Photography, ghost towns, long x-country trips, any excuse to wear hiking boots and/or sack out in a sleeping bag, reading on my back deck in Hampden with something cold close to hand
Eddie Deezen for president.
Talking Heads, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Feist, Blonde Redhead, Interpol, Wedding Present, Pixies, Low, Blur, Magnetic Fields, New Order/Joy Div, Slowdive, Galaxie 500, Dead Can Dance and almost everything from the 4AD label, Godspeed You Black Emperor... you get the picture... Detroit Techno, Deep House, Acid House, also: Billie, Johnny, Marvin, Otis, Miles, Funk, 70's R&B, Bossa Nova ...
Bladerunner, Lost in Translation, Memento, Secretary, 24-hr Party People, Motorcycle Diaries, Donnie Darko, Henry & June, Brazil, M, The Third Man, Freaks, Bringing Up Baby, Never Cry Wolf, Casablanca, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mission, African Queen, 28 Days Later, Bucket of Blood, Road Warrior, Stop Making Sense, Rear Window & all Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Burton, Coen Brothers, Brothers Quay.
The Office, Simpsons & Futurama, Frontline, Now.
Robinson Crusoe, Geek Love, High Fidelity, Catch 22, Paul Theroux, Palahniuk, Krakauer, Irvine Welsh, Worst Case Survival Handbook, Lonely Planet Guides, Photo books.
W Eugene Smith. Aaron Siskind. Sebastiao Salgado. Walker Evans. Mary Ellen Mark (even though she was mean to me). Margaret Bourke-White. David Byrne. Jane Goodall. Berkeley Breathed. Gary Larson. Bill Moyers. Ian Curtis. Ben Kenobi. whoever invented: legos, my 12" macintosh powerbook, broccoli, the spork, guinness, the mocha latte & lil debbie oatmeal creme pie food product.