26 CDs That Help Define Me:

Abandoned Luncheonette-Daryl Hall and John Oates
Body & Soul-Joe Jackson
Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape-MeShell NdegeOcello
Dial-A-Song: Twenty Years of They Might Be Giants
Evolve-Ani DiFranco
Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg, Fossil Fuelin’ The Fonkay-Fishbone
Gumbo Millennium-24-7 Spyz
Have I Offended Someone?-Frank Zappa
Inspiration Information-Shuggie Otis
Joe’s Garage, Acts I, II and III-Frank Zappa
Kamakiriad-Donald Fagen
Love, Laughter & Truth-Bill Hicks
Marigold Sky-Daryl Hall and John Oates
Nearly Human-Todd Rundgren
One Nation Under A Groove-Funkadelic
Phunk Shui-John Oates
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO-Devo
Reconciled-The Call
Small Victories-Parachute Club
That African American Is Still Crazy: Good Shit From The Vaults-Richard Pryor
Unplugged In New York-Nirvana
Vivid-Living Colour
Whatever & Ever, Amen-Ben Folds Five
X-Static(2000)-Daryl Hall and John Oates
Young Americans-David Bowie
Zenyatta Mondatta-The Police

Also Highly Regarded:
A Wizard, A True Star-Todd Rundgren
Arizona Bay-Bill Hicks
Beauty On A Back Street-Daryl Hall and John Oates
Chupacabra-Imani Coppola
Demon Days-Gorillaz
Id, The-Macy Gray
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too-New Radicals
Mink Car-They Might Be Giants
Not A Pretty Girl-Ani DiFranco
Not Sold Out-Marc Maron
Peace Beyond Passion-MeShell NdegeOcello
Revolution Starts Now, The-Steve Earle
Room for Squares-John Mayer
Royal Scam, The-Steely Dan
You Are All Diseased-George Carlin

And now...26 Books that help define me:

A Right To Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury-Aaron McGruder Brass Check, The-Upton Sinclair
Catch 22-Joe Heller Dorothy Day: Selected Writings-Dorothy Day
Essays of A.J. Muste-A.J.Muste
Fever Pitch-Nick Hornby
Good Omens-Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Happy Trails-Berke Breathed
It Can’t Happen Here-Sinclair Lewis
Jitterbug Perfume-Tom Robbins
Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule The World As a Smartmouth Goddess-Susan Jane Gilman
Losing the Race: Self Sabotage In Black America-John McWhorter Making Friends with Black People-Nick Adams
Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Lips and Other Parts-Ayana Byrd, Akiba Solomon eds.
On Beauty-Zadie Smith Parable of the Sower-Octavia Butler Quiet American, The-Graham Greene
Rip It Up: The Black Experience In Rock n’ Roll-Kandia Crazy Horse
Spiral Staircase-Karen Armstrong
Tragedy & Farce: How the Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections and Destroy Democracy-Robert McChesney, John Nichols
Uncle Tom’s Cabin-Harriet Beecher Stowe Vindication of the Rights of Woman-Mary Wollstonecraft
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Begin to EXit Here-John Welter
Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit-Laura Penny
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance-Robert Pirsig
Also Highly Regarded:

Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character-Dr. Jonathan Shay
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America-Chris Hedges
American Sucker-David Denby
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century-Kevin Phillips
Advise and Consent-Allen Drury
Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics-Kevin Phillips
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream-Barbara Ehrenreich Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One Party State-Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber
Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners-Jack Hawley
Big Con, The: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics-Jonathan Chait
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man-John Perkins egotrip's Big Book of Racism-egotrip inc Good Fight, The: Declare Your Independence & Close The Democracy Gap-Ralph Nader Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War-Penny Coleman
Happiness Hypothesis, The: Finding Modern Truth In Ancient Wisdom-Jonathan Haidt
Iraq War Reader, The-Micah Sifry, Christopher Cerf
Life Out of Context-Walter Mosley Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams-Alfred Lubrano
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism-Andrew Bacevich
Making History-Stephen Fry
Nat Hentoff Reader, The-Nat Hentoff
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America-Barbara Ehrenreich Odysseus In America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming-Dr. Jonathan Shay
Other America, The-Michael Harrington
Overspent American, The-Juliet Schor
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, And Doesn't-Stephen Prothero
Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions-Clyde Prestowitz
Sociopath Next Door, The-Martha Stout
Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead-Tamara Draut War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning-Chris Hedges Why Do I Love These People?: Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families-Po Bronson
Why Societies Need Dissent-Cass Sunstein

Last, but not least...26 Songs That Define Me:

And the Beat Goes On-The Whispers
Brass In Pocket-The Pretenders
Cosmic Slop-Funkadelic
Do What You Want, Be What You Are-Daryl Hall & John Oates
Evolve-Ani DiFranco
Friend or Foe-Adam Ant
God.Fear.Money-MeShell NdegeOcello
Human Nature-Madonna
I'd Love To Change The World-Ten Years After
Josie-Steely Dan
King For A Day-Jamiroquai
Legend of a Cowgirl-Imani Coppola
Motherless Children-Eric Clapton
Nice Girl-Eye to Eye
One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces-Ben Folds Five
Pride-Living Colour
Questions-Moody Blues
Rush-Big Audio Dynamite
Square Pegs-The Waitresses
Train In Vain-The Clash
Unloved Children-Todd Rundgren
Victims-Culture Club
When the World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around-The Police
XTC vs. Adam Ant-They Might Be Giants
You Can't Get What You Want 'til You Know What You Want-Joe Jackson
Zoom-The Commodores

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