I'd like to meet:
Ani DiFranco. Bob Dylan. Rickie Lee Jones. Lucinda Willams. Iris Dement. John Prine. The guys in Fugazi. "The Bills:" Moyer, Maher, Clinton, Gates.
Music:
MySpace Favorites:
Here are a few of my favorite bands:AC/DC
Aerosmith
Aimee Mann
Al Dimeola
Al Green
Albert King
Albert Lee
Alejandro Escovedo
Alison Krause
Amazing Rhythm Aces
Ani Defranco
The Animals
April Stevens
Aretha Franklin
Art Blakey
Arlo Guthrie
Art Garfunkel
Art Tatum
The B52s
The Bar Kays
Barbara Lewis
Barrett Strong
BB King
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Beau Brummels
Beck
The Bee Gees
Ben Folds
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Big Joe Turner
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
Bill Withers
Billie Holiday
Billy Boy Arnold
Billy Cobham
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Bing Crosby
The Black Crowes
Blind Faith
Blondie
The Blue Nile
The Blue Oyster Cult
The Blues Brothers
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Wills
Bobby Darin
Bobby Freeman
The Bobby Fuller four
Bobby Hebb
Bobby Volare
Bonnie Raitt
Booker T & the MGs
Boots Randolph
Brenton Wood
Brian Eno
Brian Wilson
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Springsteen
Buck Owens
Bud Powell
Buddy Guy
Buddy Holly
Buddy Rich
Buffalo Springfield
Bugs Henderson
Butch Hancock
Butterfield Blues Band
The Byrds
By the Way
Cab Calloway
Canned Heat
Capitals
Carl Perkins
Carla Thomas
Carlene Carter
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Carter Family
Cecil Taylor
Chad & Jeremy
Charles Mingus
Cheap Trick
Chet Atkins
Chet Baker
Chicago
Chick Corea
Chordettes
Chris Isaak
Chuck Berry
Clark Terry
Clash
Clifton Chenier
Cole Porter
Commodores
Count Basie
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Daft Punk
Dale Hawkins
Dan Hicks
Dar Williams
Darlene Love
Dave Alvin
Dave Brubeck
Dave Dudley
Dave Edmunds
Dave Holland
Dave Van Ronk
David Bowie
David Grey
David Johansen
David Lindley
Dead Milkmen
Dean Martin
Debra Harry
Deftones
Deke Dickerson
Delbert McClinton
Desmond Decker
Diana Krall
Dianne Reeves
Dick Dale & the Deltones
Dire Straits
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Django Reinhardt
Don Ellis
Don Henley
Doors
Dorothy Mortonsen
Dr. John
Dread Zeppelin
Drifters
Drive By Truckers
Duane Eddy
Duke Ellington
Dwight Twilley
Dwight Yoakum
Dynamics
Eagles
Earl Hines
Earth Wind & Fire
Eddie Floyd
Electric Flag
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvin Jones
Elvis
Elvis Costello
Empire Brass
Eric Burdon
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Everly Brothers
Fela Kuti
Fillian Anderson
Fifth Dimension
Flatlanders
Frank Ifield
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
Frankie Lane
Fred Astaire
Freddy King
Fugazi
Gabby Pahinui
Gap Band
Gary Stewart
Gene Chandler
Gene Kelly
Gene Pitney
George Clinton
George Gershwin
George Jones
George Thorogood
Georgia Satellites
Gerry & the Pacemakers
Godley & Crème
Grand Funk Railroad
Grandmaster Flash
Grateful Dead
Green Day
Grover Washington, Jr.
