Music first and foremost. Being a good husband & father & raising my boys to be good men (is that an oxymoron?). Good Food - even crappy food'll do. Movies; er Good Movies I should say. Reading books that really capture me, like historical fiction, dark humor, or a well-written biography.
Folks still breathing: Steven Hawking, Craig Nettles, Harry Carson, Neil Peart, Jack Lemmon, Tony Bennett, Gavin Harrison, Cesar Milan - I'd like to see him work @ that compound of his. Hell, I don't know who else?? Oh, John Cleese I suppoose..Folks not breathing: Marty Feldman; I would've liked to find just which eye to look at. (Close second is Jack Elam). Lou Gehrig. Buddy Rich. John F Kennedy. Judas Iscariot, Alexander the Great. Hadrian. Kubla Khan. Robert Moses. J.R.R. Tolkien. John Cazale.
Dream Theater, Genesis, Yes, Kansas, Opeth, Fates Warning, W.A. Mozart, Spock's Beard, Slavior, OSI, Angel, KISS, Alice in Chains, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Gentle Giant, ABBA, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Marco Minneman, Porcupine Tree, Dixie Dregs, Ayreon, Bad Company, Jethro Tull, Return to Forever, Moody Blues, Massive Attack, Tool, Ambrosia, Shadow Gallery, LTE, Transatlantic, Marillion, The Flower Kings, The Quill, Tavares, Zebra, Filter, Roberta Flack, The Mars Volta, Coheed & Cambria, Thin Lizzy, Alter Bridge, Spastic Ink, Paganini (is that spelled right?) (even more later...)
Godfather, Godfather II, Old Boy, Snatch, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Pan's Labrynth, Days of Wine & Roses, California Suite, Uptown Saturday Night, Suspiria, Cannonball Run, Goodfellas, The Blair Witch Project, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Run, Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels, Snatch and stuff like that.
History & Discovery Channel, sometimes HGTV & the Food Network, rarely MTV. Love old series': The Prisoner, UFO, Sanford & Son, Charlie's Angels, Baretta, Ironsides, Mod Squad, Fawlty Towers, Keeping up Appearances, Maude, The Young Ones, Comessario Montalbano, ehtcetehrah
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