onsen, water, geography, landscape, detritus, Japan, Japanese, education, mimicry, maps, the history of California, rural roads and train lines, rest areas (P.A. S.A.), land use, disasters, postmodernism, marxism, anarchism, computers, radio of all forms (AM, FM, Shortwave, and Internet), newspapers, food, cooking, coffee, beer, hiking, swimming.
Music
Music: Destroyer - The New Pornographers - Tortoise - ??? - Vetiver - Lambchop - Sliver Jews - Neung Phak - Imperial Teen - The Sea and Cake - Sam Prekop - Zero 7 - Pavement - ???????
Radio: WFMU - Best Show on WFMU - Tom Scharpling - BBC World Service - Dragnet - Tales of the Texas Rangers - Night Beat - Seven Second Delay - Jordan Jessie Go - Savage Love Podcast - CBC Ideas - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - Ask Mr. Biggs
Movies
The Big Lebowski. Anything on MST3k.
Television
BBC World, NHK news, the morning dramas on NHK, Japanese comedy.
Books
The Great Game, Colors Magazine, Cadillac Desert, the International Traveler Update in the IHT, the JR Timetable, and any travel guide or atlas I can find.
Heroes
The old man I saw peeing outside on the busy street in mid-day infront of the Japan discount store in Sanda, the girls in the video below, and Bob.
About me: David came from the southwestern desert in 2005 to live in Japan first as an exchange student then as a teacher. He spends his time going to hot springs, taking photographs, and riding trains. David has been to 90 different bathhouses in Japan.
アメリカの南西の砂漠はディビッドの出身です。２００５年留学するために日本へ来ました。今ディビッドは英語を教えています。もちろん趣味は温泉と銭湯でも、写真と電車ディビッドを好きです。ディビッドは９０お風呂屋さんを行ったことがあります。
David, I can't thank you enough for introducing me to Destroyer. His music captivates me endlessly and I am forever indebted to you for passing it on to me. I saw him in May and was shaken to the bone. Destroyer is so fucking unbelievable. Thank you thank you thank you.
i will forget tomorrow, so happy birthday TODAY (even though the time difference probably makes this okay enough...)!!!! i miss you and i wish i were in japan to sprinkle celebratory confetti all over your head.
i'll be there too, I mean can I come, i might bring floridian boyfriend and we can scare him too. we can all get naked too like that one time when we all got naked and scared edward. remember how that was the best night and never aweful.
