music... one of my favorite topics ever....

i'll just throw a few out there....

ani, dar, tegan and sara, tori
bloc party, bright eyes, say anything, saves the day, deathcab
bjork, regina spektor, pink floyd
lately i've discovered mika

plus good hip hop, 90's techno, and so so so much more.

This is kind of hard question to answer because my music really depends on what mood I'm in. I make a lot of mix CDs for myself. I name them "My Current [Type of Music] Mix version whatever. I start at version 1.0 and every time I replace 2 songs it goes to version 1.1 and so on.

You can find that list here: blog.myspace.com/index.cfm

These are my top 5 desert island albums (ie if I was stuck on a desert island and could only bring 5 albums)

Light It Up - Stromkern
Floodlands - Sisters of Mercy
Passion - Peter Gabriel
Disintigration - The Cure
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche

Some of my favorites currently are Astronautalis, Broken Social Scene, The Earlies, Feist, Lemon Jelly, Quantic, Rufus Wainwright, and Sigur Ros.

radiohead
bjork
sufjan stevens
joanna newsom
andrew bird
great lake swimmers
air
boards of canada
devendra banhart

I love most music...folk, rock, bluuuues...country, just not long discovered a wonderful SF Bay area hobby singer from your area Belen! Pamela Shane, have her only cd Roses and Bone, and I love it; she has the greatest voice.

Love our extensive Aussie music scene, Powderfinger, Missy Higgins....just all kinds, all nationalities of music, music is a huge part of my life, it's a great friend. Good for the soul.

Genres: Acid Jazz, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Lounge (Tiki-Music), Classical, Americana, Reggae, Soul, Blues, Alternative, Standards...pretty much everything, but hardcore Rap and Country!

Currently in my iPod: Bebel Gilberto, Marcos Valle, Jon Cleary, the Pretenders, Martin Denny, Prince, Rusted Root, Phil Harris (Balou in Jungle Book), Harry Connick Jr, Yoyo Ma, BT, Crystal Method, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, GoldFrapp, Nicola Conte, Jamiroquai, Eric Benet, Frankie Beverley and Maze, Patsy Kline, the Dazz Band, Mondo Grosso.... aw geez...I can't remember them all...anyway, more of the same kinda stuff! A tiny sample of my approximately 500 CDs.

I'm more anchored in punk rock and poetic rap (ex. Aesop Rock) but I'll honestly listen to just about anything that seems interesting. Lil' Wayne and R and B type stuff are the only things I generally stay away from

Memory Will Never Die- Default
All Over Me- Default
All She Wrote- Default
Gotta Be Somebody- Nickelback
Hero- Chad Kroeger
Until It Sleeps- Metallica
Darkness- Disturbed
Voodoo- Godsmack
Awake- Godsmack
Ring of Fire- Joaquine Phoenix (original by Johnny Cash I know.. I don't care for old country voices)
Somebody Else- Bleu
Music of the Night- Michael Crawford
Fix You- Coldplay
Not Meant To Be- Theory of a Deadman
Soundtracks (anything involving symphony orchestras.)