Promoting the concept of the Rock Show as a panacea for everything wrong in modern society.
I'd like to meet:
Van Morrison (down by the pylons).
Music:
The 101ers, The Abyssinians, AC/DC, Ryan Adams, Cannonball Adderley, Monty Alexander, Allman Brothers, Duane Allman, All Night
Radio, Trey Anastasio, Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake, Laurie Anderson,
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Fiona Apple, Ashley Park, The Atomic
Bitchwax, Brian Auger, Awesome Color, Bad Brains, Ginger Baker Trio, The
Band, Devendra Banhart, Bash And Pop, Beatles, Beachwood Sparks, Beck,
Chris Bell, Jay Bennett, Dickey Betts Band, The Bevis Frond, Big Audio Dynamite, Big
Brother And The Holding Company, Big Star, Bitches Brew, Black Flag, Black
Keys, Black Mountain, Black Sabbath, Black Uhuru, Blind Boys Of Alabama,
Blind Melon, Mike Bloomfield, Blue Note (Record Label), The
Blues Project, Tim Bluhm, Marc Bolan, Bongwater, The Bottle Rockets,
David Bowie, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cedric Im Brooks,
James Brown, Buena Vista Social Club, Buffalo Springfield, Eric Burdon, Solomon
Burke, Burning Spear, The Byrds, Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan,
Cannonball Adderley, Captain Beefheart, Jack Casady, Neko Case,
Johnny Cash, Casualties Of Jazz, Cat Power, The Cave-Ins, Ray Charles,
Euros Childs, Alex Chilton, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, The Clash, George
Clinton, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman,
Comets On Fire, The Congos, Ry Cooder Manuel Galban, Alice Cooper, Crazy
Horse, Cream, David Crosby, CSNY, Steve Cropper,
Crust Brothers, Cub Country, Cymande, Karen Dalton, Miles
Davis, Dead Kennedys, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek And The Dominos,
The Descendents, Desert Sessions, Bo Diddley, The Disposable Heroes Of
Hiphoprisy, Dixie Dirt, The Donnas, The Doors, Dose Hermanos, Dr. John,
Drag City (Record Label), Mikey Dread, Drive By Truckers, Dungen, Slim
Dunlap, BOB DYLAN, Eagles Of Death Metal, Jonathan Edwards, Kathleen
Edwards, Electric Masada, Duke Ellington, Espers, Ethiopiques Vol 4,
Evidence (Record Label) Ali Farka Toure, Fifty Foot Hose, Flaming Lips,
Eddie Floyd, Flying Burrito Brothers, John Fogerty, Marc Ford, Michael
Franti, Aretha Franklin, Freakwater, Bill Frisell, Funkadelic, Jerry
Garcia, Marvin Gaye, Golden Smog, Gong, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Gorillaz, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci,
Gov't Mule, Grand Drive, Grandpaboy, Grateful Dead, Nick Gravenites,
David Grisman Quintet, Hampton Grease Band, Buddy Guy, Chico Hamilton,
Herbie Hancock, Ben Harper, Roy Harper, George Harrison, Donny Hathaway,
Eddie Hazel, Heartless Bastards, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Henneman, Hermano, Hi Records (Record Label), Steve Hillage, The Hold Steady,
Billie Holiday, Jolie Holland, The Honeydogs, Honor Among Thieves,
Patterson Hood, John Lee Hooker, Hot Tuna, Charlie Hunter, Husker Du,
Iron And Wine, Millie Jackson, Elmore James, Etta James, Richard James, Jane's Addiction,
The Jayhawks, Jefferson Airplane, Rickie Lee Jones, Janis Joplin, Joy Of
Cooking, Henry Kaiser, Jorma Kaukonen, Albert King, King Curtis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Knitters, Kramer, Fela Kuti, Kyuss,
Mark Lanegan Band, Jim Lauderdale, Led Zepplin, Amos Lee, John Lennon,
The Libertines, Little Feat, Little Milton, Loose Fur, Lost Highway
(Record Label), Lowlights, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Loretta Lynn, The Magic
Numbers, Ann Magnuson, Stephen Malkmus, Herbie Mann, Bob Marley, Mary's
Danish, Masters Of Reality, Material, Curtis Mayfield, Mazzy Star, MC5,
Mighty Sam McClain, John McLaughlin, Meat Puppets, MMW, Mercury Rev, The Meters, Mighty Baby, Jerry Miller Band, Charles Mingus, The
Minus 5, Joni Mitchell, Sanjay Mishra, Monster Magnet, Mojave 3,
Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Van Morrison, Mother Hips, Bob Mould, David
Murray , My Morning Jacket, Mystic Chords Of Memory, Nobody and Mystic
Chords Of Memory, Junior Murvin, Natraj, Willie Nelson, Neville
Brothers, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Old 97's, Old And In The Way,
Orange Goblin, The Orb, Oregon, The Original Harmony Ridge Creek
Dippers, Lee Oskar, Shuggie Otis, Ozric Tentacles, Pacific Gas And
Electric, The Papercuts, Parliament, Gram Parsons, Pavement, Perfect,
Linda Perhacs, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Liz Phair, Phish, Wilson Picket,
Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Preston School Of Industry, Professor Longhair, Queens Of The
Stone Age, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Raconteurs, The Radiators, Joey Ramone,
Ramones, Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Lou
Reed, Terry Reid, Django Reinhardt, The Replacements, Marc Ribot,
Richmond Fontaine, Jimmy Rogers All-Stars, Rogue Wave, Rolling Stones,
Max Romeo, Josh Rouse, Rush, Santana, Saturn (Record Label), Merl
Saunders, Scenic, Gil Scott-Heron, Screaming Trees, Sea Level, Sex
Pistols, Ravi Shankar, Silver Jews, Paul Simon, Sly And The Family Stone,
Slo-Burn, Small Faces, Jimmy Smith, Patti Smith, Smog, Sonic Youth, Soul
Asylum, Spearhead, Alexander "Skip" Spence, Squirrel Bait, SST (Record
Label), Stark Reality, Mavis Staples, Pop Staples, Stax / Volt (Record Label/Studio), Steel Pulse,
Stereolab, Stereophonics, Sufjan Stevens, Stills-Young Band, Tommy Stinson, The
Stooges, Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, Sun Kil Moon, Sun Ra, Sugar,
Supergrass, Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter, T. Rex, Tapes 'N Tapes,
Teenage Fanclub, Television, Rufus Thomas, The Thrills (1st Album),
Toots And The Maytals, Peter Tosh, Trojan Records (Record Label), Derek
Trucks Band, Twin/Tone(Record Label), Uncle Tupelo, Unida, Van Halen,
Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Velvet Underground, Vetiver, Bunny
Wailer, Howard Wales, War, The Warlocks, Muddy Waters, Roger Waters,
Ween, Paul Westerberg, Whiskeytown, Widespread Panic, Wilco, Ike Willis, Hank
Williams, Lucinda Williams, Victoria Williams, Denison Witmer, Gillian
Welch, The White Stripes, Howlin' Wolf, Wolfmother, X, The Yahoos, Neil Young, Frank
Zappa, ZZ Top, Warren Zevon
Movies:
12 Monkeys,
A Clockwork Orange,
A Fish Called Wanda,
A Mighty Wind,
A Shot in the Dark,
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock,
Adaptation,
Airplane!,
Airplane II,
All About Eve,
All Of Me,
All The President's Men,
Almost Famous,
Amazon Women on the Moon,
American Beauty,
American Graffiti,
An American in Paris,
An American Werewolf in London,
Analyze This,
Animal House,
Annie Hall,
Apocalypse Now,
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,
Ball of Fire,
Batman Begins,
Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm,
Before Sunrise,
Before Sunset,
Being There,
Best In Show,
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,
Billy Bragg and Wilco: Man in the Sand,
Blade Runner,
Blood Simple,
Blow,
Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back,
Bob Dylan: Eat The Document,
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home,
Bob Dylan: Renaldo and Clara (for the live performances),
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bound,
Breakfast at Tiffany's,
Bringing Up Baby,
Buffalo 66,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Caddyshack,
Cape Fear (both versions),
Capote,
Casablanca,
Casino,
Chasing Amy,
Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke,
Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie,
Cheech and Chong’s Still Smokin,
Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams,
Chinatown,
Christmas in Connecticut,
Citizen Kane,
Clerks,
Crash,
Crimes and Misdemeanors,
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust,
Dazed and Confused,
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,
Death Race 2000,
Deconstructing Harry,
Defending Your Life,
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,
Dogma,
Dogtown and Z-Boys,
Don Juan De Marco,
Double Indemnity,
Ed Wood,
Easy Rider,
Elf,
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones,
Endless Summer,
Endless Summer II,
Endless Summer Revisited,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Fargo,
Fantastic Planet,
Festival Express,
Foul Play,
Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes,
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special,
Frantic,
Freaks,
Freaky Friday (the original),
Freeway,
Full Metal Jacket,
Galaxy Quest,
Gangs of New York,
Garden State,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
Ghostbusters,
Gilda,
GoodFellas,
Gov’t Mule: Rising Low,
Grand Canyon,
Grateful Dawg,
Groundhod Day,
Heavy Metal,
Helter Skelter,
High Fidelity,
His Girl Friday,
Alfred Hitchcock Movies (most of them),
Hotel Rwanda,
Husbands and Wives,
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!,
Imagine: John Lennon,
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,
It's a Wonderful Life,
Jackie Brown,
James Bond Movies (all Sean Connery and Roger Moore ones),
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,
