Ryan Ross' cultural influences as reflected through Twitter.

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As of 5/24/2010 -- usually updated Saturday nights, EST.
Note: ** indicates references occurring after 7/6/09; +++ indicates references after 12/13/09.
List closed: 5/24/10



Books/Authors/Quotes
William Styron, Lie Down In Darkness
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
J.P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man
Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary; Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Douglas Addams
Charles Bukowski, "Oh Yes" (poem) (ED: Not sure, could be Willie Nelson or Bright Eyes song, as noted below.)
Blaise Pascal
Isaiah 57:20 (inspiration for "no rest for the wicked")
Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon
Peanuts (comic)(ED 7/11/09?, yes, probably referring to Brendon's change of icon, which Ron English's "Grin", a Charlie Brown with a skeletor grin.)
Mahatma Ghandi (name written on leaf)
Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
**
Mark Twain
Rick O'Shea (blogger/dj; inferred from "Rick O'Shea and the Bounce Backs" comment; 7/24 ok probably just punning on ricochet, but Rick O'Shea, dj, is pretty damn entertaining, so I'm leaving him in.)
Nasir Jones (aka Nas, rapper)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Carolyn Keene, et al, Nancy Drew mysteries [Ed note: Ugh.]
Leigh Mercer/palindromes, specifically echoing the rhythm of "A man, a plan, a canal – Panama!" (echoed again, wk of 10/10/09)
Judy Blume, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, incorporated by reference from Lonely Island song
"What She is Thinking She Will Say", Internet Text, Eric Sondheim (hXXp://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/sondheim__internet_text/mb.txt)
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Aesop's Fables
George Orwell, 1984
Mark Ronson (producer/DJ)
"Great Minds Think Alike" -- Anonymous
Choose Your Own Adventure books (general)
"World's Dumbest Criminals," Reader's Digest
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (2nd mention, rendered as "Fwankenstein")
+++
Thomas Jefferson
Rudyard Kipling
Keith Richards

Visual Art
Alan Aldridge
"Ancient Echo," Tony Matelli (vomiting orangutan) (via BoingBoing)
**
Photographs of the Jonas Brothers
The Nightmare, Johann Heinrich (Henry) Fuseli (1781)
Jackson Pollock (painter)
Jumping Arctic fox animation/gif
Photograph of an owl in a box (via Chad Crews and/or BoingBoing)
+++
Spagett (parody movie poster; Time & Eric)
Horizons (parody calendar; Tim & Eric)
Kevin Hayes (photographer)/@DirtiestRainbow
Beautiful/Decay (blog of art magazine)
Photograph of the Jonas Brothers
Foxy Shazam/The Young Veins/Bad Rabbits tour poster, in which the lead singer of FS impersonates King Kong.
Photograph of Scientology building (joke)
"Middle of Nowhere" postcard

Movies

Documentaries/Non-fiction
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
JCVD
Control (maybe?)
Some Kind of Monster (maybe?)
**
Winnebago Man (http://www.winnebagoman.com/)
Crips & Bloods: Made in America (http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com/)
+++
Jack Rebney/Winnebago Man, aka RV Bloopers (2nd mention)
Some Kind of Monster

Feature Films
Miller's Crossing
Velvet Goldmine
Ghostbusters
Star Trek
Celebrity
The Hangover
Annie Hall
Benny & Joon
Sweet & Lowdown
**
A League of Their Own
Barbarella (ed: he mistyped it as "barbara ellis")
E.T.
Fast & Furious (franchise)
The Lost Weekend (?)
Where the Wild Things Are
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Royal Tenenbaums
Yellow Submarine
Star Wars
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze
Back to School
Mary Poppins
Star Wars (2nd mention)
Snow White
Turner and Hooch
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Where the Wild Things Are (2nd mention)
Star Wars (3d mention)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Gremlins
Pippi Longstocking
Big Daddy
Wizard of Oz/Munchkins
Factory Girl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dazed and Confused
Twilight: New Moon
Happy Gilmore
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Pianist/Adam Brody (wrong actor; should be Adrien Brody)
Do the Right Thing
+++
Home Alone 2
Singin' in the Rain
Avatar
Hackers
Thelma & Louise (?)
Bollywood (general)
It Happened One Night
Avatar (2nd mention)
Benjamin Button
Daybreakers
Hannah Montana
Taken
Yes Man/Jim Carrey
Donnie Brasco
Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I and II
The Big Lebowski

