In loving memory of little Jack...
other good-hearted people
arcade fire, sigur ros, radiohead, elliot smith, midlake, modest mouse, shins, frank black, jeff buckley, rotary downs, coldplay, keene, flaming lips, talking heads, david bowie, tom waits, bob dylan, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, massive attack, bjork, r.e.m., cat power, wilco, pixies, the rapture, the roches, beck, johnny cash, merle haggard, willie nelson, bob wills & his texas playboys, bonnie raitt (1st self-titled album), nirvana, duke ellington, ray charles, miles davis, indian style funk, black rebel motorcycle club
everything by Herman Hesse (especially "Narcissus & Goldmund"), High Fidelity, Anthem, Da Vinci Code (couldn't stop reading it), Wuthering Heights, haven't read too much recently...