaaaah.....a lot of bowie, a lot of dylan, tapes'n'tapes, the new mars volta, Wire, Television, Gang of Four, Husker Du, paul simon, wolf parade, jmascis, MILK, The Roots (namely ?uestlove) Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Neutral Milk Hotel, Love, Wilco as always, the new Mastodon, the new Blood Brothers, bobby conn, Can (on green vinyl, mind you), the new black keys, the hold steady, The Talking Heads, The Cure, the Smiths, Alphaville..
The Last House on the Left, anything bloody, Grindhouse, Annie Hall, A Scanner Darkly, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Boondock Saints, The City of Lost Children, Amelie, Eraserhead, David Lynch in general, Day the Earth Stood Still, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Pi, Escape From Alcatraz, Batman Begins, Triplets of Belleville, The Graduate, Waking Life, The Street Fighter Series, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Ghostworld, Being John Malkovich, Napoleon Dynamite, Yellow Submarine, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.
Catcher in the Rye, anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel, the art of Tony Moore, Frank Miller, Jeff Darrow.
ZACH HILL. Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Mickey Hart, John Stanier, Patrick Wilson, Jon Fishman, Darren Jessee, Tony Royster Jr., Billy Cobham, Neil Peart, Terry Bozzio, Stewart Copeland, Glenn Kotche, Bill Bruford, Carter Beauford, Peter Criss (world's biggest 7th grade KISS fan right here), Ahmir Thompson, Brad Wilk... the list continues to grow