Riding and building bicycles and motorcycles, Skateboarding, Painting, Writing, Gardening, Carpentry, Graphic Design, Architecture, Fashion Design, Interior Design. Reading.
My grandfather (my father's father. Died when my father was 14. He sounded pretty cool. Automotive entrepreneur.), Hilary Clinton, Anthony Kiedis, Sabine Breuer (the mechanic at BMW Historical Archives), Neil Gaiman, MCA, Ad-Rock, Mike D, Matt Hoffman, Steve Caballero, Fabio Ongarato, Sagmeister, Dave Hackett, Sandra Sully, Lee Ralph, Tony Hallam, Arkie Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, Adi Dassler, Thomas Campbell, Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka, Dr. Glenn A. Morris,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys. Old school hip-hop, jazz, ska, classical, world music, pop, dance, ambient. A good bass line. A good beat. Thievery Corporation, Fireballs, firehose, Beasts of Bourbon, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Kaki King, April March,
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 300, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, 007. In Search of Animal Chin. Wheels of Fire, Star Wars, Dune, Thrashin', Death Proof,
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Tintin, Asterix, Jack Kerouac, The Sandman, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Swamp Thing, The Invisibles, The Watchmen, Phantom, Robert Shea, Colin Wilson, Silver Surfer. Built to Grind, Intersection Magazine, Monster Children Magazine, Thrasher Magazine, World Book Encyclopaedia, Joe Hyams, The Penguin Book of the Bicycle, Leica Fotografie International, Dumbo Feather Pass it on, Long Way Round,
Ghost Rider, Ghandi, Senator Bob Brown, Brett Whiteley, John Tomac, Matt Hoffman, Eddy Mercx, Scooter, all bike messengers worldwide, anyone who rides two wheels, my sister, my mother, my grandmothers, my dad, anyone who burns like a Roman candle. At both ends.