Hoehn’s Musings

If you want to know a little bit more about me, this page should give you a good idea as to what my tastes and preferences are.

• Favorite bands: John Butler Trio, any band with Jack White, Led Zeppelin, The Shins (I first saw them live in 2001 — waaay before they tragically became a staple of hipsterdom), Brett Dennen, Jeff Buckley.
• Favorite books: I have quite a few favorites (see my shelf here), but I’d have to say “The Alchemist” by Coelho.
• Favorite website: Springwise.  This is the most consistently interesting site I’ve found (if you’re into entrepreneurship and cool ideas).  I also really enjoy Tim Ferriss’ blog, TheDieLine, PostSecret, and TextsFromLastNight.
• Favorite movies: The Fugitive, The Big Lebowski, Shawshank Redemption, There Will Be Blood, Requiem for a Dream, GoodFellas, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones (not including the atrocity that came out in 2008), The Truman Show, Comedian, Windy City Heat, Dumb and Dumber, Airplane!, Office Space.
  
• Best movie ever made: City of God.
• Worst movie ever made: Ocean’s 12.  I’ve technically seen far worse (e.g. Cool as Ice, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians), but this was the only movie I’ve seen where I felt like the director was actively trying to insult my intelligence.  M. Night Shyamalan also does this to me, but I stopped watching his stuff after Signs.
• Favorite TV shows: The Sopranos will always be my favorite.  I also enjoy Eastbound and Down, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (except for the first season), BBC’s The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Extras, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Soup, Cheaters: Amazing Confrontations, and Summer Heights High.
• Least favorite TV show: Entourage.  Hands-down the most overrated show on TV.  It’s self-congratulatory Hollywood garbage that’s painfully unfunny.  Not to mention the fact that the guys that make up this “entourage” are complete tools.  This show is incredibly bad and I am continually shocked when close friends of mine tell me they like it.
• Favorite comedians: I’m obsessed with standup comedy.  I have 70 standup albums, and I think I’d seen more than 20 headliners by the time I was 18 (including Seinfeld, Chappelle, and Mitch Hedberg).  My favorites are Patton Oswalt, Bill Hicks, Ricky Gervais, David Cross, Michael Ian Black, Louis CK, and Zach Galifianakis.
• Least favorite comedian: Carlos Mencia or Dane Cook.
• Favorite Youtube channel: Daxflame’s is first, The Onion’s is second.  However… I’ve recently discovered CHI-CITY MAYNE and he may very well be the funniest person on Youtube (evidence here).