Authors: DFW, Franzen, Shepard, Burroughs, McCarthy, Cervantes,
Vollmann, lots of older authors and books, too many to name. Trying
to read as many different authors as I can as quickly as I can, to
keep my perspective on writing challenged and evolving.
Movies: Again way too many to name. Here's 5: Night of the Hunter,
Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Tokyo Story, Naked Kiss, and here are the
movies from this year that I thought were the best: The Master,
Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty, and to a lesser extent, Lincoln
and Flight.
TV: I don't have many contemporary shows I can list that I watch.
Mad Men is fun, but I wouldn't say earth shattering. Here's a list
of my favorite shows, or some of them: Seinfeld, Curb, Chappelle
Show, The Simpsons (though really only seasons 4-8 or so), The
Kingdom, Twin Peaks, Ricky Gervais' The Office and Extras,
Roseanne, I Love Lucy and many, many other sitcoms, The Wire
(though I have my issues with the show and the last season plain
stunk), Colbert Report & Daily Show, Oz....running out of
shows, for now, but that's the gist.
Music: My music taste varies often, so to make it easy (and because
a lot of people care very much about music taste on here), here is
every artist that appears on my ipod right now: Aaliyah, Adina
Howard, The Allman Brothers, Ashanti, Babes in Toyland, Backstreet
Boys, The Band, Beach Boys, Beat Happening, The Beatles, Belle and
Sebastian, Beyonce, Big Bang (K-Pop), Bikini Kill, Billy Joel,
Blackstreet, Blaque, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bone Thugs, Boyz II
Men, Brandy (& Monica), Bratmobile, Britney Spears, The
Cardigans, Carl Thomas, Case, Cat Stevens, The Cranberries,
Creedence, D'Angelo, Destiny's Child, The Distillers, Donell Jones,
The Doors, Eric Clapton, Everclear, Feist, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood
Mac, Garbage, Ginuwine, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Harry Belafonte,
Hole, Jackson 5, Jaheim, James Taylor, Janet Jackson, Jefferson
Airplane, Hendrix, Joe, John Denver, John Lennon, John Mellencmap,
Johnny Cash, Keith Sweat, The Kinks, Korn, L7, Lana Del Rey, Led
Zeppelin, Lee Ann Womack, Len, Lil Wayne (& T-Payne), Lit, Liz
Phair, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mad Lion, Mariah Carey, Mario, Mary J Blige,
Mary Jane Girls, Michael Jackson, Michele Branch, Modest Mouse,
Mona Lisa, Montell Jordan, MOP, Musiq Soulchild, Mya, Natalie
Imbruglia, Neil Young, Next, Nirvana, Notorious BIG, Oasis,
Orleans, Otis Redding, Patti Smith, WINGS, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd,
Pixies, Queen, R Kelly, Radiohead, Robin S., Rolling Stones, Sam
Cooke, Scott McKenzie, Smashing Pumpkins, Soul for Real, Soul II
Soul, Sparta, Steely Dan, Sublime, Talking Heads, Tatayana Ali, The
Temptations, TLC, Tom Petty, Total, Tyrese, Usher, Weezer, The Who,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2 Pac, 3LW
Bonus: If anyone out there knows Maria Bamford's "The Special
Special Special!" comedy special, and more importantly loved it,
then we are a great match for that reason alone.
