Thomas Hardy, Richard Wright (the novelist, not the shitty Goalkeeper), Roberto Clemente, .. Gram Parsons, D.Boon, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Sugar Ray Robinson, Satchel Paige, George Best, .. Bessie Smith, Huey Newton, Thomas Paine, Bobby Moore, John McGraw, the 1986 Mets, Hal Richman, Seka, Fyodor Dostoyesky (I'm sounding self-important now, I know), CepillÃn, the Road Warriors, Janis Joplin, Bill Hicks, ..Eugene Debs, anybody who landed on Omaha Beach, any Martins or McClellans in Lansing, Michigan (please write to me if you exist!), Carlos Monzón, Otis Redding, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, The Boss, "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"-era Bob Dylan, whoever invented oral sex, Clarence Darrow, John Brown, Lou Reed (ignored at the VMA's by Fall Out Boy-listening airheads), Muddy Waters, Serge Gainsbourg, FDR, César Chávez, Alexander Cartwright, Steve McQueen, Rube Foster, Syd Barret, (why not?!?) Jesus Christ, the motherfucker who stole about 100 of my CD's from my apartment in Florida, and of course, my Dad, both my Grandpas, and my Grandma.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
Not necessarily my "favorite" music, but artists that need to be mentioned, inasmuch as they are ignored by the mainstream media: Alejandro Escovedo, The Decembrists, Drive-By Truckers, Marah, The Shins, My Morning Jacket, Calexico, Todd Snider, Josh Ritter, Art Brut, Josh Rouse, the legendary Mission Of Burma (making great music again), any Elephant 6 bands, Nellie McKay, The Living Things, Brendan Benson (solo, although at least he's getting some exposure with The Raconteurs), Gomez, José González, Mew.In this installment of the Concert Series, Tom Waits does "Hoist That Rag" with the great Marc Ribot on guitar:
..In this, the initial installment of LefTV, Keith Olbermann takes the Bush Administration to task for squandering and abusing the good will and unity born out of 9-11. "May this nation forgive you, Mr. President." Fucking brilliant! Then, Olbermann refutes the Right's claim that 9-11 was Clinton's fault. Enjoy and learn!Bill Maher busts the Right's cowardly taunts of "un-patriotic" to those who expose their bullshit and outright lies:The great Conor Oberst shocks and awes Jay "Get Me Another Dorito" Leno and performs "When The President Talks To God"!!
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.."Boring, boring Arsenal!!", from Charlie George to Ray Parlour to Patrick Viera and, of course, the day I became a Gunner and Marc Overmars fan.