music, film, museums, brunch with good friends, hiking, camping, goodness in general

debussy, chopin, charles mingus, miles, coltrane, monk, art blakey + the jazz messengers, buena vista, ibrahim ferrer, ry cooder, chet baker, ennio morricone, gustavo santaolalla, cal tjader, getz, gilberto, fela kuti, james brown, stevie, the beatles, roy ayers, bobby womack, gil-scott heron, marvin gaye, roberta flack, anita baker, chaka khan, orchestra baobab, omara portuondo, cesaria evora, carmen mcrae, nina simone, shuggie otis, sharon jones + the dap kings, sergio mendes, david axelrod, gil evans, yo-yo ma, de la, ATCQ, digable, badu, mos, gza, blackalicious, jill scott, madlib, pete rock, little brother, nicolay, talib kweli, the roots, yesterday's new quintet, four tet, shadow, new order, electronic, broken social scene, dengue fever, lali puna, portishead, radiohead, sigur ros, the decemberists, tortoise, blonde redhead, massive attack, elvis costello, stereolab, st etienne, iron + wine, cat power, zero 7, nightmares on wax, metro area, finley quaye, kings of convenience, charles webster, john tejada, tommy guerrero, air, manual + syntaks, etienne de crecy, amalgamation of soundz, tim love lee, juana molina, manu chao, telefon tel aviv, kid loco, talvin singh, kruder + dorfmeister, jazzanova, the avalanches, mr. scruff, rae + christian, low, lemon jelly, pizzicato five, cibo matto, curve, peggy honeywell, jesca hoop, sufjan stevens, the shins, the dears, joni mitchell, imogen heap, dj spinna, antibalas, victory at sea, milosh, bonobo, quantic, cinematic orchestra, ananda project, clue to kalo, azure ray, pinback, alexi murdoch, jose gonzalez, corinne bailey rae, the lovemakers, the notwist, emiliana torrini, asobi seksu, unkle, the gossip, stanton warriors, blue six, aya, prefuse 73, plaid, dj harvey, matthew herbert, fantastic plastic machine, mondo grosso, polyphonics, wamdue project, lusine, matthew dear... much much more.

baraka, eternal sunshine, lost in translation, whale rider, bladerunner, seven samurai, city of god, il postino, the professional, amelie, delicatessen, shawshank redemption, sabrina, back to the future pt 2, empire strikes back, nights of cabiria, in the mood for love, ghostbusters, being there, solaris, akira, the pianist, memoirs of a geisha, the 40-year old virgin

the state. strangers with candy. kids in the hall. hbo comedy. chappelle. six feet under. anything shown on: pbs. food network. travel. discovery. history. comedy central.

the interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri, mind, language, and society by john searle, tao te ching by lao tzu, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon, the prophet by kahlil gibran - it will be much easier if we go by author -- just anything by: zadie smith, daniel ladinsky, haruki murakami, milan kundera, david sedaris, paulo coehlo, augusten burroughs, john searle, charles bukowski, nick hornby, ayn rand, virginia wolf, toni morrison, the bronte sisters, jane austen, the dalai lama, much much more...