People who intrigue, inspire, and challenge me.
And make me sandwiches.
foo fighters, björk, mindless self indulgence, cave in, ryan adams, sufjan stevens, dredg, beck, jeff buckley, at the drive-in, mars volta, frou frou, imogen heap, mutemath, nofx, suicide machines, goldfinger, aqua, radiohead, smashing pumpkins, tool, perfect circle, tears for fears, genesis, bt, muse, outkast, michael jackson, garbage, filter, motion city soundtrack, queens of the stone age, my chemical romance, live, coldplay, jimmy eat world, system of a down, etc. i'm also a sucker for OG nintendo music like mega man, castlevania, and blaster master
eternal sunshine, garden state, se7en, the prestige, royal tenenbaums, fight club, little miss sunshine, dead poets society, fifth element, almost famous, sin city, brick, good will hunting, chasing amy, anything coen bros., anything involving johnny depp, saved!, harold & kumar, anchorman, batman begins, vanilla sky, magnolia, dancer in the dark, BASEketball, donnie darko, airheads, adaptation, moulin rouge, half baked, super troopers, army of darkness, mean girls, being john malkovich, so i married an axe murderer, star wars, LOTR, BTTF, ghostbusters, harry potter, matrix, breakfast club, ferris bueller, and on and on...
simpsons, six feet under, arrested development, lost, futurama, the office (both), extras, family guy, and the colbert report
reality tv and celebrity idolatry are the reasons why the terrorists hate our freedom. seriously, paint a self-portrait, build a house, read a book...
the dark tower series (king), anything chuck palahniuk (esp. diary), second hand (michael zadoorian), the count of monte cristo, harry potter, johnny the homicidal maniac/squee!
not that they saved me from a burning building or anything, but some people that i really admire on an artistic level are dave grohl, zach braff, hugh jackman, ryan adams, johnny depp, and of course,
mega man