I'd like to meet:
Oh, and Paul Farmer
Music:
I listen to a lot of indie rock/pop. There's always some folk rock, foreign language pop (Thai, Spanish, German mostly), hip-hop, bits of bluegrass and the blues, and even remnants of emo in the mix. You won't hear any corporate country coming out of my speakers, though.
Here are 60 bands that I'm currently digging:
The 88, The Arcade Fire, Athlete, Atmosphere, Badly Drawn Boy, The Band, The Beatles, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Ben Folds, The Beta Band, The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bloc Party, Bob Dylan, Broken Social Scene, Coldplay, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Daft Punk, Damien Rice, The Dandy Warhols, Death Cab for Cutie, Dessa, El Sueño de Morfeo, The Faint, Fruit Bats, The Get-Up Kids, Giant (hilarious Thai pop), Gorillaz, Hey Mercedes, Imogen Heap, Iron & Wine, The Jackson 5, Javier Ruibal, The Killers, The Magic Numbers, Mason Jennings, Modest Mouse, Motion City Soundtrack, Nada Surf, Nena, Nick Drake, Nickel Creek, The P. Lacquers, The Postal Service, Radiohead, Reel Big Fish, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Rocky Votolato, Rogue Wave, Rooney, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Spoon, Stars, Straylight Run, Sufjan Stevens, The Velvet Underground, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Yonder Mountain String Band
Movies:
L'Auberge espagnole, Les Poupees russes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Edukators, About a Boy, Boondock Saints, Schindler's List, The Big Lebowski, Usual Suspects, The Squid and the Whale, The Constant Gardner, Goodbye Lenin, 28 Days Later, House of Flying Daggers
Television:
The Amazing Race, the OC
Books:
The Great Gatsby, About a Boy, Theo's Odyssey, Of Mice and Men, The Zhuangzi
Heroes:
Paul Farmer