American History, music, comic books, feminist theory, booze, traveling and much more.
Spiritualized, BRMC, Nina Nastasia, Albini, Tom Waits, Sixteen Horsepower, Pixies, The Stones, Jesus & Mary Chain and many others.
Amalie, Blade Runner, Adventure Movies and of course others.
all things Joss Whedon
Camus, Kafka, Lerner, Gaimen, Bendis, Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, and who ever is writing Dead@17 and Courtney Cumrin. Ed Ayers is especially impressive.