COOL STUFF

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Some Cool Musicians/Band (My Most Listened To)

The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pavement, Spoon, Weezer, The Kinks, Beck, Silver Jews, Built to Spill, The Decemberists, The National, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Oasis (and Noel), Blitzen Trapper, Steely Dan, Arctic Monkeys, Tom Waits, Okkervil River, Old 97's, Black Lips, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, John Lennon, George Harrison, Why?, Elvis Costello, Pixies, Rolling Stones, Tallest Man on Earth, Paul McCartney, Sonic Youth, Waylon Jennings, Wilco, Cass McCombs, David Bowie, Guided By Voices, Langhorne Slim, Billy Joel, Kris Kristofferson, Titus Andronicus, Cake, Green Day, Big Star, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Dwight Yoakam, Wavves, Coconut Records, Adam Green, Warren Zevon, Fruit Bats, Libertines, Jakob Dylan, Dick Dale, T. Rex, Hank Williams I, Jr., III, War on Drugs, The Band, Scott Walker, John Prine, Jacques Brel, Velvet Underground, Willie Nelson, Squarepusher, Johnny Paycheck, Billy Joe Shaver, Justin Townes Earle, Andrew Cedermark, Buck Owens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Johnny Cash, Serge Gainsbourg, Social Distortion, George Jones, Frank Sinatra, David Allan Coe, Beastie Boys, Surfer Blood, Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Lee Hazlewood, Rodriguez, Chris Stapleton, Kurt Vile, Margo Price, Eleanor Friedberger, Aubrie Sellers, Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty, Beach House, Destroyer, Sturgill Simpson, Donald Merckle, Jack White, Steve Earle, Dead Professional, Alabama, Grizzly Bear, Whitey Morgan and the 78s, Eagles of Death Metal, Thermals, Merle Haggard, Parker Millsap, Low Cut Connie, Daniel Romano, Andrew Combs, Steve Gunn, Jason Isbell, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Kevin Morby, Colter Wall, Randy Newman, Sam Outlaw, JP Harris, The Kills, Bat for Lashes, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Johnny Hartman, Alejandro Escovedo, Nick Cave, Japandroids, Chuck Prophet, Magic Sam, Jenny Lewis, Sharon van Etten, Bottle Rockets, Spiderbags, Deerhunter, Reigning Sound, Liam Kazar, Andy Shauf, Purple Mountains, Jennifer Castle, Pokey Lafarge, Lana Del Rey, HAIM, Hold Steady, Waylon Payne, Marty Robbins, Cactus Lee, David Kilgour, Doug Sahm


Some Cool Jazz/Instrumental Musicians/Composers

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Keith Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Ahmad Jamal, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, John Fahey, Ravi Shankar, Sabicas, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Iannis Xenakis, Kamasi Washington, William Tyler, Chuck Johnson


Some Great Shows

Arrested Development, Bored to Death, Futurama, Seinfeld, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Star Trek (TOS, NG, DSN), Top Chef, Austin City Limits, American Horror Story, Luther, The Wire, High Maintenance, Veep, Treme, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Detour, Crashing, The Expanse, What We Do In The Shadows, Great British Baking Show, Succession, Sopranos, Lillehammer, Norsemen, Mammon


Some Great Movies

There Will Be Blood, Almost Heroes, Star Wars (IV, V,VI), Tombstone, The Shootist, Dirty Harry, The Searchers, The Life Aquatic, Dumb and Dumber, Kill Bill, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Big Lebowski, High Fidelity, Snatch, Death to Smoochy, Bullitt, Blade, The Abyss, Spinal Tap, Cool Hand Luke, Resevoir Dogs, Deep Blue Sea, What About Bob?, Bull Durham, Office Space, Moana