Guitar Slim
Gypsy Kings
Handsome Devil
Hank Williams
Hank Williams III
Harry Connick
Harry Nilsson
H-Blockx
Henry Mancini
Henry Rollins
Herbie Hancock
Howlin’ Wolf
Ian Hunter
Iggy Pop
Iggy & the Stooges
Ike & Tina Turner
Iris Dement
Iron Butterfly
Isley Brothers
J Geils Band
Jack Black
Jaco Pastorius
Jackie Greene
Jackie Wilson
James Brown
James Burton
James Hunter
James McMurtry
Jan Hammer
Jelly Roll Morton
Jellyfish
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Jimmy Bryant
Jimmie Rogers
Jimmy Ruffin
Joan Jett
Joe Cocker
Joe Ely
Joe Louis Walker
Joe Pass
Joe Zawinul
John Cale
John Coltrane
John Hiatt
John Lee Hooker
John MacLaughlin
John Mayall
John Prine
John Scofield
John Zorn
Johnny Cash
Johnny Ray
Jonathan Richman
Jools Holland
Josh Rouse
Joshua Rifkin
Juliana Hatfield
Junior Brown
kd lang
Keith Jarrett
Kenny Price
Killers
King Crimson
Kingsmen
Kinks
Kiss
Klaus Schultz
Knitters
Kool & the Gang
Kraftwerk
Laura Nyro
Led Zeppelin
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Cohen
Les McCann
Les Paul
Link Wray
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
Little Feat
Little Peggy March
L o s L o b o s
Lou Rawls
Loudon Wainwright III
Louis Armstrong
Louis Jordan
Louis Prima
Lovin Spoonful
Lowell George
Luciano Pavarotti
Lucinda Williams
Lyle Lovitt
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ma Rainey
Maceo Parker
Madonna
Manhattan Transfer
Mannheim Steamroller
Manu Chao
Marc Cohn
Marianne Faithfull
Mars Volta
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Marty Robbins
Marvelettes
Marvin Gaye
Mary Wells
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
Mavericks
McCoy Tyner
Melanie Safka
Melissa Ethridge
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Slim
Merle Haggard
Merle Travis
Michael Jackson
Mickey Gilley
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Nesmith
Mike Ness
Miles Davis
Mills Brothers
Mink Deville
Moby
Montovani
Montrose
Morphine
Mothers of Invention
Mott the Hoople
Muddy Waters
Muse
Nat King Cole
Neil Finn
Neil Young
Nick Cave
Nick Lowe
NickelBack
Nico
Nicolette Larson
Nine Inch Nails
Nino Tempo
Nirvana
No Doubt
Norman Greenbaum
Nylons
Oasis
Offspring
Ojays
Ornette Coleman
Oscar Peterson
Otis Redding
Ozzie
Pat Metheny
Patti Smith
Paul Butterfield
Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Paul Westerberg
Pearl Jam
Peggy Lee
Persuasions
Pete Anderson
Pete Cozy
Pete Seeger
Peter & Gordon
Peter Gabriel
Petula Clark
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Phil Alvin
Police
Pretenders
Primus
Prince
Proclaimers
Procol Harum
Queen
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Radiators
Radiohead
Ralph Mooney
Ramones
Rascals
Ray Bryant Combo
Ray Charles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM
Richard Cheese
Richard X Heyman
Richard Thompson
Richie Valens
Rick James
Rick Nelson
Ricki Lee Jones
Robert Cray
Robert Fripp
Roches
Rockapella
Rodney Crowell
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Rolling Stones
Ron Carter
Ron Sexsmith
Ronettes
Roots
Roxy Music
Roy Orbison
Roy Rogers
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Wainwright
Sam Cooke
Sandy Denny
Sarah McLachlin
Scott Joplin
Scotty Moore
Shangri Las
Shirelles
Shirley Ellis
Sidney Bechet
Sir Douglas Quintet
Skip Ewing
Slim Harpo
Sly & the Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins
Smokin’ Joe Kubek
Snooks Eaglin
Social Distortion
Sonics
Sonny Terry
Sons of Champlin
Sons of the Pioneers
Speedy West
Spike Jones
Spin Doctors
Staind
Stan Getz
Standells
Steeleye Span
Steely Dan
Stephane Grappelli
Steppenwolf
Steve Earle
Steve Miller Band
Steve Winwood
Steven Lindsay
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Wonder
Stone Temple Pilots
Sublime
Sugar Hill Gang
Supertramp
Supremes
Surfaris
Swingin’ Medallions
Swingle Singers
T Bone Walker
T Rex
Tears for Fears
Television
Ten cc
Ten Years After
Tennesee Ernie Ford
Thelonious Monk
The Band
The Bobs
The Hawks
The Nighthawks
The Weavers
They Might Be Giants
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty
Tom Waits
Tommy James
Tool
Tower of Power
Townes Van Zandt
Traffic
Traveling Wilburys
Troggs
Turtles
U2
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Vector Eclipse
Ventures
Waifs
Wall of Voodoo
War
Warren Zevon
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
Weird Al Yankovic
The Who
Willie Dixon
Willie Nelson
Wilson Pickett
Woody Guthrie
Wynton Marsallis
Yardbirds
The Zombies
ZZ Top... to name but a few.
Movies:
Sweeping sagas like Master and Commander, spy thrillers like the Bourne Identify, inspirational life stories like Cinderella Man, boy-gets-girl-while-playing-minor-league-baseball like Bull Durham, nicely burnished screenwriting that just happens to have two legends with great chemistry doing the lines like Something's Got to Give and the occasional believable May-December thing like As Good as it Gets, and a recent cable fave, a funny and heartwarming/heartbreaking story about a life and disabilities, I'm Dancing on the Inside.
Television:
I love my HBO. Deadwood, The Wire, Entourage
Books:
My favorite novels of all time are probably James Clavell's Tai Pan and Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth. I just put Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on the nightstand for a long needed re-read.
Heroes:
Good men and women with integrity and convictions. Bill Moyer comes to mind.