Life, the Universe, and Everything; Music; Alternative Power; Music; Enlightenment; Music; Peace; Music; Universal Common Sense; Music; Aircooled VWs; Music; Laughter; Music; Enjoying the rest of my life with my wonderful wife (HA, that rhymed);
Albert Einstein, Jim Henson, the Dalai Lama, and any open-minded kind folk. And Elvis, of course.
The Parallel Gawdheads!; The Leftovers; Ara Vora; The Goners; Gasoline Therapy; Hellitosis; Comma; Charles Mingus; Pink Floyd; the Slip; Miles Davis; Frank Zappa; Sonic Youth; Alice Cooper; Ornette Coleman; Pharoah Sanders; James Brown (good god!); They Might Be Giants; The Reverand Horton Heat; Muddy Waters; Bob Marley; the Skatalites; the White Stripes; Django Reinhardt; Sun Ra; Pancho Sanchez; John Mclaughlin; the Grateful Dead; Morphine; Southern Culture on the Skids; Doc Watson; the Talking Heads; the Minutemen; Tom Waits; Can; Television; Tool; Fela Kuti; The Dead Kennedys; The Meat Purveyors; the sound of breaking glass; the Dead Milkmen; Negativeland; Antibalis; Kenny Burrell; Bill Monroe; Jenny Clinkscales; Edgar Varese; Hasil Adkins; Lesley and the Lys; the sound of a an aircooled, dual port 1600cc VW engine; a stream in the woods; the Sex Pistols; Tool; Doc Watson; Yonder Mountain String Band; Big Mistake; Mr. Les Claypool; and on and on and on and on.
Yes, Tom Waits is God.
V For Vendetta; Monty Python: the Search for the Holy Grail; Jan Svankmajer; Tarantino films; Memento; Freaks; Jim Jarmusch; the Coen Brothers; Rockers; Rebel Music; Fight Club; Harry Potter films; Texas Chainsaw Massacre I and II (the originals, biatch); David Lynch; The Shining (again-the 70's version); Akira; Ralph Bakshi; Grateful Dawg; The Yellow Submarine; Requium for a Dream; City of Lost Children; Delicatesin; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover; The Others; Rocky Horror Picture Show; The Exorcist; Dawn of the Dead; Night of the Living Dead; Pi; Labyrinth; Down By Law; just about any indy film that I can get my hands on;
Tractate on the SteppenWolf
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The Muppet Show; Surely, You're Joking, Mr. Science; Nature; POV; Independent Lens; The Office; PBS;
Ishmael; The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings; the Chronicles of Narnia; How to Keep Your Volkswagon Alive for the Complete Idiot; the Stranger; Naked Lunch; In Watermelon Sugar; Hyperion; Harold and the Purple Crayon; the Foxfire Books; The Complete Guitar Handbook; Crime and Punishment; Where the Wild Things Are; the Lorax; The Complete Joy of Home Brewing; Trout Fishing in America; Be Here Now; Tao Te Ching; The Time Machine; Behold a Pale Horse; the Audobon books; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance;
Buddha, Ghandi, anyone who reacts to violence and anger with peace and understanding.
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