the murder city devils, tragedy, severed head of state, the dirtbombs, detroit cobras, modest mouse, catharsis, his hero is gone, iron and wine, david bowie, elvis costello, everbody dies!, mike jones, breed/extinction, requiem, the spectacle, the black keys, ozo matli, paul simon....other stuff
vonnegut, salinger, sedaris, saramago, bukowski