food:<br />
beer (craft beer)<br />
bacon and most other pig parts :)<br />
surf and turf<br />
sushi<br />
traditional japanese food<br />
dim sum<br />
burgers and other diner food<br />
thai curries and ethiopian food<br />
anything fresh, high quality, and local<br />
<br />
music:<br />
i'm into so many bands. my top two are:<br />
the black keys (1) and coheed and cambria (2)<br />
<br />
i love any kind of blues first and foremost, virtually every form
of rock i've ever heard, a bit of crust rock and noise core is
okay, folk, a bit of old school country, and punk.<br />
<br />
right now i'm listening to lots of:<br />
neko case, jessica lea mayfield, the weepies, noah and the whale,
the avett brothers, arcade fire, tallest man on earth, and fleet
foxes.<br />
<br />
i'll guess i'll list just a few favorite bands: billy bragg, led
zeppelin, laura veirs, the raconteurs, the white stripes, the
format, alkaline trio, gillian welch, neko case, johnny cash, rilo
kiley/jenny lewis, junior kimbrough, muddy waters, furry lewis, son
house, dethklok, children of bodom, john mellencamp, arcade fire,
arctic monkeys, norma tanega, bob dylan, the band, the clash, the
business, elvis costello, bruce springsteen, john mayer, mumford
and sons.<br />
<br />
books:<br />
i'm a fan of michael pollan, michael moore, maybe a few other
michaels? i'm into david sedaris, brad warner or anyone else
writing about soto zen, oliver sacks, anthony bourdain, jack
kerouac, alan watts, and probably other stuff i'm forgetting. i'm
also into learning about cool new stuff.<br />
<br />
tv:<br />
the wire, firefly, true blood, the big bang theory, top chef, good
eats, fringe, house, mad men, californication, life, eastbound and
down, weeds, the office, clone high, the sifl and olly show.<br />
<br />
movies:<br />
rain man, the big lebowski, almost famous, coffee and cigarettes,
sideways, the lord of the rings trilogy, the harry potter series of
movies, i heart huckabees, bottleshock, steal this movie, detroit
rock city, the squid and the whale, jay and silent bob strike back,
so i married an axe murderer, high fidelity, donnie darko, true
grit, the last waltz, lightning in a bottle, gattaca, dazed and
confused, and there's probably a bunch more.