Screaming at the sky, Family heirlooms, brass jewelry, faded photos, collections, skeleton keys, antiques, old musty books, World War II, my dog, doing my art with Rembrandt pastels and Prismacolor markers and a good black ink pen, sitting on my couch in a blanket next to my fireplace, Francisco Goya, Glenn Ligon, Charles Bukowski, driving for hours, anatomy, expensive beer and cheap wine.
a dog, a bird, and a deer. Someone patient enough to teach me to play the organ and the harmonica. People with New England accents. Any one who can tolerate me, really. CLINT EASTWOOD. Also, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito so that I can tell them how much I enjoy their movies as separate actors (Predator, Ruthless People) and as a team (Twins, Junior).
the Kinks, Devendra Banhart, the Seeds, NIRVANA, THE CURE, A Perfect Circle, The Mars Volta, radiohead, Modest Mouse, John Lennon, Velvet Underground, old NINE INCH NAILS, Nico, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Who, Iggy Pop, The Faint, TOOL,Neutral Milk Hotel, Appleseed Cast, The Eels, AT THE DRIVE IN, The Beatles, Snapcase, Jane's Addiction, The Rolling Stones, Skinny Puppy (old), David Bowie, Beck, Sigur Ros, Dinosaur Jr, Elliott Smith, Misfits, Queens of the Stone Age, Ugly Casanova, Will Oldham, JOHNNY CASH, Coco Rosie, Joanna Newsom, The Mountain Goats, The Handsome Family, Daniel Johnston, Iron and Wine
Any and all crappy mid 80's to mid 90's movies, including Mr. Nanny and anything with Sinbad.
1] The Golden Girls. 2] King of the Hill 3] Family Guy. 4] Saved by the Bell. 5] COPS. Honorable mentions go out to Full House, Da Ali G Show, Forensic Files, Blind Date, Seinfeld, The Daily Show, and various TGIF/VH1 monstrosities.
BUKOWSKI, Eugenides, Edgar Allan Poe, T.S. Eliot, Dickinson, Blake, Thoreau, Wordsworth, Vonnegut. George Orwell,Nabakov,Philip Roth, John Irving, Franz Kafka, David Sedaris, C.S. Lewis, Washington Irving, Hawthorne, Wharton...everyone who reads Chuck Palahniuk and likes him should get a lobotomy.