TV/Internet/Video Games/Other
The Office
Freaks & Geeks
Colbert Report
Man vs. Wild
Livin' 'neath the Law (Funny or Die)
Tim and Eric, Awesome Show Great Job
Chuck
Jim Gaffigan (comedian)
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Mighty Morphin[e][sic] Power Rangers
http://www.fmylife.com/
http://www.latfh.com/
http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/
http://sellyourgoldteeth.com/
http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/
http://boingboing.net/
Hawaii Five-0 (Season 5, Episode 22, "Engaged to be Buried")
Bigfoot (mythical creature)
Scorpion Safe bed protectors (http://www.scorpionsafe.com/)
Robot messenger (aka Twitter in 1935; via BoingBoing, via Modern Mechanix )
Sleep paralysis (medical condition)
**
David After Dentist (youtube video)(mentioned 2nd time 7/30/09)
Fortune cookie ("Everything will now come your way.")
The Dozens (game; trad; aka rapid exchange of yo' mama jokes; more here
Play Him Off Keyboard cat t-shirt
Environmental Graffiti (website; post about a giant spider eating a bird. WARNING: WILL be distressing of you are afraid of spiders and/or fond of birds)
HXXp://katemariethompson.etsy.com (custom jewelry involving animal bones and feathers)
John Lennon/May Pang (aka "Lost Weekend")(?)
The Savoy Entertainment Center (?)
hXXp://www.dimplesshowcase.com/
Roosevelt Hotel Pool Party
Hijos de Villa Tequila – gun shaped bottle
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (Discovery Channel series)
Mad Men/hXXp://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/madmenyourself/
Hamburger Helper
Twitter Tag (game)
Videos of babies laughing on YouTube (general)
TMNT Turtles in Time: Reshelled (video game)
Tempurpedic mattresses
J.O.N.A.S. (tv show)
Pinky swear
Rigatoni pasta (images of)
Amoeba Records (store)
Rock Band: The Beatles
Velvet Margarita Cantina (?)
Pez
Goth/Emo subculture
America's Funniest Home Videos
Knight Rider (new)
Headgear (dental appliance)
Sponge Bob Square Pants
SPIN Magazine
Cockney slang
Mad Men (actual show)
Hot Sauce store
SPIN Magazine (2nd mention for Follow Friday feature)
Voodoo dolls
America's Funniest Home Videos (2nd mention)
crazy talking cat (YouTube; source of "Don Piano" reference)
Peter Pan (cosplayer, not film or novel; website: hXXp://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/petersFashionPage.html)
Who Wants to Be a Millionare? (tv show)
"Balloon Boy" (6 year old thought to have been in a balloon)
Geocities
Angelfire.com
Where the Wild Things Are cosplay (http://www.openingceremony.us/products.asp?menuid=1&productid=10685&key=wild%20thing&cn=menu1)
Michael Jordan
Disneyland
Rodney Dangerfield (2nd mention)
Series of hats, for Halloween purposes: 1920s football player; 1940s Red Cross helmet; Egyptian pharaoh headpiece; indescribable knitted cap/belt combination that made me think of Tallulah Bankhead and/or flappers.
Children and cellphones
Mod/'60s burglars (final Halloween costume, with Z Berg of The Like.)
Lou Ferrigno
Shit My Dad Says tv show (in production)
Shit show(s)/shit show-ery
Snuggie
Google Alerts
Hank Moody/Californication
Cheesecake Factory
Mr. Twitter November (internet competition)
The Ellen Show/Ellen DeGeneres
David D[uchovny?]
Kiera K[nightly?]
Adam S[andler?]
Amy A[dams?]
YouTube - videos on how to "Boogaloo"
Winnebago Man (YouTube video from movie noted above)
Joaquin Phoenix's rapping career
Thanksgiving
Waffles
Carpool lanes
Dogs
Foxes
Halloween
Office Depot
Pink lemonade vs. regular lemonade
Unsolved mysteries
TweetCloud
Tiger Woods scandal
California Raisins
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Marvin Gaye
Driving home w/ a Christmas tree on the roof of the car
Twin Peaks
Mystery (pick-up artist)
+++
Long Island Ice Tea
The best bloopers ever (sports fishing bloopers; YouTube)
The Mellow Show (SNL parody skit for Jack Johnson, Dave Mathews, Jason Mraz and Ozzy Osbourne)
Ed Hardy babywear
Grilled cheese truck
Jersey Shore (tv show)
Freecreditreport.com
Funny/puzzling directional signs
HD Vision Glasses (YouTube)
All Girl Juggalo Mosh Pit. (Videogum/Best of 2009 Viral Videos)
Give It a Ponder (James Lipton Anti-sexting PSA video)
Frozen Iguanas falling out of trees (CNN video)
Little Caesar's Pizza
Manzanita Sol (apple soda)
It's Thai (restaurant (or hometeraunt))
America's Funniest Home Videos (3rd mention)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv show)
Smart cars
Palmolive (soap)
Flamin' Hot Cheetos
http://hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com/
Valentine's Day/Partner-in-Crime Day
Johnny Weir
iPod/Old Englishe effect
Jobin (?)
Fix the Fern Back/Tim & Eric (video)
Whoville/Universal Studios (?)
Olympics/USA defeats Canada at hockey
The Office
Ice dancing
Tim & Eric Awesome Show (start of new season)
Red Rover (playground game)
T-rex (dinosaur)
Play-doh
Macauley Culkin
Whoopie Goldberg
Bermuda Triangle
The DMV
Land of Enchantment (NM state motto)
New Mexico trivia
Alien conspiracy theories
Cinderella
Chilis v. Applebees
super smart action squirrel (YouTube)
Ben Affleck's Meltdown (YouTube)
Mystical candle lantern (Amazon rec)
International Pillow Fight Day
Standing Cat - Mon chat se tient debout tout seul (YouTube)
Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary
Hitsville, USA
Roseanne (TV show)
We've Got Company! from The Guy Bauer Half Hour (YouTube)
Babe Ruth
Bret Ernst (comedian)
Wasted guy at Coachella 2010 - FRIDAY (YouTube)
Family Guy, Stewie
America's Funniest Home Videos (several times)
The Office
WoW Password Change Freakout Prank (YouTube)
Party Down (show)

