playing the banjo, playing the drums, free jazz, video installation, eames chairs, abstract expressionism, video games, snowboarding, minimalism
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[Jazz] Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Andrew Hill, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Cecil Taylor, Duke Ellington, Duke Pearson, Sonny Clarke, Kenny Drew, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Smith, Big John Patton, Larry, Young, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Jymie Merritt, Jimmy Garrison, Doug Watkins, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Don Cherry, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Lou Blackburn, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, Hank Mobley, Ike Quebec, Jackie Mclean, Dextor Gordon, Eric Dolphy, ALBERT AYLER, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Steve Lacy, Stanley Turrentine, Archie Shepp, Lucky Thompson, ORNETTE COLEMAN, Sonny Rollins, Tina Brooks, Wayne Shorter, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Pepper Adams, Art Pepper, Sam Rivers, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, 'Philly' Joe Jones, Edward Blackwell, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Billy Higgins, Lex Humphries, The Bad Plus, Tortoise.
[Blues] Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Memphis Slim, Son House, Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy, John Lee Hooker, B. B. King, R.L. Burnside, Lightnin' Hopkins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Robert Lockwood, Micah Blue Smaldone
[Bluegrass] Doc Watson, Del McCoury, Bill Monroe, Charlie Poole, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Ricky Skaggs, Don Reno, Red Smiley, Stanley Brothers, J.D. Crowe, The Seldom Scene, Longview, The Grascals, Mac Wiseman, Joe Val, Bela Fleck, Iron Horse
[Traditional & Revival Folk] Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, Hobart Smith, Dink Roberts, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Kossoy Sisters, Dock Boggs, Bob Dylan. Nick Drake, Pete Seeger, Leo Kottke, Leonard Cohen, Kingston Trio
[Contemporary Folk] M. Ward, Jolie Holland, Iron and Wine, Death Vessel, Ramona Cordova, Will Oldham, Jason Molina, Nicolai Dunger, Sun Kil Moon, Devendra Banhart, The Be Good Tanyas
[Rock and Alternative] Pixies, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, T. Rex, Television, The Breeders, Sonic Youth, David Bowie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Minor Threat, Hella, Lightning Bolt, Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova
[Directors]
Paul Thomas Anderson, Sergio Leone, Sergie Eisenstein, Fritz Lang, Hal Ashby, Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, Spike Jonze, Alexander Payne, and I guess Tarantino.....................
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, Metalocalapse, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ali G Show, STELLA, Reno 911, Seinfeld, Scrubs, That 70s Show, Art21, Austin City Limits, Comedy Central Presents
Bound For Glory, Writings:Agnes Martin, Beyond Geometry:Experiments in Form, A Minimal Future, Blue Note Records The Biography, Hard Bop Academy
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