Music
I've been through many times in which I thought I might lose it the only thing that saved me has always been music...
'cause life ain't nothing but a good groove
A good mix tape to put you in the right mood (bonus points if you know who that is...)
beck, ryan adams, wilco, modest mouse, shins, m ward, white stripes, neko case, bright eyes, arcade fire, stars, stephen malkmus, elliot smith, dios malos, cowboy junkies, gillian welch, bob dylan, the beatles, neil young, stevie wonder, bob marley, van morrison, decemberist, postal service, flaming lips, iron & wine, sodastream, the elected, broken social scene, ella fitzgerald, thievery corporation, beth orton, willie nelson, jolie holland, tom tom club, velvet underground, talking heads, billie holiday, built to spill, new pornographers, old crow medicine show, janes addiction, desmond decker, willie nelson, beastie boys, the clash, big audio dynamite, sugar cubes, bjork, g love, jimi hendrix, louis armstrong, madeline peyroux, taj mahal, the the, tom petty, clap your hands say yeah, sam roberts, feist, yeah yeah yeahs, death cab for cutie, raconteurs, loose fur, little willies, amy millan, black angels, tv on the radio, ghostland observatory, sufjan stevens, a little bit of everything! i love classical, jazz, indie, soul, funk, bluegrass, cosmic american music
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Movies
no country for old men (and all other Coen bro. movies), thumbsucker, mirrormask, star wars, Broken Flowers, 40 Year Old Virgin, snatch, big fish, Elizabethtown, Hitchcock movies, Garden State, I heart Huckabees, Memoirs of a Geisha, Princess Bride, Grease, any Tarantino film, woodie allen movies (esp alice, anything else, ny stories,) doctor zhivago, fight club, boondock saints, muppet movie, anchorman, my own private idaho, the good the bad and the ugly, even cowgirls get the blues, casablanca, true stories, blue velvet, wild at heart, until the end of the world, godfather and various other mob movies