Music (general/live shows)
Paul McCartney
JJAMZ
Warpaint
Guided by Voices
The Shins
The New York Lungs
The Shys
Ian Brown
**
Jazz
Third Eye Blind
The Beatles
George Harrison
The Like
Arctic Monkeys
Gilbert and Sullivan
The Like (2nd show)
Gold metal (most likely of his own invention, though there is a soul/r&b box set by that name)
Garth Brooks
Alex Greenwald (actual show)
East Village Radio/Mark Ronson
Blue Jemz
P. Diddy
K'naan
Techno
Phoenix (band)
The Beatles (general; 2nd mention)
Michael Runion (actual show)
Weird Owl (?; might just be about pictures of owls)
Black Gold (show)
The Pixies (show)
Ska
B.B. King (chance encounter)
Dave Rawlings Machine (fellow wedding guest)
Michael Runion (website re-launch)
Billy Joel (general appreciation)
Joy Division
Michael Runion (studio video)
California Raisins
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Marvin Gaye
+++
Bono
Chris Martin
Phoenix (band; running afterparties joke)
Michael Runion (show)
Spooky Freckle (Alex Greenwald's latest "band"; a joke, I think)
Michael Runion (talk show AND promoting upcoming show)
Jason Boesel (show promotion)
Z Berg (show promotion)
Roy Orbison
The Like (show)
Phoenix (afterparty running joke)
The Beatles/Ringo Starr (dream?)
Ricky Martin
Michael Runion (show promotion)
The Black Apples (show promotion)
The Like (show promotion)
Gold Motel (show promotion)
The Like (show)
Michael Runion (show)
Gold Motel (show)
Interpol (joke)
Ke$ha (joke)
Black Eyed Peas (competition for TYV show)
Elvis (general)
Bill Murray to the Rescue @ The Hand Hug/Grotesque Requords 2nd Annual Post-SXSW BBQ (YouTube)
Adam Sandler vs. Sam the Sham (singing voices)
Chief (show)
Rooney (announcing tour)
Black Gold (announcing tour)
Jacob Dylan [sic]
Michael Runion (show promotion and show)
The Like (show)
The Tammys (general appreciation)
Bob Dylan (birthday)
Oasis, Nirvana and Weezer (general lack of appreciation)

