I'd like to meet:
Folks with midwestern mentality. Those who enjoy traipsing through the woods or finding a good swimming hole. People who can't stand still when they hear a good tune. Fellow dog enthusiasts. Bluegrass musicians. Music lovers!
Music:
Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch, Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thomson- the whole rocking famdamnly, John Prine, the Black Keys, Bettye Lavette, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Calexico, Van Morrison, Greg Brown, Patty Loveless, the Earl Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, De La Soul, Tribe, Dire Straits, Southern Culture on the Skids, and the sweet, sweet harmonies of Old Crow Medicine Show, and local faves- the Heartless Bastards
Movies:
Rushmore, Napoleon Dynamite, The Sound of Music, The Last Waltz, Terms of Endearment, Walk the Line, Brokeback Mountain, Big Fish, Finding Neverland, anything with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Juno!
Television:
Scrubs, the Office, I did love Twin Peaks, Golden Girls
Books:
The Kite Runner, Raymond Carver stories, Annie Dillard, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Edward Abbey
Heroes:
Oprah