Putting on shows, my neighborhood, Ann Arbor 2001-2006, Michigan, music, a sense of place, non-profit radio, history, urbanism, public transportation, community organizing and/or events planning, nonfiction mostly, being Dutch, railroads, old clothes, milling about, lounging around, sauntering, cynicism, romanticism, kicking sprawl in the face, The Bang!, Stroh's, being on-foot.
People who'll work the door for beer and admission.
Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Whiskeytown, Old 97's, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Beck, The Flaming Lips, Bruce Springsteen, Josh Ritter, Dan Bern, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Roll, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Fred Thomas, Great Lakes Myth Society, Johnny Headband, Chris Bathgate, The Riots, The Avatars, Pas/Cal, Blanche, Billy Bragg, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Postal Service, The Autumn Defense, Donovan, The Hard Lessons, Belle and Sebastian, Dabenport, The Decemberists, The Descent of the Holy Ghost Church, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn, Canada, Mason Proper, The Mighty Narwhale, Joiya, Kelly Jean Caldwell, The Essex Green, Arcade Fire, Creaky Boards, Arrah and the Ferns, Frontier Ruckus, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, The New Pornographers, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Hold Steady, Palomar, Camera Obscura, Beat the Devil, The Beets, The Band, The Finches, Frances, Mates of State, Magnetic Fields, Will Oldham
I Heart Huckabees, Dr. Strangelove, High Fidelity, Roger and Me, A Mighty Wind, Easy Rider, Caddyshack, Lost in Translation, The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Graduate, Annie Hall, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Metropolis, Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Flight of the Conchords
Suburban Nation, Ashphalt Nation, Fast Food Nation, The Geography of Nowhere, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Charter for the New Urbanism, Woody Guthrie: A Life, Walden, Don Quixote, The Grapes of Wrath, On the Road, The Dharma Bums, The Hobbit, 1984, maps, Wikipedia, Cat and Girl, WebVomit
Jane Jacobs, Matt Lassiter, Joel Rash, Todd P, Kevin Eder, see "music" section above.