Music:
Where should I begin....... perhaps in the beginning: Any & all Blues, specifically the Delta Blues (Charlie Patton, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Robert Johnson, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly). Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Willimson, Junior Kimbrough, Jonh Lee Hooker, B.B. King (old B.B. stuff), the Rev. Gary Davis. John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Nina Simone, Chet Baker. I'm a HUGE Beatles 'tard. The obligatory 60's music: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Doors, the Doobie Brothers, CCR, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Joe Cocker, The Band. Folk: Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Woodie Guthrie. Soul/R&B/Funk: Al Green, Curtis Mayfiled, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ray Charles. Underrated 80's Bands: the Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Joy Division, New Order, Dinosaur Jr., Madness, Echo & the Bunnymen, Husker Du, T. Rex, Men At Work, Neil Diamond, Public Image Ltd., The Smiths, Squeeze, Steely Dan, Wings, XTC, the Cramps, Janes Addiction, Killdozer, the Replacements, Robert Palmer. Old-School Country: Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Tom T. Hall, Hank Sr., Jerry Reed. Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovette, Dwight Yokam. And beyond.......
Movies:
The Big Lebowski (Best movie of ALL TIME!),Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums (Tied for the Best Movie of ALL TIME!), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Bottlerocket (i.e. anything Wes Anderson had any part in creating), Dazed & Confused, Swingers, Memento, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Trainspotting (brilliant I tell you, brilliant), Office Space, Old School, High Fidelity (brilliant as well), Zoolander
Television:
Reno 911, House, Austin City Limits, Anything on Food Network, Junkin', The Colbert Report, Insomniac with Dave Atell, The Greatest American Hero (now defunct, but still rockin' it on DVD), Anything on the nerd channels..... TLC, Discovery, National Geographic, etc.
Books:
Complications, The Doors of Perception, Heaven & Hell, Crash, The Great Gatsby, A Modern Way To Die, A Season In Hell, The Drunken Boat, The American Night, The Lords & The New Creatures, Wilderness, The Catcher In The Rye, Run With The Horseman
Heroes:
Bob'O