Politricks and bullshit (yes, trite much?), music of all shapes (hiphop, indie, soulful house, classic funk and soul, jazz....ok even more, you know my steez), film, things involving your mom, threatening to smack people in the mouth and then not doing it, making fun of the tv, weather, maps and highway interchanges...I'm kind of a fake chef too.Oh, and I admit to trappings of hipsterdom, although I don't claim to be a hipster....Act like you know.
Non-herbs, mercenary bandits, communists, students of the funk, hyprocrites and stalkers....and you, clearly....BTW, if you haven't seen it yet, best Geico cavemen thing ever...
Here's a whole big list......Jay-Z, Biggie, Sufjan Stevens, Menster Phip, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, Diplo, MIA, Interpol, Broken Social Scene, The Clash, Tom Waits, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Souls of Mischief, Nas, Main Source, 3rd Bass, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, My Morning Jacket, The Who, The Beatles, Gilles Peterson comps, Wilco, Masters at Work, Cafe Tacuba, Manu Chao, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jamiroquai, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal, Caetano Veloso, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Fela Kuti, Ozomatli, The Flaming Lips, Al Green, Gangstarr, Brand Nubian, Wu-Tang, Beck, Dusty Springfield, Carole King, Simply Red, Doobie Brothers (Michael McDonald years), Hall & Oates, Earth Wind & Fire, Handsome Boy Modeling School, John Lennon, Rakim, KRS-1, Mos Def, Common, Kanye West, Outkast, Goodie Mob, Cee-Lo, Mobb Deep, Erykah Badu, D'angelo, Talking Heads, Steely Dan, Charlie Hunter, Prince, Michael Jackson, Roy Hargrove, Van Morrison, Randy Newman, Bubba Sparxxx, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Fiona Apple, 8-Ball & MJG, Three-Six Mafia, David Banner, Swishahouse, Delfonics, John Legend, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, David Bowie, The Spinners, Frank Sinatra, Freeway, MF Doom, Madlib, Madvillain, Bloc Party, Dr. Dre, Wilco, Sade, Dilla, Spacek, Parliament, Sly and the Family Stone, Daft Punk, 9th Wonder, Little Brother, Nicolay, Big L, Just Blaze, Nuyorican Soul, N.E.R.D., Los Aterciopelados, The Specials, Jon Brion, Devotchka, Camp Lo, Radiohead, Bjork, Sigur Ros, Beastie Boys....and I know I'm forgetting madd artists......
Sideways, Platoon, Lost In Translation, Talk to Her, Rushmore, Superfly, The Godfather Trilogy, Dog Day Afternoon, Do the Right Thing, Serpico, Clockers, Defending Your Life, Amores Perros, Hate, Night on Earth, Goodfellas, True Romance, Cool Hand Luke, King of the Jungle, A Brother's Kiss, Magnolia, Carlito's Way, Apocalypse Now, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Say Anything, Adaptation, Suicide Kings, The Naked Gun 33 1/3, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, About a Boy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Office Space, This is Spinal Tap, Malcom X, Kids, Before Night Falls
It's not tv, it's HBO...bitches.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Native Son by Richard Wright, The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss, Alturas de Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken, Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins, The World According to Garp by John Irving, About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Sort of evolved/eclectic list:Salvador Allende, Bobby Sands, Steve Biko, Nestor Kirchner, El Subcomandante, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Paul Wellstone, Mustafa Barghouti, Miles Davis, Evo Morales, many others...