History, philosophy, movies, music, politics, and St. Louis Cardinals baseball
In no particular order: John Waters, The Dalai Lama, Irvine Welsh, Stephen King, Bill Clinton, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Dave Chapelle, Christopher Guest, Van Dyke Parks, Steve Buscemi, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, Yoko Ono
Early blues and jazz, old school country, rockabilly, 60s pop, funk, and a little bit of everything else thrown in.
Favorite directors: John Waters, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Hal Ashby, the Coen Brothers, Tim Burton... and whoever did Megaforce!
Mr. Show, Sopranos, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, early Simpsons, Strangers with Candy, Larry Sanders, Get a Life.
Favorite authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Hubert Selby Jr., Umberto Eco, Joseph Conrad, Irvine Welsh, Patrick O'Brian
Mark Twain, Fela Kuti, Isaac Asimov, Ed Wood, Ozzie Smith, Andy Kaufman, Charles Schulz, John Lennon