Literature, Art, Touching feel good spots, Singing, Writing, Candle lit baths.
interesting. intellectual. creative. thoughtful. fun. modest. bored. honest. genuine.
First and foremost, the songs I write with Mike Carden and my band. Ella Fitzgerald Bjork The Kaiser Chiefs Third Eye Blind Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Atmosphere Death Cab For Cutie Interpol The Strokes Franz Ferdinand Jeff Buckley Wolfgang Mozart Radiohead Travis The Beach Boys The Beatles Sigur Ros Johnny Cash Simon and Garfunkel Cursive Aimee Mann Duran Duran Squeeze Elvis Costello Bob Dylan Nellie McKay The Shins The Mars Volta Foo Fighters The Dismemberment Plan Travis Morrisson Phoenix Bell x1 Jimmy Eat World Pearl Jam Stone Temple Pilots U2 No Doubt The Fleshy The File Transfer Smashing Pumpkins Don Henley Bruce Springstein The Faces Spoon Rolling Stones The Doors Allman Brothers Lynard Skynard early Aerosmith Eric Clapton Audioslave (yes, you bet your ass) Sufjan Stevens Cat Stevens Andrew Lloyd Webber (all but Cats... fuck Cats) Joni Mitchell Elliott Smith Morrissey (Smiths all sounds the same) Joy Division Depeche Mode Kanye West Daft Punk The Faint Soundgarden Peaches Paul Simon James Taylor Hey Mercedes And right now, I love the Avenged Sevenfold single. I never thought I'd say those words.
Requiem for a Dream, Leaving Las Vegas, Blow, 28 Days Later, The Believer, Big Fish, The Shining, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Spinal Tap, Wonderland, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Casino, Ocean's Eleven, Rounders, GlenGaryGlenRoss, The Pianist, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Les Miserables, Citizen Kane, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Warriors, Anchorman, Punch-Drunk Love, The Doors, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The Godfather I and II, Halloween, Carrie, Pi, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Volume I and II, Lord of War, Rushmore, Spun, Grease, American Beauty, True Romance, The Usual Suspects, Kung Fu Hustle, Kids, Boys Don't Cry, and more...
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky Choke, Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk Skeptics and True Believers- Chet Raymo The DaVinci Code, and Angels and Demons- Dan Brown Most Stephen King, namely The Shining, Thinner, The Stand, The Langoliers and as Richard Bachman- Desperation