music, turntables, turntablism, record collecting, sampling, subversion, Kung Faux, The Onion, drum breaks, peanut butter, vintage synths and organs, making beats, playing video games with lots of guns and intrigue
Anyone who doesn't suck, pretty much.
hip-hop, downtempo, abstract beats, rare-groove, funky breaks, jazz, classic disco, soul, soundtracks composed by Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin, and anything on Citrona.
Usual Suspects, Enter The Dragon, The Matrix, Scratch, Wild Style, The Warriors, Style Wars, Ninja Scroll,
The Office, and pretty much any poker tournament I can catch.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, 1984 by George Orwell, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton
Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Eumir Deodato, my parents, whoever invented the Rhodes electric piano, DJ Q-Bert, Roy Ayers, Quincy Jones, my brother Seth, Cut Chemist, DJ Premier, anyone who gives up a life of leisure in order to fight for what they believe in, and lots of other people i can't think of right now.