Herein you'll find an assortment of lists that reflect my tastes and values. These are things or people that, to me, exude quality and originality. This is my first stab, so no list is complete (and may never be). I'll keep editing this same entry as I think of more stuff, and the entry will sort back to the top of my weblog as I do so. So, without further ado:

Most Respected Musicians/Bands

• The Beatles
• Elvis Costello
• Sonic Youth
• Lyle Lovett
• Pat Metheny
• Joni Mitchell
• Beck
• Radiohead
• ...more to come...

Great Recordings

• Anything by the Beatles, including and after Revolver
• I Can See Your House From Here, John Scofield and Pat Metheny
• Porcupine, Echo and the Bunnymen
• Mutations, Beck
• ...more to come...

Great Movies

• Apocalypse Now
• A Clockwork Orange
• ...more to come...

Great Books

• Deliverance, James Dickey
• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter
• The Water-method Man, John Irving
• ...more to come...

Great Technical Books

• Design Patterns, Gamma, et al
• Refactoring, Fowler
• Object Oriented Heuristics, Riel
• The Pragmatic Programmer, Thomas
• HTTP, the Definitive Guide, Gourley, et al
• ...more to come...

Great Guitarists

• Allan Holdsworth
• Pat Metheny
• Joe Pass
• ...more to come...