The Old West, The New Deal, Mint Juleps, Train Robbing, Cat Burgling, Car Talk, Portland Trail Blazers, Scrabble, Jonathan Papelbon, Cy Twombly, The Fast Talking Guy from the Micro Machines Commercials
Music
The Sonics, Henry Thomas, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Drake, T. Rex, Van Morrison, Django Reinhardt, Ice Cube, Robert Wilkins, Heartless Bastards, The Cure, The Cars, Fiona Apple, Ornette Coleman, Cat Power, Misfits, Elliott Smith, Heatmiser, Ray Price, James Brown, Exploding Hearts, Desmond Dekker, My Bloody Valentine, Benny Goodman Quartet and Trio, Built to Spill, Howlin' Wolf, Doris Duke, Swamp Dogg
Movies
The New World, Playtime, Le Samouraï, Sweet and Lowdown, Point Blank, La Notte, Red Desert, Chinatown, All the Real Girls, Duck Soup, Slacker, Tokyo Story, Hud, Easy Rider, Barry Lyndon, Paper Moon, Punch-Drunk Love, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Last Days of Disco, King of Comedy, Days of Heaven, Head-On, Stranger Than Paradise, Killer of Sheep
Television
The Office, The X-Files, Mystery Science Theater 3000
Books
Travels With Charlie, Life on the Mississippi, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Flashman, Catch-22, The Long Goodbye, Freddy and Mr. Camphor, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Mulliner Nights, Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
"Katz laughs, and it’s appropriate now to describe exactly how he does it. It’s one quick intake and outlet of breath as if you’ve caught him off guard for a second, and he’s simultaneously surprised and amused."
check out this friendster testimonial i left you on june 28, 2004-
He did it. Silenced the naysayers. Proved his worth. Toppled expectations. Beat the house. Aaron's car got to Portland. Now, he just has to make a good movie with 2000 dollars and he'll have accomplished two miraculous feats in one summer.
Hey there my wonderful friend! So I got your last message about best director and best cinematographer! That's so great! Happy Birthday in two days by the way. How are you? I heard you quit projecting. What's up with that? We should talk....and what ever happened to those jeans? Are you wearing them now?
