music (listening to it). music (making it). music (talking about it). friendship. reading. sleeping.
kind, intelligent people. and other animals, too.
soul above technique, feeling before pretension, creativity not plagiarism, cliché free, high energy, positive vibrations, not too sweet or light, intelligent, anti-commercial, not motivated by fame and money. I want to hear the heart speak, anything else is just bullshit.specifically:punk rock/hardcore etc: ramones, black flag, bad brains, rites of spring, born against, drive like jehu, germs, minor threat, nomeansno, descendents/all, circle jerks, the clash, embrace, gray matter, nation of ulysses, dag nasty, fugazi, jerrys kids, husker du, faith, heroin, antioch arrow, jawbreaker, hoover, one last wish, soulside, swiz, bluetip, burning airlines, refused, jawbox, quicksand, adolescents, minutemen, chisel, 3, hot snakes, samiam, beefeater, void, fidelity jones, rich kids on lsd, pitchfork, dead kennedys, scream, operation ivy, social unrest, universal order of armageddon, big boys, channel 3, dead boys, d.r.i., bl..ast!, the damned.jazz: john and alice coltrane, miles davis, albert ayler, pharoah sanders, sun ra, peter brötzmann, dewey redman, eric dolphy, archie shepp, ornette coleman.rock/pop/indie etc: stones, neil young, the stooges, mc5, patti smith, television, swervedriver, dinosaur jr, meat puppets, shudder to think, roky erickson, girls against boys, archers of loaf, sonic..s rendezvous band, pavement, pleasure forever, lemonheads, replacements, brainiac, built to spill, richard hell and the voidoids, royal trux, superchunk, barkmarket, jesus lizard, june of 44, polvo, radio birdman, fIREHOSE, the van pelt, buffalo tom, joe jackson, elvis costello, the saints, nirvana, the lapse, rocket from the crypt, him kerosene, heavy vegetable, doughboys, mudhoney, unwound, afghan whigs, butthole surfers, devo, sunny day real estate, soft boys, morphine, elliott smith.psychedelia/60..s/70..s: the beatles, pink floyds first, hawkwind, 13th floor elevators, love, the doors, jefferson airplane, grateful dead, CSN/CSNY, hendrix, pretty things, gram parsons/flying burrito brothers, spacemen 3, gong, bob dylan, captain beefheart, beach boys, the byrds, the band, syd barrett, king crimson, janis joplin, david crosby, joni mitchell, nick drake, big star, can, the faces, groundhogs, velvet underground, the monks, early zz top, buffalo springfield.funk: sly and the family stone, james brown, funkadelic, parliament, the meters, jimmy castor bunch.reggae/dub: bob marley, lee perry, king tubby, augustus pablo, joe gibbs, burning spear, count ossie, HR.instrumental: don caballero, tortoise, fucking champs, golden, mahavishnu orchestra, trans am, zebulon pike.metal/hard rock: voivod, black sabbath, monster magnet, sleep, led zeppelin, kiss, kyuss, neurosis, floor, breach, blue cheer, entombed, alice cooper, mötley crues first, melvins, slayer, motörhead.hip hop: public enemy, wu-tang clan, ol.. dirty bastard, a tribe called quest, beastie boys, method man, ice T.other: tricky, earthling, massive attack, iceburn.current: mars volta, queens of the stone age, the hellacopters, meshuggah, fireside, the end will be kicks, the soundtrack of our lives, spiritualized, motorpsycho, sonic youth, dead meadow, torche, david sandström overdrive, frida hyvönen, mattias alkberg bd, high on fire, kristoffer åström and hidden truck, ted leo and the pharmacists, babyshambles, evan dando, j mascis, aphex twin, the orb, josé gonzalez, henry fiats open sore, switchblade, the je ne sais qoui, tom waits, !!!, the fire theft, jim o..rourke, stephen malkmus, björn olsson, doug martsch, mike watt, mark lanegan, toshack highway.etc etc, I could go on and on.....
apocalypse now, one flew over the cuckoo..s nest, taxi driver, monty python...nothing too extraordinary.
the simpsons, six feet under, sopranos, nature shows, the occasional movie. I try not to watch too much tv. I often fail at that, though.
burroughs, kesey, selby jr, bukowski, craddock, rollins, grof, watts. a lot of music biographies. read constantly.