I'd like to meet:
Harper Lee, Peter Gabriel, Ian McEwan, Bruce Cockburn, Annie Leibowitz, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Peter Garrett, Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein, J.K. Rowlings, Daniel Lanois, Alistair MacLeod, Deepak Chopra, John Bottomley, Alice Munro, David Suzuki, Stephen Lewis, Paul Weller, Martin Sheen, Maya Angelou, Ken Read, Michael Stipe, Joe Henry, David Byrne, Wes Anderson, Bob Geldof, hmmm ...George Stroumboulopoulos
Music:
John Bottomley, Peter Gabriel, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Jam, Neil Finn, Daniel Lanois, Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, REM, The Pretenders, Sarah Harmer, Kathleen Edwards, Elliott Smith, Beck, Luka Bloom, The Clash, Iron & Wine, Calexico, Marty Robbins, Stone Roses, The La's, Suzanne Vega, Natalie MacMaster, Youssou N'dour, Be Good Tanya's, Morphine, Les Negresses Vertes, Natalie Merchant, The Who, The Skydiggers, Danny Michel, Cesaria Evora, Boy ge Mendes, Mookie Morris, The Ramones, Belle & Sebastian, De Phazz, Mazzy Star, United Future Organization, Joe Henry, Chris Isaak, Nathan Wiley, House of Love, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Gram Parsons, G Love & Special Sauce, Luna, 54.40, The High Dials, Ron Sexsmith, US3, kd lang, Quincy Jones, Billy Bragg, Neko Case, U2, Moby, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, The Monkees, Dusty Trails, Feist, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Fatboy Slim, St. Germain, Peter Case, Gordon Lightfoot, John Lennon, The Stranglers, James Iha, Stan Ridgway, Tom Wilson, Johnny Cash, Thievery Corporation, Loreena McKennitt, Amy Winehouse, Hank Williams, Glen Campbell, Ann Fleming,Ron Fleming, Richard Progeny, The Everley Brothers, Rolling Stones, TRex, more
Movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Night of the Hunter, Twelve Angry Men, The Darjeeling Ltd., Rushmore, It's a Wonderful Life, Japanese Story, American Beauty, To Sir with Love, Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Casablanca, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Away from Her, Apocolypse Now, Vertigo, Das Boot, Hotel Rwanda, There will be Blood, Fargo, The Sting, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Badlands, Notorious, Roman Holiday, Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate, Stand by Me, Little Miss Sunshine, Magnolia, Run Lola Run, Bonnie & Clyde, In the Heat of the Night, Cape Fear, Manhattan, Alfie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Something's Gotta Give, Notes on a Scandal, Map of the Human Heart, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Wait Until Dark, The Great Race, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Television:
Arrested Development, The Hour, David Letterman, The Human Edge, Pushing Daisies
Books:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Fall on Your Knees, The Island, The Outsider, Amsterdam, Saturday, Crow Lake, The Way the Crow Flies, A Fine Balance, Steppenwolf, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Kite Runner, The Story of Lucy Gault, True History of the Kelly Gang, Life of Pi, I Know This Much is True, Dagmar's Daughter, Nettle Spinner, Flight of the Maidens, Daughter of Fortune, Angela's Ashes, Beneath the Wheel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1984, Deptford Trilogy, The Handmaid's Tale, Friend of my Youth, The Love of a Good Woman
Heroes:
Doctors without Borders; Stephen Lewis; Jeffrey Saks; David Suzuki; Peter Gabriel; Nelson Mandela; Rosa Parks;