fascinating people. music. learning.
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andrew bird, stars of track and field, sound team, feist, the decemberists, camera obscura, ratatat, the format, arcade fire, josh rouse, au revoir simone, jason collett, inara george, the submarines, joe purdy, devotchka, voxtrot, band of horses, mew, psapp, midlake, michael andrews, elvis costello, sufjan stevens, kate havnevik, the fratellis, annuals, american analog set, jaymay, kings of convenience, whitest boy alive, populous, mocky, the walkmen, zoot woman, dave matthews, m. ward, beirut, the album leaf, booka shade, tresspassers william, emiliana torrini, the bird and the bee, client, hot chip, yo la tengo, bonobo, new order, the knife, the pixies, robots in disguise, junior boys, vhs or beta, jackson browne, jamie lidell, jenny lewis, amy millan, rogue wave, janis ian, mason jennings, jewel, joanna newsom, richard swift, the elected, bob dylan, travis, umbrellas, birdie busch, the doors, ladytron, lali puna, broadcast, naomi, tristan prettyman, sybarite, grizzly bear, and you will know us by the trail of the dead, travis, slender means, neutral milk hotel, four tet, 120 days, telepopmusik, dean martin, etta james, billie holiday, badly drawn boy, modest mouse, eleni mandell, pinback, ryan adams, jimi hendrix, the troggs, brendon benson, ben harper, whiskeytown, destroyer, the stills, pink floyd, home video, califone, james figurine, owen, ray lamontagne, peter frampton, aqueduct, wolf parade, atmosphere, the be good tanyas, priscilla ahn, ben folds, mew, the sea and cake, laura viers, the polyphonic spree, joni mitchell, dr. dog, ingrid michaelson, regina spektor, johnny cash, beach house, mirah, small sins, patrick watson, the notwist, jill barber, every move a picture, boozoo bajou, ltj bukem, massive attack, cold war kids, the redwalls, rock kills kid, m83, pilot speed, elijah b torn, say hi to your mom, the polyphonic spree, the long winters, matt costa, madeleine peyroux, catherine feeny, dntel, apostle of hustle, eisley, the weepies, tegan and sara, velvet underground, the rakes, roison murphy, jem, louis xiv, don peris, nouvelle vague, matt pond PA, the strokes, the kooks, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, thievery corporation, iron&wine, lili frost, silversun pickups, minus the bear, naughty bird, son volt, mates of state, stars, the cure, shiny toy guns, the shins, creeper lagoon, seabear, this will destroy you, ollabelle, mindy smith, tunng, the kills, radiohead, pete yorn, pete francis, amos lee, ambulance ltd, phoenix, the beatles, brand new, sigur ros, the village green.. some others too.
hotel rwanda, life is beautiful, tsotsi, everything is illuminated, the science of sleep, little miss sunshine, the last king of scotland, avenue montaigne, the squid and the whale, me and you and everyone we know, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, v for vendetta, the illusionist, you can count on me, snow falling on cedars, the constant garderner, we don't live here anymore, identity, derailed, high fidelity, the pianist, the painted veil, big fish, finding neverland, a beautiful mind, rushmore, the life aquatic, garden state, slackers, crash, thumbsucker, the family stone, little children, magnolia, paradise now, love actually, anchorman, thank you for smoking, wag the dog, vanilla sky, the fifth element, grosse point blank, la confidential, walk the line, closer, cinderella man, melvin goes to dinner, anything by sofia coppola or wes anderson... and any movie that can expose my human frailty and/or evoke tears of sadness, joy etcetera.
HOUSE, nip/tuck, weeds, the office, grey's anatomy, scrubs, anything football or on the history channel and anything else our dvr can fit.. preferably in HD.
The Bible, Life of Pi, White Oleander, The Diary of Anne Frank, Great Expectations, The Lovely Bones, The Strategy of Conflict, Everything is Illuminated, Case for the Creator, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Last King of Scotland, Brave New World, The Year of Magical Thinking, Wit, Teacher Man, Running With Scissors, The Glass Castle, Walden, Churchill speeches and Aldous Huxley essays and anything by Douglas Adams, Asimov or JK Rowling.
God, My Parents, and Henry David Thoreau.. roughly in that order.I could probably make room for Audrey Hepburn too.