Art, Film, Music, Science, Philosophy, Politics;synthesizers, guitars, distortion pedals, video and film cameras;the temporality of life
Interesting people doing important things.
An abbreviated list of chronic favorites, in somewhat random order: Big Black, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Einsterzende Neubauten, Ministry, KMFDM (pre-breakup), Depeche Mode, New Order, the Cure, Bauhaus, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Flipper, No Trend, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Melvins, Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, White Stripes, Radiohead, Tool, Low, Beck, Modest Mouse, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., REM, U2, MBV, Ladytron, Wolfsheim, Portishead, Aphex Twin, Jesus Lizard, Swans, the Refused, Sun Ra, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash
Limiting myself to one per director: Taxi Driver, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Election, Apocalypse Now, Reservoir Dogs, Clerks, The Royal Tenebaums, The Usual Suspects, Mulholland Drive, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, Blue Kite, Land Without Bread, La Jetee
The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Raines, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Time with Bill Maher, Adult Swim (especially Aquateen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021), the Office, Mr. Show, The State
Animal Farm, Without Conscience, The Jesus Puzzle, DSM IV, Disco Bloodbath, Marabou Stork Nightmares, various technical manuals and academic journals