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MUSIC:

We really like to rock out here at LP, but that doesn't mean we don't have appreciation for a fun pop artist or a good jazz song. Some of the staff favs are: Van Morrison, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Whitest Boy Alive, Leonard Cohen, Decemberists, Sam Cooke, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Marley, Stuart Murdoch, Jenny Lewis, Elliott Smith, Prince, Beck, The White Stripes, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, The Hellicasters. Daft Punk, Billie Holiday, Neko Case, Miles Davis, Missy Higgins, Deanna Carter, Robbie Williams Lily Allen, Coldplay, Sly and the Family Stone

MOVIES:

Talk about eclectic taste. The LP staff likes the whole range of movies. In no particular order, the top picks are: A Room with a View, The Big Lebowski, It's a Wonderful Life, The Shawshank Redemption, The Harry Potter Movies, Mermaids, The Silence of the Lambs, Sense & Sensibility, The Bourne Identity, James Bond, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pretty in Pink, Magnolia, Short Cuts, Braveheart, Bad Boys, Batman: The Dark Knight, August Rush, Grease 2, Top Gun, There’s Something About Mary, American Beauty, The Jungle Book, Singing in the Rain, Edward Scissorhands, Serial Mom, It’s a Wonderful Life, Motorcycle Diaries, Lost in Translation, Homem que Copiava (The Man Who Copied), Heathers, Do the Right Thing, Grey Gardens, Wizard of Oz, Mommie Dearest, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Plan 9 from Outer Space

T.V.

What can we say... We like suspense, we like to laugh, and we love reality TV. The LP team is tuned in to: Project Runway, Ugly Betty, Pushing Daises, The Wire, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Inside the Actor’s Studio, Twin Peaks, 30 Rock, Lost, Super Nanny, The Apprentice (UK version), The Office (US and UK), 24, American Idol, Arrested Development, America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, Dr Who, Deadliest Catch

HEROES:

Martin Luther King Jr., Junot Diaz, Spider Man, Greg Mortenson (coauthor of Three Cups of Tea), Michelle Obama, Bob Marley, Valentino Achak Deng, Frida Kahlo