Music: Pretty much everything...I know when people say that its
pretty much bullshit, but I really do...currently my favorites are
(and in no particular order, in fact I'm just going to try and list
as many in ten minutes as possible:
Spoon,
Arcade Fire,
Broken Social Scene, Wilco,
The Clash, Radiohead, The Pixies, Deerhunter, Best Coast, The
Thermals, The New Pornographers, Okkervil River, Low, Love, The
National, Feist, Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Stars,
The Pipettes, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Primal Scream,
Spiritualized, Flaming Lips, The Roots, Swervedriver, Josh Rouse,
TV On The Radio, Tortoise, John Vanderslice, The Jam, Ride, Lush,
My Bloody Valentine, The Free Design, The Delgados, Jason Collett,
The Wrens, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Television, The Ramones,
Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers,
Studio One Compilations, Sonic Youth, Slowdive, Broadcast, Neil
Young, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Common, XTC, The
Ronettes, Os Mutantes, The Pogues, Lambchop, Mission Of Burma, The
Go-Betweens, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, Sebadoh, Josh Rouse,
Ornette Coleman, Afghan Whigs, Spacemen 3, Elvis Costello, Blondie,
American Analog Set, The Hold Steady, Sufjan Stevens, Silkworm,
Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Wire, Guided By Voices, Metric, Destroyer,
Neko Case, Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse, Page France, Peter Bjorn
& John, Amy Winehouse, Superdrag, Ted Leo, Super Furry Animals,
Les Savy Fav, Jens Lekman...goddamn
Lately, I've been on a real disposable pop kick...as cheesy and
poppy as possible...fucking LOVE Ke$ha...bored with Lady Gaga
though.
Movies: High Fidelity, Spinal Tap, Anything Judd Apatow does, A
Mighty Wind, the Jerk, The Commitments, Goodfellas, Clerks, 24 Hour
Party People, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grosse Pointe Blank, Rushmore,
Vacation, Snakes On A Plane, The Pink Panther movies, Hot Fuzz,
Shawn of the Dead, Sideways, Defending Your Life, The Rutles
Books:anything David Sedaris, Anthony Bourdain, or Nick
Hornby
Also: Please Kill Me, Rip It Up and Start Again, The Dirt (Motley
Crue), The Slash Bio, Johnny Cash's Cash, What's Not To Love
(Jonathan Ames), American Psycho,