Music Creation & Appreciation
Tattoos
Film
Art
Ancient Civilizations
Meditation
Yoga
Tai Chi
7 Star Praying Mantis KungFu
Walking
Video Games
Analogue Keyboards
Drum Machines
Music Software
Spinning Records
Playing Guitar
Like Minded People
Different Minded People
Evolving People
Beautiful Souls
Mortal Kombat Opponents
John & Yoko
A Gamer Girl Extraordinaire
Genres/General:
Shoegazer, Indie, IDM, Techno (especially Detroit), Breaks, Minimal, Noise, Ambient, Breakcore, Rock, Classic Punk, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, Deep House, Electro, New Wave, Hip Hop, Experimental.
Artists:
(A)
Aarktica, Air, Airliner, Akufen, Alexdee, Alpha, Art Of Noise, Asq, Autechre, Alison's Halo, American Analog Set, Anything Box, Astrobrite, Auburn Lull, Azure Ray, Alva Noto, Arovane, Aux 88
(B)
The Beatles, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Björk, Blueboy, Boo Radleys, Bowery Electric, Beastie Boys, Blonde Redhead, Brian Eno, Brighter, Brittle Stars, Blaster The Rocket Boy, Buddy Holly, Buzzcocks, BitMeddler, Beans, Blockhead, Boards Of Canada, Bobby Vomit, Bonobo, BS2000
(C)
Cocteau Twins, Camera Obscura, Cardigans, Carissa's Wierd, Call & Response, Catherine Wheel, Chris Clark, Club 8, Common, Coldplay, Cure, Color Filter, Cowboy Junkies, Cranes, Cabaret Voltaire, Curtis Chip
(D)
Da, Dan The Automator, Damon & Naomi, Danny Elfman, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Death Cab For Cutie, Decemberists, Delerium, Delta Waves, Depeche Mode, Descendents, Dido, Daft Punk, Devo, Duran Duran, DBX, Dopplereffekt, Download, Dr Butcher MD
(E)
Ellen Allien, East River Pipe, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa, Eels, Elbow, Elliott Smith, ELO, Earlimart, Elefant, Elektoids, Emiliana Torrini, Erland Oye, Experimental Audio Research, Explosions In The Sky, Einsturzende Neubauten, Emotional Joystick, Evax
(F)
Fastfoot, Field Mice, Flaming Lips, Flying Saucer Attack, Fonda, Frou Frou, Fuse, Fugees, Fwyn, Four Tet, F.S.O.L.
(G)
Galaxie 500, Generation X, Gentle Waves, Gentlyfall, Gnac, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Goldfrapp, Grandaddy, Guitar (the band)
(H)
Hall & Oates, Her Space Holiday, His Name Is Alive, Hecate, Hooverphonic, Hope Sandoval
(I)
I Am Robot & Proud, Innocence Mission, INXS, Iron & Wine, Isobella, Imminent Starvation, Isan
(J)
Jack Johnson, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Mills, Jessica Bailiff, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Josh Rouse, Joy Division, Joy Electric, Jurassic 5
(K)
Kate Bush, Kellar Williams, Kent, Kit Clayton, Kings Of Convenience, Kinks, Kraftwerk
(L)
Lali Puna, Landing, Land Of Loops, Lanterna, Lassie Foundation, Led Zeppelin, Lightning Seeds, Lilys, Lori Carson, Loveliescrushing, Low, Luna, Lush, Lullatone
(M)
Mates Of State, M83, Maurizio,
Magnetic Fields, Magda, Malory, My Bloody Valentine, Mark Kozelek, Massive Attack, Maximillian Hecker, Mazzy Star, Meadows, Medicine, Mellow, Mercury Rev, Modern English, Mogwai, Morrissey, Mojave 3, Masochistic Ear, Mum, Mental Destruction, Mercof, Merzbow, Mike Ink, Morton Subotnik, Monolake, Mouse On Mars, Mr Oizo
(N)
Neil Halstead, Namanax, Northern Picture Library, Negativland
(O)
Orange Cake Mix, Opiate, Orb
(P)
Pale Saints, Parliament Funkadelic, Patsy Cline,
Perfume Tree, Pernice Brothers, Perrey & Kingsley, Phonem, Plone, Peter Paul & Mary, Plastikman, Pinback, (early) Pink Floyd, Pixies, Portishead, Postal Service, Prince, Psychedelic Furs, Pulp
(Q)
Queen
(R)
Radio Dept, Richie Hawtin, Ramones, Readymade, Rebekah's Tape, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red House Painters, REM, Resplandor, Radiohead, Ride, Rivulets & Violets,
Royksopp, Rapoon, Rob Hood
(S)
Slowdive, Sade, Sean Lennon, Secret Shine, Seefeel, Sheila Chandra, Shoestrings, Sigur Ros, Sinead O'Connor, Skating Club, Smashing Pumpkins, Sondre Lerche, Sonic Youth, Sassmouth, Simon & Garfunkel, Seppuku Fashion, Safety Scissors, Skinny Puppy, Somatic Responses, Speedy J, stAllio!, Sunjammer, Synapscape, Snow Patrol, Spacemen 3, Starflyer 59, Stars Of The Lid, Stereolab, Steve Reich, Stiff Little Fingers, Sugarcubes
(T)
The Faint, The Killers, Talking Heads, Ten & Tracer,
Theorem, Thomas Brinkmann, The Album Leaf, The Cars, The Church, The Clientele, The Cranberries, The Dickies, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Rosebuds, The Meeting Places, The Notwist, The Orchids, The Fresh Blend, The Rentals, The Shermans, The Shins, The Smiths, The Softies, The Sundays, The Velvet Underground, The Vulgar Boatmen,
They Might Be Giants, This Mortal Coil, Timonium, Tomorrowland, Tori Amos, Tortoise, Trans Am, Trembling Blue Stars
(U)
Unit Black Flight
(V)
Vapour Trail, Velour 100, Venetian Snares, Vincent Gallo, Violent Femmes
(W)
Watercolor Movement, Weezer, We Are Scientists, White Stripes, Wilco, Windy & Carl, Winterkalte
(X)
XTC
(Y)
Yo La Tengo, Yoko Ono
(Z)
Zero 7
Donnie Darko, Edward Scissorhands, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Buffalo 66, Stealing Beauty, Waking Life, Powder, Napoleon Dynamite, Pumpkin, Saved, Waking The Dead, The Crow, Interview With The Vampire, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Fletch, National Lampoon's Vacation, Amelie, Fight Club, Office Space, Magnolia, Valley Girl, Say Anything, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Flash Gordon, The Last Dragon, American Beauty, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Mind Walk, Pump Up The Volume, SLC Punk, Amadeus, Beautiful Girls, Dead Poets Society, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, Smokey & The Bandit, Pi, Kung Fu Flicks, Classic Horror, Sci-Fi, I'M SURE I'M OVERLOOKING A BUNCH.
History Channel
Science Channel
Discovery Channel
Star Trek (All Incarnations)
Family Guy
The Office
Futurama
Robot Chicken
Scrubs
The Vampire Chronicles
Anne Rice
Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger
Being Peace
Thich Nhat Hanh
Tao Of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff
Tao Of Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee
Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, etc etc
Thich Naht Hanh
Bruce Lee
Buddha
Kahlil Gibran
Jesus Of Nazareth
Richie Hawtin
Morton Subotnik
John Lennon
Kevin Shields
Robin Guthrie
There are many amazing humans to appreciate...
but I don't know if the word "hero" is completely accurate.
If I had to select "heroes"...
it would be my parents...
no question.