Members whose favorite books include a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
bob dylan, aerosmith, beck, the smiths, the cure, the clash, ramones, circle jerks, sex pistols, skid row, motley crue, judas priest, elliott smith, the shins, billie holiday, patsy cline, the cult, bob marley, the who, jet, dj shadow, air, stars, death cab for cutie, the postal service, nirvana, hole, nick drake, buckcherry, tesla, priestess, airbourne, the beatles, john mayer, zz top, black sabbath, david bowie, iggy pop, eric clapton, eric johnson, stevie ray vaughan, damien rice, ccr, the casualities, dead kennedys, dropkick murphies, carole king, iron &; wine, damien rice, maria taylor, emilinana torrini, golden earring, the fray, green day, good charlotte, guster, h.i.m., kiss, led zeppelin, van halen, the strokes, talking heads, lou reed, the velvet underground, radiohead, wolfmother, ratt, rancid, the pixies, violent femmes, snow patrol, silverchair, rolling stones, queen, pink floyd, patti smith, joni mitchell, mest, lynard skynard
Rolling Stone, The Economist, Yahoo!
Daily KOS, Media Matters, Consortium News, Fox News (Know thine enemy), AP and Reuters Wires
Acid Bath, Bloodhound Gang, Cake, Daniel Lioneye, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Ennio Morricone, Gorillaz, HIM, Interpol, Jamiroquai, Johnny Cash, Mark Young, Modest Mouse, Monster Magnet, Neil Young, Shakira, Siouxsie and the Banshees, enacious D, The Epoxies, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, The Smiths, The Streets, The Unicorns
Digg.com, Fark.com, Slashdot.org, Today.reuters.com, NYtimes.com, CNN.com
Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Leela James, Neko Case, Nellie McKay, Fiona Apple, Lisa Loeb, Beth Orton, Tori Amos, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Joan Baez, Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin, Bjork, Missy Elliott, Goldfrapp, Metric, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Ellie Lawson, Jenny Lewis, Inara George Regina Spektor, The Be Good Tanyas, Tegan and Sara, Over the Rhine, The Like, Anna Nalick, Rachel Yamagata, Sarah Slean, Beth Waters, Rilo Kiley, Keren Ann, Arcade Fire, We are Scientists, Everybody Else, Akron/Family, Elbow, The Kaiser Chiefs, Spoon, Hard-Fi, Augie March, The Faint, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, The Roots, Kanye West, Prefuse 73, Tupac, MIA, Explosions in the Sky, The Futureheads, Arctic Monkeys, Ben Folds, The Streets, The Strokes, These Arms are Snakes, Deathcab for Cutie, LCD Soundsystem, Louis XIV, Minus the Bear, Reuben's Accomplice, the Felix Culpa, Brand New, The Fold, Sleeping at Last, Matt Pond PA, Guster, American Analog Set, Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, New Pornographers, Birchville Cat Motel, My Morning Jacket, The Starlight Mints, The Moldy Peaches, Of Montreal, Fiery Furnaces, Deerhoof, Common, Nouvelle Vague, Talib Kweli, Jens Lekman, Mercury Rev, Girl Called Eddy, thunderbirds are now!, Rogue Wave, The Delgados, M. Ward, Owl and the Pussycat, Ladybug Transistor, Circulatory System, Les Savy Fav, Espers, The Joggers, The Subways, Goldspot, Longwave, Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band, Gang of Four, Giant Drag, The Curtains, Cloud Room, The Concretes, The Duke Spirit, The Shout Out Louds, Masha Qrella, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Bluetones, stellastarr*, Criteria, The Coral, Dilated Peoples, Action/Reaction, Mindless Self Indulgence, Gustav and the Seasick Sailors, The Dresden Dolls, The Black Keys, John Legend, Her Daily Obsession, My Bloody Valentine, Stars of the Lid, The Russian Futurists, Tv on the Radio, Magnolia Electric Company, Mew, Grandaddy, Cyne, Gym Class Heroes, Stars, Long Live Logos, Ask Andy, Mechanical Boy, Lanky, The Sounds, Tapes 'n Tapes, Magnus Eliassen, Envelopes, Cool Kids of Death, Olivia Tremor Control, Midlake, Johnny Lives, Flip Grater, The Microphones, Broken Shaped Heart, Built to Spill, Okkervil River, Hello Defective, The Austin James Band, Ratatat, The Physics of Meaning, Elvis Perkins.
The entire HAIR soundtrack, Scott Stapp, The Beatles, Josh Groban, Fall Out Boy, Creed, Kansas, The Beau Brummels, Panic! at the Disco, Matchbox 20, Bon Jovi, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, All-American Rejects, Boston, Evanescence, The Zombies, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, James Blunt, The Eagles, Three Doors Down, Jason Mraz, The Bee Gees, Aerosmith, Clay Aiken, The Monkees, My Chemical Romance, The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, The Skeptics, P!NK, Motion City Soundtrack
Bill Maher, definitely. MSNBC isn't too bad, either. And "Weekend Update" on SNL always puts an interesting spin on politics and pop culture.
