| General | Family, friends, George Dickel Old No. 8, books, music, literary magazines, St. Louis Cardinals baseball, southern and central Illinois history | | Music | Malcolm Holcombe, Moldy Peaches, Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, Macy Gray, Eric Dolphy, Richard Thompson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Neil Young, Roky Erickson, Whiskeytown, Billy Joe Shaver, Yo La Tengo, Cassandra Wilson, Willie Nelson, White Stripes, Pablo Casals, The Viper, Marvin Gaye, Diana Krall, Patsy Cline, Bob Marley, Madeleine Peyroux, Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Staple Singers, Uncle Tupelo, Nirvana, Bright Eyes, Elvis Costello, Tony Joe White, Tracy Chapman, Dixie Chicks, Cafe Tacuba, Tom Waits, Wayne Hancock, John Prine, Taj Mahal, Steve Pride, Dylan, Rebirth Brass Band, Robert Earl Keen, Solomon Burke, Johnny Cash, Original Sins, Gang of Four, Roscoe Holcomb, Waylon Jennings, Sonny Rollins, PJ Harvey, Edith Piaf, Devendra Banhart | | Television | Monty Python, Homicide, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blues, Twin Peaks, M*A*S*H, All in the Family, Fawlty Towers, Superman, Batman, Popeye, This Old House, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Sopranos, Deadwood, Northern Exposure | | Books | Too many to name. One recent favorite is Eric Miles Williamson's TWO UP. |
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