Pearl Jam, Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook, The Bogmen, Vic Thrill + The Saturn Missile, Knockout Drops, Mad Larry, Better Than Ezra, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, John Hiatt, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Duran Duran, Paul Rodgers (solo or with anyone but Queen), Queen (as intended - with Freddie Mercury), Bruce Springsteen, Pete Yorn, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Etta James, David Bowie, Prince, Guided By Voices, Supergrass, Jeff Buckley, Kings of Leon, Fountains of Wayne, Maria McKee, Beck, My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, GanoRyan...too many more to name.
I'm always up for '80s rock/pop/new wave, '50s bubble-gum pop, inspired musical lunacy and Irish drinking songs. I love discovering new music. Cover bands annoy me.
In general, radio blows. Thankfully, I can still listen to my beloved WYEP via web stream.
Oh, and yes...I love Air Supply. You got a problem with that?
Movies
Grease and just about any Travolta flick except Battlefield Earth.
All of the so-bad-they're-good '80s teen flicks, especially Fraternity Vacation.
All of the so-good-they're-classics '80s teen flicks, like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Adventures in Babysitting.
Plus...The Shawshank Redemption, When Harry Met Sally, Tommy Boy, Kingpin, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Waterloo Bridge, Suicide Kings, The Sixth Sense, The Orphanage, The Devil's Backbone, The Shining, Singing in the Rain, and so many more.
Television
The Twilight Zone, Seinfeld, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Office, The Simpsons, Sex and The City, My Name is Earl, Supernatural, CSI, American Idol (shut up), Project Runway, Mythbusters, all the cool stuff on Discovery, TLC, and the Travel Channel, more VH1 Classic than I could ever possibly need, and more ridiculous reality bullshit than I care to admit.
Books
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo; Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov; Replay, Ken Grimwood; More Than You Know, Beth Gutcheon; The New Girls, Beth Gutcheon; Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom; A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers; The Waterworks, E.L. Doctorow; About A Boy, Nick Hornby; Test Pattern, Marjorie Klein; Instruments of Night, Thomas H. Cook.
There are many, many "classics" that I have yet to read. Bring 'em on.
Who I'd like to meet: A lot of people for a lot of different reasons.
Because he's always been THE man - John Travolta.
Because their talent amazes and touches me - Eddie Vedder, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, Stevie Nicks and Neil Finn. (Wait...I did meet Tilbrook and Difford! But I want to meet them again. I didn't get nearly enough time!)
Because they never fail to make me laugh - Charlie Day and Will Ferrell.
Because I'm a red-blooded American girl - Jeremy Sisto, John Taylor, Ewan McGregor, Dierks Bentley, Michael Johns, and Eddie and Charlie from the above groups.
Because I want to touch his hair just once - Patrick Dempsey.
Because she's occasionally made me question my "orientation" - Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Because I hope I grow up to be as cool as her - Sue Johanson from "Talk Sex."
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