Jon Walker's cultural influences as reflected through Twitter.

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Jon's Cultural Influences, via Twitter

As of 5/24/2010, normally updated Saturday nights, EST.

NOTE: Jon appears to have abandoned Twitter as of 6/14/2009. He popped back up right after I updated his list for this week 6/20/09. Yay!
** - references made after 7/6/09.
+++ - references made after 12/13/09
NB: No substantive updates, week of 10/10/09.
List closed: 5/24/10



Books/Authors/Quotes
Mark Twain
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5 (mentioned twice)
Oscar Wilde
Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland
Theodore Roethke, "The Waking" (poem)
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Mark Twain (mentioned again week of 7/24)
Thomas A. Edison
Timothy 6:12 (origin of "fight the good fight" phrase)
Jeff Lindsey, Dearly Devoted Dexter
George McDonald, At The Back of the North Wind (?)
Because the World is Round, Mike Fertig (blog; hXXp://mike.wordpress.com/)
Welsh proverb: Apple a day keep the doctor away (echoed in "a new riff a day keeps the devil away")
1 Timothy 6:10 (origin of "money is the root of all evil" phrase)
Allen Ginsberg
Stephenie Meyer, Twilight series
Dr. Seuss, Oh! The Places You'll Go
Victor Hugo/assorted unknowns (music as communication quote)
War & Peace, Leo Tolstoy
Put that in your pipe and smoke it (catchphrase; dates to early 1800s)
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John Lennon
Paul Corey, Do Cats Think?: Notes of a Cat-Watcher
Stefan Fatsis, Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
Thomas Jefferson
FFXIII
Miss Piggy

Visual Art
"Starry Night," Vincent Van Gogh
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) (photobook)
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Andy Warhol (4 portrait colorwashed icon)
Foxy Shazam/Young Veins/Bad Rabbits tour poster

Movies/TV/Internet/Other

Documentaries/Non-Fiction
Gandhi
**
Some Kind of Monster (Metallica documentary)(?)
The Last Waltz
In the Womb: Cats (National Geographic, ? – inferred from Google results for "Cheetah Fetus")
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Feature Films
The Sandlot 3
Pineapple Express
Aladdin
Ghostbusters
Rookie of the Year
The Fast & the Furious (ED: inferred from Paul Walker reference)
Toy Story
The Wizard of Oz
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (inferred from Dumbledore reference)
Funny People
The Mighty Ducks
Mallrats
Office Space
A Goofy Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Happy Gilmore
The Mighty Ducks (2nd mention)
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The Hangover
Titanic
It's A Wonderful Life
Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns
American Pie 2
Sister Act
Home Alone
Saturday Night Fever
Titanic
Dangerous Minds

TV/Internet/Other
Mighty Putty (commercial spoof)
Home Improvement
Adult Swim
11:11 superstition (picture)
Arrested Development
Family Guy
The Office
Information paradox (concept; Dr. Stephen Hawking) More at Wikipedia
Married with Children
Frisbee golf
True Blood
**
Cat Attacks Baby (YouTube video, via funnyvids.com)
Death of Taco Bell dog
Santa Cruz City Council testimony 5/13/2008/Brilliant Woman Solves All of California's Problems (College Humor video)
Traffic safety (no texting while driving)
Ohio (birthplace of aviation)
Collecting frogs
Honey Bunches of Oats (with pecans; cereal)
Chess
Frisbee golf
Fishing
The Office (2nd mention)
Dr. Dre Dr. Pepper commercial (?)
Bear Mountain Ski Resort
Tao (Las Vegas club)
Ghostbar (Las Vegas club)
Rain (Las Vegas club)
Lax (Las Vegas club)
Almond Joy/Mounds commercial(s)
Rockband: The Beatles (game)
Fall Equinox
2nd Law of Thermodynamics/Maxwell's Demon
Day of the Dead bookends
Mad Men, "The Color Blue"
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (video game) (?; could also be a song, see below for details.)
Swine flu vaccine
Adam Sandler (unknown if film or stand-up)
Star Wars Monopoly
Ladybugs (insects)
Scrabble
Family Guy, "Model Misbehavior" (two quotes)
Rock Band: The Beatles
Thanksgiving (general)
11:11 superstition (tweet)
Monopoly: Chicago edition
Twin Peaks
Mini Winnie – miniature Winnebago OR Winnie the Pooh figurine
Dexter (2nd mention)
1920s murder mystery party
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Medieval Times (restaurant)
Scrabble
Twin Peaks (DVDs seen in picture)
Home Alone 4 (TV movie)
Guitar chords (E, G, Amin, Fmin)
Jim Carrey
crazy talking cat (Don Piano cat, YouTube)
White House Christmas Special (tv special)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Suess original; Christmas special)
EducationConnection.com commercial (college in pajamas)
Don Viejo tequila
http://www.gotmulch.info/
AutoTune - Charlie Bit Me (Original Full Version) (YouTube)
"A Very Sunny Christmas", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (tv show)
Bear Grylls/Man vs. Wild (tv show)
Roseanne
"Back from Vacation", The Office
Farmville
Facebook
Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien kerfluffle
Pastor Bill's Good Hearted American Stout
John Goodman (actor)
Valentine's Day
Panic! At Butch Walker's (video)
Bowling
Craig Ferguson
Cinnamon Life cereal
The Office, "The Last Supper"
Youngest beard (Google search)
Consortist (Google search)
Fred Lynch, pre-historic swamplands expert
Bermuda triangle
11:11 superstition (2nd mention)
Richard Simmons/Sweatin' to the Oldies
Alton Brown
Chuck Norris
Scrabble
Joe Jonas

