playing bass; live shows 1250-to-date(never more than 15 of the same band, thx sonic youth); independent music, business, film and movies; chess; scrabble; backgammon; old school video games like pong,pacman,asteroids etc. public radio; pirate radio even; skating; disc golf; long boards; van; dickies; carharts; chuck t's; cruiser bikes old and new, but using bikes for transport; good coffee; weird neighborhood movie theaters greasy breakfasts at old diners; volunteering for charity or nonprofits; moving to australia to surf warm waters; traveling and moving often, i've had 30 apartments across 6 states 30 different jobs too.; being outdoors; kombucha ; and rockin'cool swatches.i have a photographic memory but it's black & white.
i have already met willard scott and fabio, so is there really anyone left?
thurston on thud staff, pretty cool.
the inimitable leslie feist.
bands with cool song titles; j-pop; cadenzas; soundtracks; scores; tasty beats; interesting heads and tasteful solos; vocalese; creative songwriting; cool and offbeat covers; b-sides; chick vocals; no vocals; bass intros; blaster mixes; weird synths; artists that tour less and write more (otherwise take that bs to las vegas 8-track rock bands.); skillful production; the chicago school; the song cuban slide by the pretenders is insane; punk rock always; no wave, new wave, noise, pop, silver lake ca bands; the nyc downtown musicians; the current brooklyn music renaissance; hip hop; jazz(real); tesla the only hair-metal band that mattered; steely dan for the dark burroughs-esque lyrics; gauge bands by their fans; musicians from the small liberal arts college in ohio(there are alot on the scene), no not antioch; the archies sugar, sugar; and on and on and on.....prince;..sst records;..all of the '80's american indie towns..
valley of the dolls; beyond the valley of the dolls(co-written by roger ebert, what?) and the following directors: jim jarmusch; wim wenders; hal hartley; wes anderson; coen brothers; monty python; sidney poitier; david lynch; harold ramis; federico fellini; billy wilder; alfred hitchcock; richard linklater; spike jonze; spike lee; pedro almodovar; john waters; woody allen; sofia coppola; john hughes; robert altman, the reitman's; the kasdan's; edgar wright; cameron crowe; jonathan demme; gus van sant.................
fishing with john; love american style; young ones; the mod squad; in search of; nova; twilight zone; night gallery; banana splits adventure hour; lost; creature feature; the dating game; zoom; schoolhouse rock; marquee moon; but i don't watch tv realtime.
a clean well-lighted place for books (defunct); the venerable powell's books; beautiful children by charles bock; re/search publications; madlibs; henry miller; david foster wallace; lester bangs
none but don cornelius is cool.