Consciousness, conspiracy, the occult, evolution of our species, organic horticulture, haute cuisine, global trends in facial hair, picking bluegrass music, teas of the world, appetitive desires, Texas weather, travelling with the right companions, people watching, fly fishing, carpentry, philosophy, theosophistry, religious experience, the U.S. Mexican border, margins, the fringe, the marginal, the liminal, booties that clap, croquet, the underground, organized crime, brisket, the party that's sure to be thrown when the Bush presidency is over, bonfires, psychopharmacology, curbing suburban sprawl through controlled burning, language, architecture, defining "America", making films, bocce, what is masculine, what is feminine, smoking, the alchemy of ambiance, your mom.
Joe Sacomatto, Zampano, Coyote and anyone that carries a knife and a hankerchief with them at all times.
American Psycho, American Beauty, Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Syriana, Traffic, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, Fargo, Millers Crossing, Dead Ringers, Pi, Memento, Requiem for a Dream,Ghost in the Shell I and II, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke,Cowboy Bebop, Pulp Fiction, Raising Arizona, Kill Bill I and II, Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, Snatch, Apocalypse Now, Kung Fu Hustle, Iron Monkey, A Tale of Two Sisters, Old Boy, Battle Royale, Good Fellas, The Spanish Prisoner, Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, A Clockwork Orange, Irreversible, Dr. Strangelove, Being There, Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Magnolia, Adaptation, Rounders, Team America: World Police, Bowling for Columbine, Monster’s Ball, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Ghost World, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Dead Man, Edward Scissor Hands, Slackers, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Happiness, Punch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights, Full Frontal, Lone Star, Dazed and Confused, Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Icicle Thief, Fight Club, Se7en, I Heart Huckabees, Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Waking Life, Broken Flowers, Chocolat, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Titus, Swimming Pool, Minority Report, Blade Runner, The Anniversary Party, Blood Simple, The Hudsucker Proxy, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Happy Endings, Amores Perros, Pootie Tang, Roshomon, Ichi the Killer, Benny and Joon, The Man Who Wasn’t There, True Romance, The Secretary, Ronin, Saved, Jesus Camp, Videodrome, Le Cercle Rouge, Yojimbo, This Film is Not Yet Rated, The House of Yes, Diary of a Chambermaid, Audition, Brick, Sex, Lies, and Videotape,
Deadwood, The Sopranos, The Mighty Boosh, Frisky Dingo, Laugh In, Family Guy, Da Ali G Show, The Dave Chapelle Show, The Office, Iron Chef, Good Eats, Seinfeld, Arrested Developement, Curb Your Enthusiasm