| music |
salsa: spanish harlem orchestra, willie rosario, jimmy bosch, jimmy sabater/son boricua, mongo santamaria, cal tjader, eddie palmieri, willie colon, louie ramirez, tito puente, ray barretto, sonora poncena, el gran combo, frankie ruiz, oscar de leon, local bands azabache, mazacote and tito garcia. korean: boa, epik high ft clazziquai, roorah, solid, SG Wannabe, cool. japanese: boa, m-flo (pre-breakup), spitz, every little thing, dragon ash, zeebra, cibo matto, mr. children, southern all stars, tamaki kouji, fukuyama masaharu. new wave/80s alternative: the smiths, new order, joy division, depeche mode, the cure, erasure. funk and soul: maceo parker, the jbs, james brown, sly and the family stone, p-funk, parliament, funkadelic, isley brothers, kool and the gang, earth wind and fire, the commodores, rick james (esp. mary jane). acid jazz: jamiroquai, dig, greyboy all stars, brand new heavies, groove collective. jazz: miles davis, john coltrane, horace silver, herbie hancock (and the headhunters), clifford brown, max roach, stan getz. reggae/dancehall: chaka demus, bob marley, shaggy. mainstream hiphop/r&;b: 2pac, snoop dogg, nate dogg, kurupt, ludikris, dr. dre, mary j. blige. underground hiphop: dilated peoples, jurassic 5, dj shadow, lyrics born, dj qbert. classical: mahler, stravinsky, schumann, grieg, brahms, tchaikovsky, faure, debussy, ravel. |
| tv shows / movies |
kung fu mahjong, nobody knows (dare mo siranai), afterlife, everything about lily chouchou, shaolin soccer, taegukgi, terminator 2, robocop, house of flying daggers, crouching tiger hidden dragon, spellbound, super size me, office space, aliens 1-3, star wars, empire strikes back, return of the jedi, cinema paradiso, red rock west, the last seduction, casablanca, fight club, envy, meet the parents, the godfather, apocalypse now, platoon, the vanishing, breaking the waves, the sea within, spiderman, kill bill v.2, my neighbor totoro (tonari no totoro), castle in the clouds (laputa), school of rock, talladega nights, coming to america, the kite runner |
| books |
Le Petit Prince, Blink, the Tipping Point, Freakanomics, a Guide to Style, the Brick Testament, Get Your War On I and II, Ender's Game, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Book of Three, Harry Potter, Memoirs of a Geisha, Fight Club, the Magic City |
