Movies, acting, writing, reading, directing, music, theology.
Orson Welles, Robert Duvall, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, Sidney Lumet, George C. Scott, Peter Ustinov, John Huston, Peter Lorre, Paddy Chayevsky, Jason Robards, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Robert Shaw, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Mike Ness, C.S. Lewis, Dashiell Hammett, Elmore Leonard, Harvey Pekar, Todd Glass, Doug Benson, Paul F. Tompkins.
Tom Waits, Social Distortion, John Hammond, The Lounge Lizards, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, Johnny Dowd, Miles Davis, Mike Ness, Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker, Carter Burwell, John Lurie, Dr. John, Gorillaz, Aimee Mann, The Mississippi Shieks, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Vic Chesnutt.
CITIZEN KANE (1941) JAWS (1975) 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) NETWORK (1976) L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1999) CHINATOWN (1974) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) NASHVILLE (1975) THE THIRD MAN (1949) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) THE INSIDER (1999) TRAFFIC (2000) FARGO (1996) THE GENERAL (1927) THE GODFATHER (1972) THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997) ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)
The Wire, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Futurama, Dr. Katz, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Law and Order, The Tick, Batman: The Animated Series, The Critic, Rome, House, Fishing with John.
Crime and Punishment, Red Harvest, The Quiet American, In Cold Blood, Affliction, The Sweet Hereafter, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, Pagan Babies, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Stick, A Clockwork Orange, The Great Gatsby, Jaws, A Civil Action, L.A. Confidential, The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Continental Drift.
Orson Welles, John Cassavetes, Paddy Chayevsky, Tom Waits, Dashiell Hammett, my mom and dad, my grandpa.