I'm interesting.
Spiffy people. Yes, I said spiffy.
R&B/SOUL:
Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke,Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Beyonce, Anthony Hamilton, Prince, SoulFolk, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Goapele, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Etta James, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mary J. Blige, Angie Stone, Bobby Womack, The Delphonics, Kelis...
JAZZ:
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltraine, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong,
Nina Simone, Leon Redbone, Ernest Ranglin
HIP HOP:
FLIPSYDE, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, OutKast, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Gangstarr, Common, The Roots, Jay-Z, Goodie Mob, Cee-lo, Nas, Dr. Dre, Snoop, The Neptunes, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan (et. all) , Keith Murray, Brand Nubian, The Fugees, 50 Cent, Del tha Funkyhomosapien, Heiroglyphics, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Beastie Boys, Atmosphere, Dubphonics
ROCK/INDIE:
The Strange, Switchblade Riot, The Hot Toddies, Paper Street Tiger, The Doors, The Sounds,Sparta, Hot Water Music, The Mars Volta, Pocket for Corduroy, American Steel, Weezer, Dashboard Confessionals, Futher Seems Forever, Wilco, The Strokes, Concrete Blonde, Gomez, Jeff Buckley, X, Violent Femmes, Rooney, Guns N Roses, The Shins,Elliot Smith, Leona Naess, Muse, The Lovemakers, Death Cab for Cutie, Ani DiFranco,
The Postal Service, The Faint
REGGAE/DANCEHALL:
Soul Majestic, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Althea & Donna, Peter Tosh, The Abyssinians, Toots & The Maytals, Sizzla, Buju Banton, Anthony B, Sly & Robbie, Barrington Levy, Dezarie, Culture
ELECTRONIC/DJs:
Bjork, Theivery Corporation, Simply Jeff, DJ Shadow, Unkle, Flytronix,
the Notwist, Alex Smoke, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Bonobo, Egg, Fluke, Chemical Brothers, Crystal method, Squarepusher
POP:
Zero 7, the Beatles, Bonnie Raitt, Coldplay, OK Go, Madonna, Keane,
Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Shelby Lynne, Pat Benatar, Michael Jackson, Beck...
FOREIGN:
Manu Chao, Bebil Gilberto, Joaquin Sabina, Celia Cruz
And so much more!!!
The Princess Bride, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Man in the Moon, Can't buy me love ,Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Tom Dowd: The Language of Music, And the Band Played On, Billy Madison, Chicago, My Fair Lady, Gone With The Wind, West Side Story, School of Rock, Almost Famous, The Doors, Napoleon Dynamite, Ghost in the Shell, Garden State.....
Six Feet Under, The Simpsons, Futurama, Sex & The City, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, That 70's show, Scrubs, American Masters (PBS show about all kinds of artistic people)....
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (Anne Rice in general) , Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (trendy, i know, but good!), The Meeting of the Waters by Kim McLarin, Coming of Mississippi by Anne Moody, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport, anything by David Sedaris, more soon...
My Entire Family...Mom, Dad, Jennie, Katie, Janet, Jack and ALL the rest of 'em. Couldn't carry on without my roots.