Rum, bum, and gramophone
Gulley Jimson; Girls of Wild Strawberries. I'd have a beer with either of the people in this video.
Paul Weller, The Jam, The Style Council, XTC, Beach Boys, GBV, Beatles, the Dan, The Equals, The Pharcyde, The Hang Ups, The Silver Jews, Tahiti 80 / Bikeride/ Eggstone/ Honeydogs / Left Banke / Orange Peels / Eric Matthews/ Bacharach/ indie and orchestral pop in general. The collected works of Aaron Carr. All that hip-hop that white guys who don't normally wear muscle shirts in public like. Brazilians. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Hum, Braid, Slint, Cap'n Jazz, and all those Midwestern rock bands from when I was in college. George Jones, Willie, and damn near anything with pedal steel or vibraphone in it
Midnight Cowboy, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Shane, Dazed and Confused, Sideways, Mystery Train, Punch-Drunk Love, The Tall Guy, Nashville, Jesus' Son, City of God, Cool and Crazy, Seven Samurai, The Squid and the Whale, Remains of the Day, An Awfully Big Adventure. Bridge to Terabithia got me all weepy and I wasn't even drunk. For better or for worse, like most man-boys of a certain age I am well-acquainted with Admiral Ackbar and Gonk. And of course..
Blackadder, Baseball, Futbol, Hotpants Rick Bayless. The Office(s). Curb Your Enthusiasm, Only Fools and Horses. I will defend the unappreciated foul wit of Two and a Half Men to my grave. It's also refreshing to know that the Check, Please assholes in SF are as pretentious and annoying or moreso as the Check, Please assholes in Chicago.
Raymond Carver, Anton Chekov, Fred Barthelme, Colin MacInnes, Jerry Spinelli, Jim Shepard, Colson Whitehead, Garrison Keillor, Chuck Klosterman, Ian Frazier
"Is the devil to have all the passions as well as all the good tunes?"