Music
Being as music is kind of my thing, I feel like I should mention the artists that inspire me the most.
Current Obsessions:
1. Andrew Bird
2. Brett Dennen
3. Matt Costa
4. Mason Jennings
5. Death Cab for Cutie (I love Narrow Stairs)
6. Missy Higgins
7. Alexi Murdoch
8. Wilco
Old Favorites:
1. Ella Fitzgerald
2. Joni Mitchell
3. The Beatles
4. OK Go
5. The Killers
6. Paolo Nutini
7. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (The Swell Season)
8. Spoon
9. The Clash
10. Voxtrot
Composers (classical & Jazz):
1. JS Bach
2. Anton Bruckner
3. William Byrd
4. Arvo Part
5. Charles Mingus
6. Charlie Parker
7. Miles Davis
8. Dave Brubeck
9. Duke Ellington
Everything Else:
Amy Winehouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anna Nalick, Annie Stela, Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin, Art Brut, The Beach Boys, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Lee, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bobby Darin, Butch Walker, Carmen McRae, Cold War Kids, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Dionne Warwick, Edith Piaf, Electric Light Orchestra, Elliott Smith, Eric Clapton, The Essex Green, Feist, Flight of the Conchords, The Four Tops, The Frames, Frank Sinatra, The Fratellis, Frou Frou, Get Set Go, Green Day, Hard-Fi, Herbie Hancock, Hot Hot Heat, I’m From Barcelona, Imogen Heap, Iron and Wine, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Buckley, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Nash, Keane, The Kinks, Kurt Elling, Louis Armstrong, Low Millions, Modest Mouse, Monty Python, The New Pornographers, Nina Simone, OneRepublic, Otis Redding, Pixies, Pointless, Phoenix, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, The Temptations, Vivaldi, Wynton Marsalis, The Yardbirds, The Zombies.