making music, gathering knowledge, falling in love
anyone who can teach me something new...which is just about anybody else on the planet
ska, reggae, dancehall, jazz, hip-hop (not rap), punk-skinnerbox, pilfers, rx bandits, stubborn all-stars, long beach dub all-stars, slackers, king django, matisyahu, hepcat, pietasters, the specials, kevin goes 2 college, streetlight manifesto, goldfinger, the toasters, the skatalites, operation ivy, the police, selector, madness, the Aggrolitesbob marley, toots and the maytals, jimmy cliff, buju banton, desmond dekker, laural aitken,sizzla, beenie man, charlie chaplin, barrington levy,louis armstrong, cab calloway, john coltrane, billie holliday, tom waits, patsy cline, loretta lynn, hank williams, the BEATLES, buddy holly, the doors,gym class heroes, atmosphere, the roots, refugee all-stars, krs-one, k-os, mos def, social distortion, rancid, bad brains,the clash, sex pistols, ramones, alkaline trio, gg allin, face to face, bad religion, descendents, river city rebels, murder city devils, dropkick murphys, anti flag, flogging molly,the cure, violent femmes, siouxie and the banshees, new order, joy division, modern english,pearl jam, stone temple pilots, red hot chili peppers, faith no more .....and many many more that i can't think of right now
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any cartoons made for adults(simpsons, family guy, adult swim, robot chicken, samurai champloo, futurama, the Avatar) history channel, discovery channel
anything by anne rice, charles bukowski, or hunter s. thompson.
my dad and mom, a singer named King Django