My Cultural Influences

OK, so in my Creativity Q&A post, I talked a little about my cultural influences.

I dunno if this’ll help understand me better, but I compiled a list of current stuff I’m into (alphabetized mostly because I’m a big nerd). Enjoy!

TV I Watch:

American Chopper

Battlestar Galactica

Heroes

Nova

Scrubs

The Daily Show

The Office

The Simpsons

The Today Show (1st half hour)

Recent Movies Watched/Purchased:

Cars

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

MurderBall

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest

Superman Returns

Magazines/Newspapers I Read:

Chicago Tribune

Fast Company

Funny Times

Newsweek

Premiere

Wired

Books I’ve Read Recently:

Earth X

Manhunt: The 12-day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer

Marvel Zombies

Mom’s Cancer

Reinventing Comics

Blogs I Follow (listed in bookmark order):

Mike Lynch Cartoons

Spot The Frog Blog

Cartoon Brew

The Daily Cartoonist

Drawn!

Cartoon Modern

Superhero Hype

Tom’s Mad Blog

Boing Boing

The Unofficial Apple Weblog

MacWorld

TechCrunch

Countdown with Olberman

Jazz::Animated

Official Google Mac Blog

Netflix New Releases This Week

Sandbox

Insanely Great Tees

Websites I Visit:

CNN

Satellite News

The Virtual Weber Bullet

The Wisenheimer

Podcasts I Subscribe To:

NPR: Pop Culture

This American Life

Radio I Listen To:

101.9 WTMX Chicago – Eric & Kathy Morning Show

104.3 Jack FM Chicago

105.9 WCKG Chicago – The Steve Dahl Show

NPR

Video Games I’m Playing:

Loco Roco

NBA Live ’07

X-Men Legends II



iTunes Recently Purchased (most recent to oldest):

Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake

Never There by Cake

Here it Goes Again by O.K. Go

Welcome Christmas – Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Soundtrack

Cha-Cha All the Way by Capitol Studio Orchestra

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry

The Phat Pack (Entire Album) by Gordon Goodwin

Back to Basics (Entire Album) by Christina Aguilera

Surprise (Entire Album) by Paul Simon

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