Photography, painting, the "arts", record collecting, food/cooking, all things mid century modern, history, film, humor involving monkeys, travel...
If I could meet anyone living or dead I would love to meet, in no particular order: Marcel Duchamp, D.J. Shadow( so i could brainwash him into giving me all his records), F. Scott Fitzgerald, William S. Burroughs, Basquiat, Albert Camus, Willy Wonka( as portrayed by Gene Wilder of course), David Lynch, Thomas Edison, Lumier, Ansel Adams, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemmingway, Joshua Chamberlin, The First Sovereign Emperor of China, Henry Darger, Robert Crumb, Father Yod( what a freakin' pimp), Thurston Moore, Lou Reed, Frederico Fellini, Buddha(so i could kill him), J.D. Salinger, any of the Iron Chefs, John Muir...
My Bloody Valentine, Warlocks, Nick Drake, Pixies, D.J. Krush, Pavement, Portishead, Edan, Serge Gainsbourg, Velvet Underground, Modest Mouse, Hank Williams, RJD2, King Tubby, Stone Roses, M.C. Chris, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Whitefield Brothers, Built To Spill, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Counts, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, 60's and 70's European soundtrack/library music, damn near anything done with a D.I.Y. ethic, Classical, Prog, Hip Hop, Downtempo, Surf, Country, Garage, Psych, Soul, Jazz, Indie Rock, Hardcore, Blues, International, Dub, Funk, Bluegrass, Folk, Experimental, Lounge...
Cool Hand Luke, Sunset Boulevard, Good the Bad and the Ugly, Being There, Citizen Kane, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, East of Eden, Contempt, Ikiru, Blue Velvet, La Dolce Vita, Blade Runner, Barton Fink, Easy Rider, Gettysburg, Chinatown, Naked Lunch, North By Northwest, any Sean Connery 007, Friday, Basquiat, Pollock, Songs for Cassavetes, The Graduate, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Full Metal Jacket, Best Years of Our Lives, A Clockwork Orange, Akira, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Trainspotting, Royal Tenenbaums, Hero...
Twin Peaks, Adult Swim, Six Feet Under, Lost, Carnival, Scrubs, Ken Burns Civil War, History Channel, Chappelle's Show, anything Monty Python,Upright Citizens Brigade,Kids In The Hall, The Daily Show, Food Network...
Mostly non-fiction, some Beat writers, Steinbeck, Hemmingway, Lao Tzu, Fitzgerald, Hunter S. Thompson, Salinger, Camus, Art books( I like pictures) and cook books(I like food).
I admire many, but I have no heroes.a