An Extraterrestrial.
A Loss for Words, Big D and the Kids Table, Mass Hysteria, A Whilhelm Scream, Drexel, Arrogant Sons of Bitches, The Flamingos!, Plan 17, Kings of Nuthin, Fifteen, Propagandhi, Stan Getz, The Receiving End of Sirens, Folly, Charlie Parker, Stars, Stereolab, Bomb the Music Industry, George Gershwin, Gary P. Nunn, The Phenomenauts, Miles Davis. Radio: classical 102.5 WCRB or 89.7 Eric in the Evening. I hate commercials more than anything.
Physics books, picture books, short stories. Most recent- Anton Chekhov short stories, A Brave New World, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.