BANDS:
the academy is..., against me!, alexisonfire, the almost, anberlin, angels and airwaves, armor for sleep, as i lay dying, balance and composure, bayside, david bazan, big business, black cross, cartel, cheap girls, ciara, circa survive, coheed and cambria, coliseum, the color fred, converge, cursive, dashboard confessional, death cab for cutie, deftones, kevin devine, the dream, envy on the coast, every time i die, foo fighters, fugazi, gainer, the gaslight anthem, harvey milk, haste, head automatica, helms alee, hot rod circuit, into it. over it. isis, jacks mannequin, jimmy eat world, killswitch engage, lemuria, the life + times, look mexico, lynam, make believe, manchester orchestra, mare, mastodon, matt & kim, maylene and the sons of disaster, the melvins, minus the bear, mogwai, my chemical romance, new found glory, new mexican disaster squad, norma jean, owen, paramore, part chimp, pelican, plate six, playing enemy, poison the well, queens of the stone age, rantings of eva, reggie and the full effect, russian circles, screaming females, shellac, slayer, so many dynamos, sonic youth, sparta, stay ahead of the weather, st vincent, sweet cobra, taking back sunday, ted leo + the pharmacists, tegan and sara, these arms are snakes, thursday, tigers jaw, title fight, touche amore, torche, underoath, unwed sailor, valient thorr, john vanderslice, waka flocka flame, wild light, whippersnapper, young widows + more.

CELEBRITIES/MUSICIANS/COMEDIANS:
steve albini, todd barry, max bemis of say anything, h. jon benjamin, hunter burgan of afi, al burian of challenger, blaine capatch, stef carpenter, david cross of mr. show/arrested development, tom delonge of blink-182, kevin devine, mike dirnt of green day, fat mike, zach galifianakis, ben gibbard of death cab for cutie, anthony green of circa survive, matt hensley of flogging molly, josh homme, andy hull of manchester orchestra, bob mould of husker du, john krasinski of the office (jim), mike kinsella of owen, tim kinsella of joan of arc, eugene mirman, bob odenkirk of mr.show, patton oswalt of reno911/king of queens, brian posehn, matthew pryor of the get up kids, henry rollins of black flag, michael showalter, sarah silverman, aaron turner of isis, ben verellen of harkonen, butch vig, gerard and mikey way of my chemical romance, atom willard of rocket from the crypt, dave willis of aqua teen hunger force, jon wurster, david yow of the jesus lizard + more.

RECORD LABELS:
warner bros, atlantic, emi/virgin, subpop, ferret music, epic, jade tree, epitaph, equal vision, touch and go, tooth and nail, hydrahead, suicide squeeze, flameshovel, sony music, volcom, bridge nine, century media/abacus, auxiliary, relapse, french kiss, robotic empire, polyvinyl, bent rail, seventh rule, trustkill

COMPANIES:
macbeth footwear, ford motor company, firstact guitars, hurley usa, gibson guitars, mammoth printshop, peavey guitars, sennheiser usa, verellen amplifiers

BOOKS:
"the indie cred test" by henry owings
"zombie spaceship wasteland" by patton oswalt
"on/in/at" by tegan and sara, lindsey byrnes & ryan russell
"the overrated book" by henry owings
"i'm a lebowski you're a lebowski: life, the big lebowski, and what have you" by bill green, ben peskoe, scott shuffitt, will russell