Musical devices and instruments. Sincerity.
BM LINX, Debussy, Digitalism, The Faint, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Hendrix, Living Colour, David Ott, T. Raumschmiere, Duke, Puracane, AC/DC, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, Dead Boys, Alter Ego, Atari Teenage Riot, A.R.E. Weapons, MC5, Jane's Addiction, New Order/Joy Division, Morphine, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Dj Magic Mike, The Liars, Suicide, Darker My Love, Johnny Cash, Leo Kottke, The Smiths, Black Sabbath, Bad Brains, The Cars, Sex Pistols, Metallica, Eminem, Love and Rockets, Modeselektor, Ellen Allien, Kompakt Label, The Police, Southern Death Cult, Beastie Boys, Dave Brubeck, Tiga, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, M.I.A., White Stripes, Martini Bros, Nitzer Ebb, Scissor Sisters, Boards of Canada, Sigor Ros. And Beethoven. He fucking destroys.
Taxi Driver, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Irreversible, 24 Hour Party People, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, Traffic, Brokeback Mountain, Fight Club, Repo Man, The Lost Boys, The Royal Tenenbaums, Donnie Darko, Last Days, Corpse Bride
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World's Most Dangerous Places by Robert Young Pelton is good if you're ADD and want to know how to survive an anaconda attack. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut is a favorite. There's more, but who cares.