| General | literature, movies, table-top role-playing games | | Music | Blues (Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson et al), Jazz (Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck et al), Outlaw Country (Waylon, Willie, Johnny Cash et al), Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Van Morrison, Greg Brown, Sam Keenan, The Ocean Blue, U2, Mike Knott, Mark Heard, Daniel Amos, Vigilantes of Love, Kansas (guilty pleasure), Ramones, Frank Sinatra, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steely Dan, Talking Heads | | Movies | The Haunting (1963 Robert Wise version!), The Changeling, Freaks, Dead End (one of the best horror films of recent years), Deliverance, the first 1/3 of Jeepers Creepers, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and King Kong, Harvey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away | | Television | M*A*S*H, The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dr. Who, MST 3000, You Bet Your Life w/ Groucho Marx | | Books | Too many to list | | Heroes | The Night Watchman, The Tall Man, The Man in Black, the guy who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square |
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