almost anything, with predominant focus on rock. . .hard to get Japanese koto or gagaku music here in the redneck areas. . .let alone many African tribal music or Irish fighting songs. . .love to get some Polynesian. . .
Movies:
favorites include
(1) anything by Akira Kurosawa
(2) all the Godzilla movies, except for the crappy American "remake"
(3) scores of favorites in most if not all genres, though I'm getting increasingly tired of "formula-type" movies, such as romantic comedies. . .
TV:
when i had TV, it was
(1) C-SPAN
(2) C-SPAN2
(3) The Daily Show
(4) The Colbert Report
almost everything everywhere else was the same BS. . .but I do miss the Cartoon Network. . .
Books:
. . .right. . .thousands of books in my library, and you only want a "few"?
Heroes/Idols:
Kahlil Gibran, Takuan Soto, Giordano Bruno, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Sun Tzu, Giles Corey, Ekai (Mumon), Stephen F Hawking, Chuang Tzu, Sir Thomas More, Miyamoto Musashi, Sam Houston, Robert A Heinlein, Morehei Ueshibi, Carl Sagan, Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. . .
. . .y'know, ordinary people. . .