I'd like to meet:
Everybody. No, really. I mean it.
Music:
In no particular order...and yes, I realize this list dates me...Husker Du, The Replacements, Astor Piazzola, Tom Waits, Hall & Oates, The Clash, John Fahey, Wedding Present, Uncle Tupelo, Tom Petty, Flaming Groovies, The Jam, The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Billie Holiday, The Beatles, English Beat, Journey, Bill Evans, Beat Happening, Show Tunes, Ludacris, Those Darn Accordions, Albert Ayler
Movies:
Martin, Rushmore, The Knack...And How To Get It, Coen Brothers films, C.H.U.D, Chungking Express, Faster Pussycat, Singing in the Rain, Office Space, Brazil, Arsenic and Old Lace, All About My Mother, Seven Samurai, Monkey Fist Floating Snake
Television:
The Prisoner, Extras, The White Rapper Show, Arrested Development, The News Hour, The McLaughlin Group, Heros, Knitty Gritty
Books:
Tropic of Cancer, Harry Potter books, Anna Karenina, Moby Dick, Bluebeard, Mother Night, Money, Catcher in the Rye, Lathe of Heaven, OED