I'd like to meet:
lily tomlin, dolly parton & jane fonda. oh, and amy sedaris.
Music:
be good tanyas, the weepies, talkdemonic, band of horses, the knife, girlyman, rilo kiley, kris delmhorst, the shins, patty larkin, jimi, mates of state, ig, richard shindell, dave carter & tracy grammer, deb talan, pamela means, patty griffin, bjork, rose polenzani, beth amsel, catie curtis, utah phillips, michelle malone, tegan & sara, spark, townes van zandt, bonfire madigan
Movies:
stranger than fiction, yellowbeard, 9 to 5, matewan (and most anything else by john sayles), donnie darko, aristocrats, fletch, heaven, jh2m, legend of billie jean, hedwig, breakin', tommy boy, borat, rad, mindwalk, thrashin', waiting for guffman, dancing outlaw, but i'm a cheerleader, platoon, life of brian, thing called love, blazing saddles, garden state, brokeback mtn.
Television:
ray ray's mystery garage, 30 rock, chewin' the fat (scottish snl), strangers with candy, saturday night live, bosom buddies, six feet under, boston legal, dukes of hazzard, murder she wrote, qaf, magnum p.i., third watch, g.i. joe, victory garden, transformers, l-word
Books:
leadership secrets of attila the hun, meat market: animals, ethics & money, lighthousekeeping, room full of mirrors: a biography of jimi hendrix (by c. cross), the working poor (by d. shipler), sticking to the union, slaughterhouse (by gail a. eisnitz), saint foucault, bait & switch, mama day, bailey's cafe, into the wild, handmaid's tale, good omens, neverware, poisonwood bible, iceland, coyotes & town dogs, anything by jeanette winterson, tents in the clouds
Heroes:
good stewards of the earth, people living compassionate and cruelty-free lives, and all those looking out for the seventh generation