writing, making lists, sitting outside, dark chocolate, finding the pitch of random noises, strangers with stories, even numbers, not learning spanish.
against me!, alkaline trio, anberlin, ani difranco, at the drive-in, azure ray, bauhaus, beck, belle and sebastian, billy idol, billy joel, bjork, bloc party, bob dylan, bob marley & the wailers, bright eyes, broken social scene, bumblebeez 81, cat power, ccr, circle takes the square, clap your hands say yeah, coheed and cambria, copeland, counting crows, cranberries, crass, cream, cursive, damien rice, dave matthews band, death by stereo, death cab for cutie, deathray, deerhoof, depeche mode, desaparecidos, dolour, dramarama, dressy bessy, eagles, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, fiona apple, foo fighters, fugazi, ghost mice, godspeed you! black emperor, goo goo dolls, ima robot, in passing, interpol, jawbreaker, jets to brazil, jimmy eat world, john legend, joy division, juliana theory, kanye west, keiser cheifs, kid dakota, le tigre, led zeppelin, louis XIV, ludacris, mates of state, melt banana, metallica, mewithoutyou, modest mouse, mogwai, moosejaw, my hotel year, neutral milk hotel, nine inch nails, nirvana, oasis, of montreal, our lady peace, outkast, pavement, peaches!, pearl jam, pedro the lion, pete yorn, phantom planet, piebald, pink floyd, propaghandi, q and not u, radiohead, ramones, red hot chili peppers, rem, rilo kiley, rolling stones, rory, rumbleseat, rush, saves the day (old), semisonic, sigur rs, silverchair, simon and garfunkel, sister hazel, sparta, spoon, starlight mints, subhumans, ted leo and the pharmacists, the beatles, the beta band, the blood brothers, the cars, the clash, the cure, the decemberists, the doors, the flaming lips, the get up kids (old), the good life, the holy mountain, the kinks, the mars volta, the pixies, the postal service, the promise ring, the shins, the smashing pumpkins, the smiths, the subhumans, the supervillians, sparta, sunshine, this bike is a pipe bomb, thursday, tom petty, tool, two thirty eight, underoath, unwritten law, white stripes, wilco, whiskey & co., xiu xiu, yip yip, yo la tengo.
anything by stanley kubrick, wes anderson or george a. romero...
six feet under, arrested development.
lately: plath, stienbeck, bukowski, vonnegut, palahniuk, wilde, salinger.. I'm not as nihilistic as that may suggest.
jeff tweedy, he's a more couragous version of myself.