Barbes, music, travel, sports, beer, cards, theoretical physics
Anyone who plays at Barbes, Beatles, Phish, Pixies, Ween, Morphine, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix (particularly late stuff), Rage Against The Machine, The Decemberists, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Secret Machines, Charles Mingus, MMW, Disco Biscuits, Interpol, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Gomez, Spiritualized, The Breeders, Norah Jones, Pavement, Polyphonic Spree, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, The Clash, George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Built To Spill, Yo La Tengo, Paul Simon's 80's stuff, Alice In Chains, Appetite For Destruction, Radiohead, Beastie Boys pre-95, Jesus and Mary Chain, Talking Heads, Beethoven, Coldplay, Topaz, Cousin Fungus, Les Claypool, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, John Scofield, Al Green...
Caddyshack, Office Space, anything by Wes Anderson or Kevin Smith (except that turd Chasing Amy), The Godfather, Anchorman, Billy Madison
The Daily Show, Colbert Report, South Park, Simpsons, The Office, Rome
Anything by Noam Chomsky
Ghandi, Che, Don Mattingly, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Trey Anastasio