Kill Bill: Vol. 1,
Kill Bill: Vol. 2,
King Kong (the original),
King Kong,
Kung Fu Hustle,
L.A. Confidential,
La Femme Nikita (the original),
Led Zepplin DVD Set,
Little Big Man,
Lords of Dogtown,
Lost in America,
Lost in Translation,
Mallrats,
Manhattan,
Manhattan Murder Mystery,
MASH,
Match Point,
Meet the Fockers,
Meet the Parents,
Midnight Cowboy,
Midnight Run,
Mildred Pierce,
Miller's Crossing,
Miracle Mile,
Monsters Inc.,
Mother,
Much Ado About Nothing,
My Favorite Year,
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear,
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,
Napoleon Dynamite,
National Lampoon's European Vacation,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps,
Network,
Noises Off!,
Now Voyager,
O Brother, Where Art Thou?,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Pavement: Slow Century,
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure,
Peter Tosh: Stepping Razor: Red X,
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii,
Pink Floyd: The Wall,
Platoon,
Punch-Drunk Love,
Punk: Attitude,
Raiders of the Lost Ark,
Rain Man (definitely),
Raising Arizona,
Ramones: Raw,
Ray,
Real Life,
Repo Man,
Repulsion,
Reservoir Dogs,
Revenge of the Pink Panther,
Riding Giants,
Roman Holiday,
Rosemary's Baby,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,
Roxanne,
Sabrina (the original),
Scarface (the remake),
Scent of a Woman,
Shakespeare in Love,
Sideways,
Singin' in the Rain,
The Spanish Prisoner,
Space Is the Place,
Spider-Man,
Spider-Man 2,
Spies Like Us,
Star Wars,
Strange Brew,
Stripes,
Joe Strummer: Let’s Rock Again,
Student Bodies,
Suburbia,
Suddenly Last Summer,
Sunset Boulevard,
Syriana,
Targets,
Taxi Driver,
That's Entertainment (I, II, III),
The Age of Innocence,
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods,
The Aristocrats,
The Aviator,
The Awful Truth,
The Beatles: A Hard Days Night,
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine,
The Bourne Identity,
The Clash: The Essential Clash,
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival,
The Cook the Thief His Wife Her Lover,
The Fifth Element,
The Fisher King,
The Frisco Kid,
The Fugitive,
The Graduate,
The Grateful Dead: Closing of Winterland,
The Grateful Dead Movie,
The Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead,
The Hudsucker Proxy,
The Importance of Being Earnest,
The Incredibles,
The In-Laws (the original),
The Jerk,
The Lady from Shanghai,
The Last Waltz,
The Lonely Guy,
The Maltese Falcon,
The Man Who Would Be King,
The Man with Two Brains,
The Manchurian Candidate (the original),
The Muse,
The Naked Gun,
The Parent Trap (the original),
The Party,
The Philadelphia Story,
The Pink Panther,
The Pink Panther Strikes Again,
The Player,
The Postman Always Rings Twice (both versions),
The Princess Bride,
THE RAMONES: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL,
The Return of the Pink Panther,
The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter,
The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus,
The Royal Tenenbaums,
The Ruling Class,
The Shining,
The Usual Suspects,
The Who: The Kids Are Alright,
The Who: Tommy,
The Wizard Of Oz,
Thelma and Louise,
This Is Spinal Tap,
Three Amigos,
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,
To Have and Have Not,
Touch of Evil,
Traffic,
Valley Girl,
Waiting for Guffman,
Walk the Line,
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen,
Wedding Crashers,
What's Up Doc?,
Wilco: I am Trying To Break Your Heart,
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,
Witness,
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music,
Working Girl,
X: The Unheard Music,
Young Frankenstein
Television:
I believe that now's the time for restitution /
And I do swear to uphold the constitution /
For the cause of picture-perfect resolution /
I declare a prime time TV revolution
© 2002 Daniel J. Kaiser / Enlightenprint
Books:
Be Here Now,
Bill Graham Presents,
Bob Dylan: Chronicles Vol 1,
Broderick,
Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia,
Dharma Bums,
Garcia: by the Editors of Rolling Stone,
Harold and the Purple Crayon,
On The Road,
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest,
PrimeTime and Other Poems ,
Skeleton Key,
The Catcher In The Rye,
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,
The Great Gatsby,
The Little Prince,
The Monster's Nose Was Cold,
The Phantom Tollbooth,
The Real Frank Zappa Book,
Tintin Comics,
Wilco: Learning How To Die
Heroes:
WAY too many to list, but see my other sections for a good idea of my main influences.