Music (general)
Goo Goo Dolls (ED: maybe; extrapolated from "the google dolls")
Weird Al Yankovic
Empires
Hillside Session (ED: his side project with Rick Ronick)
Daniel Givens (ED: not sure; no first name given, seemed most likely from Google results)
Andy Newman (ED: Either Andy Newman of Thunderclap Newman (UK, contemporary with The Who) or Andy Newman, singer/songwriter (US, formerly with The Baumers, from Woodland Park, CO)
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Wax On Radio (band)
The Academy [Is . . .] (band t-shirt, c. 2003)
Dr. Dre (may be a reference to a specific commercial)
Jonas Brothers
Gold Motel (Greta Salpeter's new musical adventure)
Holiday albums (Thanksgiving, Christmas)
Black Gold (live show)
Live show in DeKalb, band unknown
Algonquin Guitar Center
D5 and SM58 microphones (?)
Empires (2nd mention)
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Bill Evans (jazz piano)
Baha Men
Minus the Bear (show)
MTV March Musical Madness
Fearlessradio.com


Songs
1. STP, Sublime
2. How, John Lennon
3. A Day in the Life, The Beatles
4. Greatest Medley Ever Told, Sister Act 2
5. Everyone's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, The Beatles
6. The Host, Built To Spill
7. All The Way Home, Spinal Tap
8. I'm So Tired, The Beatles
9. Baby, I Need Your Lovin', The Four Tops
10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
11. Hey Jude, The Beatles
12. Is This Love, Bob Marley
13. California Dreamin', The Mamas and the Papas
14. With A Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles
15. That's Not Me, The Beach Boys
16. Mother Nature's Son, The Beatles
17. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
18. Jingle Jangle, Hot Hot Heat OR The BeeGees OR The Archies
19. California Dreaming, The Mamas and The Papas
20. Green Onions, Booker T. & the MGs
21. Cotton Teeth (whole record), The Snake The Cross The Crown
22. Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles
23. Within You Without You, The Beatles
24. Frogs, The Muppets
25. Top 4 Google results for fragment "at least I'm still alive" in order of appearance:
a. Close Another Door, The BeeGees
b. When the Cradle Cries, Lemur Voice
c. Lessons in What Not to Become, Jello Biafra
d. Rainy Days and License Plates, Backseat Goodbye
26. Hung Up On A Dream, The Zombies
27. The End, The Doors
28. Bungalow Bill, The Beatles
29. Only The Good Die Young, Billy Joel
30. Differences, Ginuwine (maybe?)
31. Never Will Come For Us, Braid
32. I'm So Tired, The Beatles (2nd mention)
33. Vienna, Billy Joel
34. Gone for Good, The Shins
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35. And So It Goes, Billy Joel OR So It Goes, Nick Drake OR So It Goes, Unearth
36. Within You Without You, The Beatles (2nd mention)
37. Cry Baby Cry, The Beatles
38. All I Really Want To Do, Bob Dylan
39. Good Night, Sleep Tight, trad. nursery rhyme
40. Living a Lie, Laura Branigan (? – best possible option of several)
41. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan (whole record)
42. Can't Buy Me Love, The Beatles
43. We Can Work It Out, The Beatles
44. Think For Yourself, The Beatles
45. Good Morning, Good Morning, The Beatles
46. Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas (twice)
47. Proud Mary, Credence Clearwater Revival
48. You're Not My God, Keith Urban (?)
49. From The Hips, Cursive
50. You Got It, Roy Orbison (via YouTube)
51. Young Love, Tab Hunter
52. Chi Town, Da Brat (?)
53. Another Saturday Night, Sam Cooke (?)
54. Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Brothers
55. Allentown, Billy Joel
56. One Jump Ahead, Aladdin soundtrack
57. Boss DJ, Sublime
58. Hello Goodbye, The Beatles
59. Do You Love Me, The Contours
60. Purple Rain, Prince
61. Glass Onion, The Beatles (twice)
62. Rock and Roll Days, Lobo (?)
63. You, Jesse Powell (?)
64. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
65. Get Ready, Wet Wet Wet
66. Taxman, The Beatles
67. Up the Junction, Squeeze
68. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
68. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), John Lennon
69. Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Single File OR Arsonists Get All the Girls OR Mighty Mohawk Man OR The Coffin Caddies (?; could also be a video game, as noted above.)
70. Goodbye Forever, Alkaline Trio
71. My Little Needle, Alkaline Trio
72. Center of the Universe, Built To Spill
73. Do You Hear What I Hear, Trad. Christmas
74. Hot in Herre, Nelly
75. The Stranger, Billy Joel
76. Laura, Billy Joel
77. Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Artie Shaw
78. Bang, Empires
79. Be A Man, Randy "Macho Man" Savage
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80. All across the world, Silverchair (via YouTube)
81. Low, Silverchair, (via YouTube)
82. Young Modern, Silverchair (whole album)
83. O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam (1847)
84. A Change is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke
85. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
86. I'm So Tired, The Beatles
87. Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly
88. Sidewalk, Built to Spill
89. The Fool on the Hill, The Beatles
90. Seven Days Make One Weak, This Romantic Tragedy (?)
91. You and The Night and Music, Frank Sinatra
92. Angel, Jimi Hendrix (via YouTube)
93. Because, The Beatles
94. Title unknown, Hunter (The Office episode)
95. Revolution, The Beatles
96. Working for the Weekend, Loverboy
97. Bang, Empires (whole record)
98. Art is Hard, Cursive
99. War, Edwin Starr
100. Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bob Dylan
101. Everyone But You, The Young Veins
102. Too Legin to Quit, MC Hammer
103. And I Love Her, The Beatles
104. Satisfaction, Rolling Stones
105. Back to School, Adam Sandler (Billy Madison)