I am an avid reader and writer and occasional film and book critic (the former for filmthreat.com and moviehole.net and the latter for popmatters.com).
Music
The Beatles; Dave Matthews Band; Tom Waits; Miles Davis; Stevie Ray Vaughn; The Doors; Incubus; The Flaming Lips; John Lennon; Jimi Hendrix; Cream; Eric Clapton; Eminem; Nirvana; Alice in Chains; Soundgarden
Movies
Way too many to list here, but I'll throw out the first ones that come to mind: Citizen Kane; Red Beard; The Phantom of Liberty; Gummo; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Even Dwarves Started Small; The Last Temptation of Christ; Duck Soup (or, basically, any of the first seven Marx Brothers movies); Magnolia; Dawn of the Dead (Romero's classic, not the crappy remake); Evil Dead II; On the Waterfront; Amelie; A Very Long Engagement; Julien Donkey-boy; Touch of Evil; Seven Samurai
Television
24; The Shield; Curb Your Enthusiasm; House; Lost; Extras; Freaks & Geeks; Undeclared; Fear Factor
Books
The Sun Also Rises; The Great Gatsby; A Season in Hell; You Shall Know Our Velocity!; The Catcher in the Rye; Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas; A Confederacy of Dunces; The Mysteries of Pittsburgh; Fortress of Solitude; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Heroes
Ernest Hemingway; Arthur Rimbaud; Michael Chabon; Jonathan Lethem; Dave Eggers; The Shiver-Making Magic Queen; Jesus (just kidding, but I thought I'd throw that in anyway) I am a bastard with no discernible virtues; a drunk with no charisma; a bragger with low self-esteem; a writer with little imagination; a monkey with no fur; and a reverend with no faith.
Wow, that rabid monkey that got in the house last night sure was mean!! I'm glad that tickle me Elmo was handy to beat him off of you with!! Yesss... rabid monkeys...
