Ok, so I'm a BIG music geek and it's a character flaw I must live with. Also big into running (participating not watching) and college football (vice versa). I'm slowly turning into a serious movie buff (thanks NetFlix) and since I've got a decent side venture going right now with video production and editing, I'm trying to steal all the inspiration I can! I help out with the Dilworth UMC youth group and you couldn't ask for a better bunch of teenagers. And I still get out on the Charlotte bar scene (not as much as I used to, which is probably good) so buy me a Guinness and be my friend.
Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, and Eddie Vedder. I bet there'd be some amazing conversation and serious drinking involved....
How much time do you have?.... Radiohead, Dylan, Coltrane, Miles, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Van Morrison, Damien Rice, Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon, Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service, Arcade Fire, Brand New, U2, Springsteen, Coldplay, Josh Rouse, Wilco, Pearl Jam, Patty Griffin, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Richard Thompson, Counting Crows, The Clash, The Jam, Tool, nine inch nails, The Cure, Ben Folds, Ray Lamontange, Grant Lee Buffalo, Steely Dan, Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown, Prince, Otis Redding, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin.... And I probably remember more useless songs from the 80s than anyone you know.
I love Scorsese (Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Departed) and Kubrick (Clockwork Orange, Shining, Full Metal Jacket) while The Godfather I and II top my all-time list. Best new guys are David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac) and Chris Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins). Then there's The Usual Suspects, Apocalypse Now, Pan's Labyrinth (best film of '06), the original Star Wars trilogy, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Say Anything, Almost Famous, Casablanca, Dog Day Afternoon, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Exorcist, Oldboy, Audition, Tale Of Two Sisters, Clerks/Mallrats/Chasing Amy/Jay & Silent Bob, Borat, The Descent, Brick, Hard Candy, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Night Watch, Casino Royale, Stranger Than Fiction...
Genius comedies like Scrubs, The Office, My Name Is Earl, The Simpsons, and the brilliance that is The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Completely hooked on Lost, 24, and Heroes. Yeah, TiVo will change your life. Big fan of old dumb comedy like the Electric Company and You Can't Do That On Television, as well as super-violent stuff like Oz and Sopranos. Go figure.
The two Chucks: Klosterman and Palahniuk. Vonnegut and Hemingway are timeless. And Stephen King gets a bad rap... His best books are WAY scarier than the scariest movies out there.
Heroes fail. Follow your own heart.