Music, history (espec. WWII, Civil War, Napoleonic times, Victorian age, music history), football (NFL and college), literature, film, any supernatural subjects
People who are themselves most of the time, aren't petty most of the time, don't judge most of the time, and have a good time...most of the time. There, how's that for cutting some slack?
love 60s, early 70s rock, British punk, 70s New York punk scene, hardcore, Celtic folk, classic country, blues....basically I can find something I like in just about any musical style, tho some styles I can only take in small doses. Favorite artists include The Clash, The Cramps, The Cure, Dylan, Stones, Beatles, Black Flag, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, The Doors, Bowie, Led Zep, Kiss, Velvet Underground, Kate Bush, Roky Erikson, Misfits, Screaming Lord Sutch, Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, The Minutemen, The Damned, the Jam, Dead Kennedys. Current things I'm into: Fluid Ounces, Lucky Guns, Mint Gorilla, Joanna Newsom, Interpol, Uncle Earl, anything Rebecca Stout does. Currently listening to: Gang of Four's "Entertainment!" (Maybe the funkiest angst ever recorded). Also: Frank Black's new one (recorded in Nashville) Tom Waits' "Real Gone", Robert Plant's "Mighty Rearranger" (some hints of old Led Zep on this one), The Cure's "Join the Dots" box set collection of b-sides.
I'll watch pretty much any genre of movie if I'm in the right mood, but my favorites are horror, science fiction, Japanese giant monster movies (Godzilla, et al), film noir, war, foreign, or historical period films.Also like music documentaries and any real cult film. Enjoy "bad" films that are bad enough to be entertaining, and I love films so off-the-wall that they make my jaw drop over the fact that I'm seeing what I'm seeing. Favorite all-time films include: Scrooge (the 70s musical version with Albert Finney), Rock and Roll High School, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Wild Bunch, Dawn of the Dead, The Haunting (the 60s original, not that misbegotten remake with Liam Neeson), Hannah and Her Sisters, Lawrence of Arabia, Almost Famous, Wings of Desire, Halloween, and the Universal and Hammer classic horror films.
Favorite all-time shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel, Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, SCTV Network 90, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Prisoner, Mr. Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Babylon 5, Star Trek (the original series) Twilight Zone, Deadwood. During football season, HBO's Inside the NFL is great, the only football show worth watching, really.
Favorite writers: Harlan Ellison, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Raymond Chandler, Poe, Shakespeare, Peter Straub, Truman Capote, Jack McDevitt. Fave books: The Dunwich Horror and other tales (H.P. Lovecraft), Salem's Lot (Stephen King), Love in the Ruins (Walker Percy), The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler), Something Wicked this Way Comes (Ray Bradbury), Song of Ice and Fire (series by George R.R. Martin), The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)
Joe Strummer, Woody Allen, Ken Stabler, My Dad, Godzilla, Bob Dylan