Making music, playing shows, anime, science fiction and fantasy, action movies - especially martial arts movies, old classics like "Casablanca", webcomics, martial arts, old-time radio shows - especially The Shadow, video games...
Victor Wooten, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Flea, Cliff Burton (deceased), Robert Trujillo, David Draiman (again...I've technically met him already), Quentin Tarantino, the members of Tool, Conan O'Brien, Ron White, Matisyahu, Derrek Lee, Bruce Campbell, Patrick Stewart, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Isaac Asimov (deceased), Robert Heinlein (deceased), Sacha Baron Cohen, Tony Jaa, Jet Li, Jacky Chan, Masashi Kishimoto, Echiiro Oda, hell...this is gonna be a LOOOONG list when it's done. Which it probably never will be.
Well, I love listening to music, but the more writing and creating music I'm doing, the less I listen to 'outside' music.Bands/Musicians I love unconditionally: Tool, Parliament Funkadelic, HaYehudim, System of a Down, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, The Beatles, Charlie Parker, Victor Wooten, Motorhead, Living Colour, Rush, Ludacris, B. B. King, Jeff Beck, Modeste Mussorgsky, and Carlos Santana just to name a few.Other significant influences/likes: older RHCP, pre-Arena-Rock Metallica, Infectious Grooves, Disturbed, Smashing Pumpkins, RATM (screw Audioslave, I hate 'em!), Soundgarden (get the irony of my last comment?), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Mingus, Phish, Black Sabbath (ORIGINAL GROUP ONLY), Outkast, Wu Tang Clan(Ain't Nothin' To F--- With), Yellowcard, Primus, Ministry(Psalm 69), The Rolling Stones, NOFX, Wierd Al, etc.more to come. Maybe. If you're good.
If it involves Anime, Martial Arts, Science Fiction, or Bruce Campbell, my interest is piqued.
Right now, there are two main shows that have my full attention: Boston Legal, and Supernatural. I also watch the...imperfectly translated/altered versions of some anime on Cartoon Network. And Boondocks, when I can catch it. Boondocks is awesome. Oh, and Da Ali G Show. Love Da Ali G Show.
Authors of Novels and The Like: Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, Peter David, Robert Heinlein, William Shakespeare, Larry Niven, Harry Harrison, Terry Goodkind, Homer, Mark Twain, etc. *********************************************Manga-ka: Rumiko Takahashi(Inuyasha, Ranma1/2), Koike & Kojima(Lone Wolf and Cub), Yudetamago(Kinnikuman), Akira Toriyama(DB, Kajika, Sandland, Neko Majin, Cowa), Masashi Kishimoto(Naruto), Seishi Kishimoto(666 Satan), Kubotite(Zombie Powder, Bleach), Umezawa Haruto(Bremen), Yoshihiro Togashi(YYH, Hunter x Hunter), Harold Sakuishi(Beck), Yoshito Yamahara(Ryuuroden), Hirohiko Araki(JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), Kikuchi & Hosoma(Demon City Hunter series), Eiichiro Oda(One Piece), Arakawa Hiromu(Fullmetal Alchemist), and more.Basically, I'm a big Sci-Fi and Manga nerd.