New musical artists and bands of quality. So Many. But of course there is Hendrix, Heifitz, Nat King Cole, Mahler, Sinatra, The Beatles, Oscar Peterson, Debussy, Bonham, Ravel, Miles Davis, Dizzy, Van Halen, Boulez, Upshaw and Golijov. Baseball Always. Yankees, Dodgers, Angels.
People. Those who care about others. People who make art or love art. Creative, artistic, positive, driven people. People who like to laugh. And.....Please don't take yourself to seriously.
Films of all types, without being a snob. High quality production worthy of admiration or stories which need to be told. Indies with amazing performances. And...Musicals with out-of-sync vocals make me depressed.
I dislike most reality TV and sitcoms. Commerce. What a waste. OK, Maybe ANTM (Both of The Jay's are entertaining.) And of course, classic Seinfeld. But the one thing that I find interesting is watching the feature film talent crossover to TV and back to film. Crews and Actors. Didn't use to be that way.
Numerous living authors now, but as a kid Kurt Vonnegut was cool, Ayn Rand also. Always have been a Sucker for bios of great musicians. Read on the plane News Junkie by Jason Leopold. At home I just finished Life of Pi by Yann Martel; it was more brutal than I expected. Another at home read recently was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
My Kids - Shawn and Christine