drums, photography, videography, audio engineering, home improvement, cars.
Music
Pearl Jam, Beatles, Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams, Thrift Store Cowboys, Chris Issak, Coldplay, Radiohead, Buddy Holly, Marvin Gaye, The Allman Brothers Band, Blind Melon, Average White Band, BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, ZZ Top, Edgar Winter, Jet, Frank Zappa, Old 97's, Jackson 5, Ray Charles, Dr. Skoob and the Acoustic Groove, Jabarvy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, Stevie Wonder, Alice in Chains, Ram Jam, Rev. Horton Heat, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Three Dog Night, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience, Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies, Bob Seger, the Police, Aretha Franklin, Cellus and the Loose Grip, George Duke, George Clinton and the Parliment Funkadelic, the Commodores, Billy Joel, Paul Simon Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Joe Cocker, Jim Croche, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Rage Against the Machine, Robert Johnson, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Muchos Backflips, North Mississippi All-Stars, George Duke, Hank Williams I, Hank Williams III, Jimmie Rodgers, Burn the Wagon, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, Black Sabbath, Temple of the Dog, Radiohead (back when they had some real drums), Phil Collins, Genesis, Beck, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Tool, Portishead, Primus, the Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Temptations, Sly and the Family Stone, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Humble Pie, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Galatic, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, etc.
Movies
Boondock Saints, Snatch, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Magnolia, Happy, TX, South Park, the Movie.
Television
Antiques Roadshow, This Old House, The New Yankee Workshop, The Woodwright's Shop, Rick Steve's Europe, Globetrekker, South Park (tehehe), The Simpsons, Family Guy, Malcom in the Middle, the War at Home, the Office, My Name is Earl.
Books
"A Plague Upon Humanity, The Secret Senocide of Axis Japan's Germ Warfare Operation" Daniel Barenblatt
"Inside the Soviet Army" Victor Suvorov
"Deliver Us From Evil" William Shawcross
"Mindhunter" John Douglass
"SS-GB" Len Deighton
"Spycatcher" Peter Wright
"The Prince" Machiavelli
"City on Fire" Bill Minutaglio
"Encyclopedia of American Cars" Consumer Guide
"Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide" Robert M. Parker, Jr.
"Beer" Berry Verhoef
"The History of the Blues" Francis Davis
"The Complete Beatles" Mark Lewisohn
Heroes
Earl Palmer, Buddy Harman, Phil Collins, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, Clyde Stubblefield, Bernard Purdie, Ringo Starr, Kenny Aronoff, Jim Keltner, Steve Gadd, Hal Blaine, Charlie Watts, Brian McRae, Stevie Wonder, Bill Winner
