straight edge. hardcore/punk. The Pogues. Risk, Axis and Allies, Armies of Arcana, Warhammer 40k and other nerd games. reading. studying Irish, Roman, and military history. tattoos. baseball and the Minnesota Twins. my cat.
Punks, skins, hardcore kids, outlaws. People who read a lot. And can talk about what they read.
Anyone who knows all the words to both "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and "Nothing" by Negative Approach.
Bonus points if you obsessively read and re-read Lord of the Rings.
5 Best Bands ever:
The Pogues. Negative Approach. Bruce Springsteen. Cock Sparrer. Minor Threat.
also...
86 Mentality. Formaldehyde Junkies. Black SS. The Breaks. Plan of Attack. Cardiac Arrest. The Repos. The Aftermath. Bury The Living. DS-13. Cut the Shit. Tear It Up. Dead Stop. Set To Explode. Knife Fight. Violent Minds. Man Afraid. Modern Life is War. Holding On. Jerry's Kids. Zero Boys. Adolescents. SOA. Iron Cross. The Ramones.
Eightysixed. The Clash. Infa-Riot. Street Dogs. Last Resort. Combat 84. Cockney Rejects. The Bruisers. Oxblood. The Beltones. Bonecrusher. AC/DC. Motley Crue. Guns n Roses. Poison. Skid Row. Merle Haggard. Hank Williams. Hank Williams III. Johnny Cash. Willie Nelson.
a million or so more...
Casablanca. The Maltese Falcon. A Fistfull of Dollars. For A Few Dollars More. The Good the Bad and the Ugly. The Outlaw Josey Wales. Unforgiven. Hang 'em High. The Wild Bunch. The Magnificent Seven. Stagecoach. McClintock. Star Wars (Episodes iv-vi). Braveheart. Michael Collins. The Seven Samurai. Godfather. Scarface. Ronin. Donnie Brasco. Goodfellas. Once Upon A Time in America. Boondock Saints. Kill Bill 1 and 2. Resevoir Dogs. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. High Fidelity. Six String Samurai. La Bamba. The Buddy Holly Story. If I Should Fall from Grace with God: The Shane MacGowan Story. The Natural. Bull Durham. Hoosiers. Rocky. Raging Bull. Cinderella Man. Major League. Batman. Batman Begins. Gladiator. Pitch Black.
Family Guy. Sex and The City. Baseball.
Always: Lord of The Rings and The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Recently:
Enemy At The Gates: The Battle For Stalingrad by William Craig
War As I Knew It by General George S. Patton, Jr.
The Collected Stories by Frank O'Connor
Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan
Collapse by Jared Diamond
Michael Collins by Tim Pat Coogan
Waylon by Waylon Jennings
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring Twenties by Roger Kahn