Mostly anything that enters my realm of perception.
Music
good....which might include Radiohead, the Beatles, the White Stripes, Bjork, Led Zepplin, Prince, Dead Kennedys, Oingo Boingo, the Cure, the Smiths, Social Distortion, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Beastie Boys, Beethoven, Mozart, U2, Underworld, Orbital, the Orb, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Sigur Ros, Moby, Mars Volta, Bloc Party, M.I.A., the Lovemakers, Jane's Addiction, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Nirvana, Miles Davis, Mars FM stuff, just to name a very few.
Movies
too many, but off the top of my head...Network, Star Wars (all of them), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Citizen Kane, the 400 Blows, Ben Hur, Ten Commandments, Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Ikuru, Dreams, Ran, All Kubrick, Finding Nemo, Iron Giant, American Splendor, City of God, the Little Mermaid, Napolean, Sherlock Jr., The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Charlie Chaplin, the Little Rascals, Midnight Cowboy, the Last Emperor, Forbidden Planet, Purple Rain, Sullivan's Travels, Amarcord, Jesus of Nazareth, Strictly Ballroom, 8 1/2, Dead Man, the Searchers, Stagecoach, Animal House, the Life of Brian, and the moives i have made.
Television
right now i'm digging 30 Rock, American Idol, the Daily Show, Chapelle's Show, SouthPark, the Simpsons, , Arrested Development, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Rome, Battlestar Gallactica, Entourage, Deadliest Catch, Man Vs. Wild, and i watch a bunch of crap too (which might include the MTV shit that is Real World related that i usually get in a big ass marathon)....help...Tivo is killing me slowly.
Books
the Fountainhead, the Bible, Hardcore Zen, the Tibetian Book of Living and Dying, Of Mice and Men, the Thornbirds, the Watchmen, the Dark Knight Returns, the Story of Phiosophy, the Dialogues of Plato, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Where the Wild Things Are, Peanuts, Private Parts, Miss America, Gone with the Wind, the Firm, the Stranger, recently enjoyed The Gnostic Gospels. Currently No god but God.
Heroes
Jesus, Socrates, Buddah, Howard Roarke, Mel Brooks, Kubrick, Mom and Dad
It was great catching up with you at G's picnic... I think you might enjoy this, as you like to make Jesus videos. XOXO!!! Ps. Tom Petty was AWESOME!!!!! I love that man... wowee was he great. ..See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. ..
Happy Belated Birthday, Mike! Sorry I couldn't make the party..I'm sure it was a good time. I wish you a year full of much happiness and success! ♥ Gabi
Mike - Happy Birthday! Enjoyed the flashback with the old movies! Some good stuff! Wish I could have stayed longer, but the little guy had to get home and go to bed. Good to see you, Joe and Glen and the rest of the old Western folks. It's been a while.
Happy Birthday Mikey. Have a fabulous time at your party. Too bad I can't make it to barf in the bushes. Love, Laura Lu Take the last train to Clarkesville.