This is a list of some of my preferred things; it is intended largely for music journalists
classical guitarist ➤ Julian Bream, Javier Calderón
rock guitarist ➤ Brian May, Jimi Hendrix
jazz guitarist ➤ Grant Green, Jeff Parker
blues guitarist ➤ Albert King, B.B. King
male singer ➤ Levon Helm, B.B. King, Bob Dylan
female singer ➤ Chrissie Hynde, Aretha Franklin
songwriter ➤ John Lennon
jazz composer ➤ Henry Threadgill
modern classical composer ➤ Unsuk Chin
classical composer ➤ J.S. Bach
saxophonist ➤ Henry Threadgill, Joseph Jarman
pianist ➤ Marilyn Crispell, McCoy Tyner
jazz bassist ➤ Michael Formanek, Richard Davis, Fred Hopkins
rock bassist ➤ Paul McCartney, Chris Squire
rock drummer ➤ Levon Helm, Dave Grohl
jazz drummer ➤ Famoudou Don Moye, Steve McCall, Elvin Jones
jazz recording ➤ Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson), Out to Lunch (Eric Dolphy)
rock recording ➤ Electric Ladyland (Jimi Hendrix), The Band (The Band)
steel-string guitar builder ➤ The Larson Brothers
electric guitar builder ➤ C.P. Thornton
classical guitar builder ➤ Robert Ruck, Jerónimo Peña Fernández
playwright ➤ David Mamet
play ➤ The Room (Harold Pinter)
poet ➤ Charles Bukowski
place ➤ Rome, Brooklyn
cuisine ➤ Indian
food ➤ cake
color ➤ turquoise
NBA player ➤ Allen Iverson
Chicago Bull ➤ Scottie Pippen
football (soccer) player ➤ Zinedine Zidane
sport ➤ sumo
rikishi ➤ Hōshōryū Tomokatsu
television series, foreign ➤ Midnight Diner
television series, American ➤ The Wire
sit-com ➤ The Andy Griffith Show (seasons 2-5)
reality show ➤ Project Runway, season 16 (the twins), The Great Pottery Throw Down