The idea of traveling, hockey, civil war, driving, inner peace (well .. in conjunction with the other things ...so maybe "living with the demons in harmony" is a better title,) ghost stories, NOOMA.com, MOG army, EQ2, compilation cd and tape making, football, hills, letters in wine bottles, American folklore, art, the lost art of storytelling.
Joy Division, The Replacements, The Blue Nile, Afghan Whigs, Mojave 3, Jesus and Mary Chain, Lucero, Matthew Ryan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Curve, Arab Strap, Pulp, Come, Fugazi, Phoenix, Palace Brothers, Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, Social Distortion, Archers of Loaf, Crooked Fingers, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, New Order, The Faint, Iron Maiden, Outkast, The Cure, Danzig, Bad Brains, The Pretenders, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Grifters..blah de blah
Brick, Rushmore, Lost in Translation, V for Vendetta, A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, Kicking and Screaming (not the Will Ferrell one,) The Life Aquatic, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Amelie, Annie Hall, Mirrormask.
Rob Bell "Velvet Elvis," Steven King's "The Dark Tower" series, Anne Rice "The Witching Hour," JRR Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Nick Hornby "How To Be Good," Dan Brown "Angels and Demons," Neil Gaiman "American Gods," Edgar Lee Masters "Spoon River Anthology," CS Lewis "The Chronicles of Narnia," Herman Hesse "Beneath The Wheel," Playwright Sam Sheppard, Umberto Eco "The Name of the Rose," William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying," Anthony Bourdain "Kitchen Confidental."
Paul Westerberg, My Dad, Martin Luther King Jr, V, Johnny Cash .. ..