Music, writing, paradigm shifts, the cultural zeitgeist at large, americana, random blogs, teen movies, left-handed guitars, good books, tattooed women, alcoholic beverages made from pears, finally finding what I'm looking for, love and happiness, personal time with "Big Rig," pancakes.
Believers, dreamers, thinkers, doers, anyone that used to hang out in Detroit clubs like Todd's and The Warehouse, Daryl Hall, Iggy Pop, Quincy Jones, Ric Ocasek, You
This could (and probably will) go on forever, so i'll just hit you with a general cross-section of current and all-time favorites: The Specials, TV on the Radio, Jay Dee (forever), The Clash, Hall and Oates, Madlib, Joy Division, Deerhunter, Justice, Fleetwood Mac, My Bloody Valentine, LCD Soundsystem, Glass Candy, The Long Blondes, THIN LIZZY!, Lush, Explosions in the Sky, Katie The Pest, The Teenagers, Uffie (of course), Brightblack Morning Light, Chromatics, Zoot Woman, Daft Punk, Stereolab, Asobi Seksu, Earth, Wind and Fire, Theo Parrish, The Hold Steady, The Swirlies, Moodymann, Prince, Massive Attack, David Bowie, The Cars, D'Angelo, The Police, J Geils Band, The Smiths, Interpol, Kraftwerk, Van Halen, Atmosphere, Radiohead, Giant Drag, Swervedriver, Cheap Trick, Danger Mouse, The White Stripes, Electric Light Orchestra, Crystal Castles, Basic Channel, M.I.A., The Bees
Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Foxes, The Hunger, Little Darlings, Anything by Gregg Araki, Office Space, Heathers, Wild Things, Half-Baked, Gummo, Dazed and Confused, Bachelor Party, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Deconstructing Harry, Thirteen, Can't Hardly Wait, Little Children, Metropolitan, Wet Hot American Summer, Pootie Tang, Go, am I a perv if I say Lost and Delirious?
Friday Night Lights, Big Love, The Daily Show, The Cobert Report, The L Word, Veronica Mars (R.I.P.), Heroes, Weeds, The Wire when I'm feeling masochistic
Less Than Zero by Brett Easton Ellis, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Generation X by Douglas Copeland, On Writing by Stephen King, Class by Paul Fussell, Story of My Life by Jay McInerney, Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Ma and Pa, The Electrifying Mojo, Joe Strummer, Mike Banks, Don Letts, me in 1992