I'd like to meet:
Movers and shakers
Music:
AC/DC, ADHD, Anti-Nowhere League,Bad Religion, Blowfly, Bonecrusher, Boot Party, Bovver Wonderland,Johnny Cash, Chumbawamba, The Clash, Bootsy Collins,Defiance, The Distillers,The Electric Eye, 1100 Hundred Springs,Fully Loaded,GBH, Guns N Roses,Merle Haggard, Hammerlock, Wayne The Train Hancock, Hanoi Rocks,Waylon Jennings, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts,KW & The Shotgun Trio,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Manic Hispanic, Moloko Men, Motörhead, Mustaphamond,Nashville Pussy, Willie Nelson, Nine Pound Hammer,Oingo Boingo, Oxymoron,Pattons Legion, Johnny Paycheck, The Police,The Ramones, Riot, Rose Tattoo,Sham 69, Skrewdriver, Social Distortion, Soldier 76, The Spades, Stiff Little Fingers,Talking Heads, The Templars, George Thorogood, The Toughskins, Twisted Sister,US3,Violent Drunks,Hank Williams, Hank III, Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, X,
Television:
Deadwood, Sopranos, Good Eats
Books:
Charles Bukowski
Heroes:
My heroes are my Grandfathers
Matt Etcheverry
(5/24/16 - 6/15/02)
and
Walt Koven
(9/8/12 - 10/8/00)
Matt served in the Army, 7th Infantry Division during WWII. While on an island in the Philippines, the Japanese had his platoon completely surrounded. He crawled through enemy lines and when he got to the position he needed to be, he called for mortar fire on the enemy and dispatched many of them with his own rifle. When the General was pinning one of his two Bronze Stars on his chest along with the Purple Heart, he asked Matt why he did it. My Grandfathers reply was, "I was just doing the job I'm supposed to do."
My Great Grandfather John Yakovenko was a riveter in the San Francisco shipyards and on July 3rd 1942, he drove 638 rivets in 8 hours for a world record in Richmond Yard Two.
My Grandfather Walt, who shortened his last name to Koven, also shortened his fathers record. He slammed 658 rivets into Yard Two's hull 1099 in only 6 hours. His score was unmarred by burnts or pickups
...all good rivets
These men are my heroes because you just don't find hard working yob's like these anymore.