Songs
1. Maybe I'm Amazed, Wings
2. Strawberry Letter 23, Shuggie Otis
3. To Be Young (Is to be sad, is to be high), Ryan Adams
4. Let's Live for Today, The Grass Roots
5. Down Down Down, The Presets
6. Moonage Daydream, David Bowie
7. It Was A Very Good Year, Frank Sinatra
8. Venus in Furs, Velvet Underground
9. You Don't Need Me, Bobby Nunn & Eugene Coplin
10. Nobody's Baby, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
11. Scared, John Lennon
12. Living Without You, Harry Nilsson
13. All the Way Home, Spinal Tap
14. Nobody Loves You When Your Down and Out, John Lennon
15. Caroline Goodbye, Colin Blunstone
16. I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!), Gary Glitter
17. There's Gonna Be A Storm, The Left Banke
18. Once Upon a Time, The Millenium
19. Wooly Bully, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
20. The Rhythm Thief, Sparks
21. Raw Ramp, Marc Bolan and T. Rex
22. It's My Party, Lesley Gore
23. I've got You Under My Skin, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
24. The Windmills of Your Mind, Dusty Springfield
25. And I Love You So, Perry Como
26. Sister Morphine, The Rolling Stones
27. What You Got, John Lennon
28. Life Is Strange, T. Rex
29. You Really Got A Hold On Me, Beatles
30. I Wish It Would Rain, The Temptations
31. Unbelievable, EMF
32. It's All Too Much, The Beatles
33. Tender is the Night, Kaleidoscope
34. Good Vibrations, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
35. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys OR Gym Class Heroes
36. Build Me Up, Buttercup, The Foundations
37. There Are Worse Things Than Being Alone, Willie Nelson OR Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and Be Loved), Bright Eyes [ED: Could also be Bukowski poem, as noted above. I'm voting for Willie, though.]
38. Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis (whole record)
39. At The Mercy, Paul McCartney
40. 20th Century Boy, T. Rex
41. You Can't Put Your Arm Around a Memory, Johnny Thunders
42. It Ain't Me, Babe, Bob Dylan
43. Money Changes Everything, Cyndi Lauper and/or The Brains [ED: part of Hillside Sessions activities]
44. Thirteen, Big Star
45. You're Breakin' My Heart, Harry Nilsson
46. The Bends, Radiohead
47. I Go To Sleep, The Kinks
48. I Want You Back, Jackson 5
49. Alone Again, Naturally, Gilbert O'Sullivan
50. All Day and All of the Night, The Kinks (twice)
51. Care of Cell 44, The Zombies
**
52. I'm So Tired, The Beatles
53. I'd Have You Anytime, George Harrison
54. California Girls, The Beach Boys
55. Something to Talk About, Bonnie Raitt
56. Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles (whole album)
57. Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of the Beach Boys (whole album)
58. I Love You, Blu Cantrell (?)
59. You're Breakin' My Heart, Harry Nilsson (2nd mention)
60. Long Lost Weekend, Joey Salvia (whole record?)
61. Natalie Imbruglia, Torn
62. I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles
63. 19th Nervous Breakdown, The Rolling Stones
64. All Day & All of the The Night, The Kinks
65. I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
66. I Want You (She's So Heavy), The Beatles
67. Birthday Sex, Jeremih
68. Isolated Incident, Dane Cooke (comedy)
69. Needle in The Hay, Elliot Smith
70. Bare Necessities, Jungle Book
71. Ras Trent, The Lonely Island
72. Fair Game, The Like
73. Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
74. Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp), Barry Mann and the Halos
75. Running with the Devil, Van Halen
76. Feel Like a Nut, Mounds/Almond Joy jingle
77. I Write Sins Not Tragedies, Panic! At the Disco
78. Moulty, The Barbarians
79. Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
80. Hand of God, Jason Boesel
81. Feel Like a Nut, Mounds/Almond Joy jingle (RR replied to tweet from AG which referenced it)
82. Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Eddie Cantor
83. Frosty the Snowman, Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys
84. Hollywood Squares, Bootsy Collins
+++
85. Miami, Will Smith (from album Big Willie Style)
86. Someone's Coming, The Who
87. Jackie, Scott Walker
88. Chanukah Song, Adam Sandler
89. Steve Polychronopolous, Adam Sandler
90. Lunchlady Land, Adam Sandler
91. Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland
92. Hustler's Son, Jason Boesel (whole album)
93. Jumper, Third Eye Blind
94. Frantic, Metallica
95. St. Anger, Metallica
96. Our House, Crosby, Stills & Nash
97. Our House, Madness
98. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley
99. Some Kind of Nature, Gorillaz feat. Lou Reed
100. Sabotage, Beastie Boys
101. I'm With You (Damn Cold Night), Avril Lavigne
102. Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry
103. California, Phantom Planet
104. It'll All Work Out, Blake Mills
105. He's Not A Boy, The Like (via video)
106. Who Threw The Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Choweder, Irish trad.
107. In Da Club, 50 Cent