music, movies, myth, travel, design, japanese toys, wii, water, mario kart, fairy tales, stanley kubrick, canons, scrabble, fantastic fiction, setlists, vitamin water, rube goldberg, drones, pop culture, orange, short stories, the oscars, twist endings, thomas newman, the hero's journey, landscapes, waterfalls, cactii, sam mendes, gashapon, astronomy, animation, hinky pinky, corn pudding, steadycam, reality tv, photography, frame narratives, the ocean, drew barrymore, the 90's, characters, annie's, dvds, 20 questions, sweet potatoes, piano sonatas, dreams, minimalism, stan brakhage, kerning, bird's-eye views, archetypes, milk, storybook cottages, book covers, organic food, guilty pleasures, plants, batman, ambient music, mr. rogers, the avant garde, terraforming, animal bridegrooms, oatmeal stouts, playmobile, modern art, harris savides, figurines, teenage mutant ninja turtles, cinematography, the future, imaginary beings, guinness, film festivals, nintendo, rolls, cats, dogs, chris van alsburg, tracking shots, lists, acting, intertextuality, fountains, harmonies, tapioca, rain, poster art, banzai, richard linklater, little bear and la-la, alfonso cuaron, miniatures, black holes, magical realism, goat cheese, ed emberley, fonts, montage, man ray, doubles, patterns, andy goldsworthy, butternut squash, dinosaurs, emmanuel lubezki, architecture, dick tracy, david attenborough, trailers, ancient civilizations, illustration, sam adams, anna karina, lewis caroll, film music, consumerism, transcendentalism, paradox.
smart people
joe marc's brother, john mayer, air, character, radiohead, sigur ros, gabe dixon band, mates of state, ben kweller, rilo kiley, the features, four tet, beck, iron and wine, watercolor, the privates, lambchop, eef barzelay, silverchair, the band, wilco, josh rouse, devo, frou frou, the beatles, the beach boys, pearl jam, talking heads, superdrag, david mead, phoenix, rufus wainwright, the shins, tortoise, thomas newman, black sabbath, philip glass, verde, neil young, bjork, prefuse 73, cornelius, wilco, led zeppelin, travis, ben folds, U2, flaming lips, longwave, elefant, television, nirvana, michael nyman, weezer, RF, smashing pumpkins, beck, japancakes, boards of canada, stereolab, cortney tidwell, the pierces, how I became the bomb, de novo dahl, the nobility, slack, the clutters, explorers club, joe pisapia.
2001: a space odyssey, amelie, before sunset, eyes wide shut, dark city, koyaanisqatsi, star wars, american beauty, magnolia, birth, children of men, great expectations, crouching tiger hidden dragon, the ice storm, waking life, black snake moan, the up series, whale rider, the 400 blows, swingers, little big man, l'eclisse, toy story, indecent proposal, united 93, barry lyndon, edward scissorhands, akira, manhattan, adaptation, the jerk, traffic, rushmore, marie antoinette, LA story, in the bedroom, the rules of the game, contact, contempt, donnie darko, band of outsiders, gladiator, gattaca, gerry, breathless, vertigo, casablanca, dreams, batman, dick tracy, marie antoinette, love me if you dare, borat, mulholland drive, the insider, the matrix, stalker, solaris, father of the bride, kramer vs, kramer, 8 1/2, the shining, man with a movie camera, lord of the rings, the decalogue, labyrinth, jules and jim, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, l'age d'or, the umbrellas of cherbourg, the new world, heaven.
lost, survivor, american idol, seinfeld, the office UK, the amazing race, project greenlight, da ali g show, 24, wheel of fortune, the twilight zone, the real world, jeopardy!, the mole, newlyweds, the simpsons, the x-files, jackass, inside the actors studio, conan o'brien. on deck: six feet under, firefly, entourage, veronica mars, the office US
the alchemist, the little prince, frankenstein, cosmos, if on a winter's night a traveler, zen & the art of motorcycle maintanance, lolita, his dark materials, the unbearable lightness of being, siddhartha, white noise, enchanted night, great expectations, where the wild things are, borges, calvino, cortazar, poe, philip k. dick, chris van alsburg, fairy tales and folklore.
joe pisapia, joseph campbell, carl sagan, stanley kubrick, ben fundis , mike davis , gabe dixon , matt mckee, my mother, father, and grandmother.