Favorite Artists: A Perfect Circle, Aqualung, Audioslave, Beck, BEN FOLDS, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Cake, Calexico, Coldplay, Colin Haye, COUNTING CROWS, Death Cab for Cutie, The Doors, Dredg, Elton John, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, George Harrison, Incubus, IRON & WINE, Jack Johnson, James Taylor, JARS OF CLAY, Jeff Buckley, Jet, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, John Williams, Kiss, Marvin Gaye, Moby, My Morning Jacket, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Oasis, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Police, THE POSTAL SERVICE, RADIOHEAD, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Relient K, The Rolling Stones, THE SHINS, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Miller, Sting, SUFJAN STEVENS!!!, Switchfoot, Tom Petty, Tool, U2, Underoath, The Verve, Vince Guaraldi, Weezer, The Who, Wolf Parade... And anything else that is produced by talented individuals who are involved in their craft because they love it.

Favorite Genre: Folk/Singer Songwriter

Favorite Lyrics: I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She's suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Cut up Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me Help me believe in anything I want to be someone who believes Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play Mr. Jones and me look into the future Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that Believe in me because I don't believe in anything and I want to be someone to believe Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio Yeah we stare at the beautiful women "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me." I want to be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be Mr. Jones and me staring at the video When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.... I put my favorite lyrics at the end of nearly every post (They're the lines in the brackets), but "Mr. Jones" is quite possibly the best example of lyrical perfection that I have come across.

Songs I hate: Show me the billboard top 40, and I'll show you 39 terrible songs (there's usually a good one in there from time to time)

Songs I repeat the most: "Such Great Heights" and "Friends they are Jewels"(Iron & Wine). The simplicity of these songs just make me want to play them over and over again.