Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dominick Dunne
anything by above authors
Musician (now defunkt), Vanity Fair, OffBeat online
Palm Beach Post (ugh), New Times B/PB
This Modern World, Dilbert
Diner, Casablanca, Network, On the Waterfront, Streetcar Named Desire, The Sound of Music, Glengarry Glenn Ross, Lost In America. Recent: Waking Ned Devine, L.A. Confidential
those 10pm ones: Law & Order, Homicide SVU, Third Watch, etc.
Robert De Niro, Kevin Spacey, Johnny Depp, Jack Lemmon, Meryl Streep, Julie Delpy
Funk, R&B, soul, zydeco, blues, roots rock, tex/mex, some country (alt mostly), top tier singer/songwriters
too many to mention... the usual New Orleans / Louisiana suspects: Wild Magnolias, funky Meters, All That, Radiators, Smilin' Myron, Galactic, NWFE, Dirty Dozen, Rebirth, Anders Osborne, Beau Jocque (rip), Boozo Chavis, Chubby Carrier, Little Brian, Papa Mali, subdudes, Lenny McDaniel, Johnny Adams (rip), Nicholas Payton, Astral Project. Others: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Fab TBirds, John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Boniie Raitt, John Mooney, Ben Folds Five, Greyboy Allstars, Groove Thangs, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, etc. etc.
Football & baseball; but not much interested now that I'm in Florida...
Browns & Indians
Caribbean, western N.C., New Orleans, the Keys
Creole / New Orleans, Tex/Mex, BBQ, Chinese, Thai, anything greasy