Music, Poetry, Writing/Reading, Bonsai, The San Antonio Spurs, Science, Live Music, Nature, More Music, TEXAS!
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I'd like to meet:
Issac Hayes, Ween, Otis Redding(r.i.p), The Meters, Charles bukowski(r.i.p.), Larry mcmurtry, Ray Charles(r.i.p), F.D.R.(r.i.p.), Willie Nelson, all the "beat" writers(mostly r.i.p), david bowie, coach greg popovich, various scientists....damn, a lot of dead people..." border=0
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Music:
ALL TIME FAVORITES: ween, issac hayes, otis redding, the band, willie nelson, ray charles, anything with mike patton in it, the blues brothers, waulon jennings, the meters(new and old), led zeppelin, david bowie, hank williams sr., sam cooke, the flaming lips, james brown, tool, bob dylan, pantera, drums and tuba, anything with les claypool, beastie boys, booker t. and the MGs, solomon burke, weezer, slayer, nofx, outkast, frank zappa, the beatles, pink floyd, anthrax, blind melon, johnny cash, hank III, scissor sisters, tenacious d, marvin gaye, smokey robinson, van morrison, korn(old), jeff buckley, merle haggard, tom waits, lamb of god, the blues brothers, superjoint ritual, the mars volta, also comedy albums and recording of great poets reading their shit.....RECENT LISTENING: right now i am completely obsessed with 'ziggy stardust' era david bowie, gnarls barkley, lamb of god, the fiery furnaces, 'Transformer' by lou reed, "mama tried" by merle haggard, alot of country in general: merle, waylon jennings, david allan coe, jerry reed, charlie pride, charlie daniels, Don williams, HankIII, ect., "la cucaracha" by ween, "the bedlam in Goliath" by the mars volta, "Obzen" by meshuggah, 'raising sand' by robert plant and allison krause, regina spekter, metalocolypse, suffocation, and all manner of heavy music at the moment.
Movies:
ALL TIME FAVORITES: the blues brothers, fandango, all things star wars, this is spinal tap, platoon, the road warrior, the jerk, the lord of the rings, the secret of n.i.h.m., apocalypse now, dead presidents, the big chill, animal house, the neverending story, the last waltz, the good the bad and the ugly, smokey and the bandit(hushpuppies, daddy), weird science(no shit, chet, no shit), unforgiven, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, cool hand luke, easy rider, m.a.s.h., the hunt for red october, magnolia, all things evil dead, all things monty python, silverado, the karate kid, the princess bride, trainspotting, anything with bill murray, john candy, will ferrell, or steve martin in it, anything directed by kubrick, pt anderson, wes anderson or john landis, super troopers, kung pow, lonesome dove, seven, the butcher boy, blazing saddles, all things indiana jones, the abyss, james bond, donnie darko, goodfellas, anything by guy ritchie before madonna's cootch made him stupid, beatlejuice, ect
RECENT: layer cake!, little miss sunshine, the departed, broken flowers, pan's labrynth, superbad, there will be blood, no country for old men, chinatown (i cant believe it took me that long to see that movie)
Television:
i'd like to say that i don't watch t.v. with a dash of snobbery, but i would be lying, so.... the san antonio spurs!, mythbusters, all thing adult swim(metalocolypse especially), flavor of love, crocodile hunter(r.i.p.), the new 'planet earth' series on discovery, no reservations, bizarre foods, the universe...
Books:
ALL TIME FAVORITES: 'women', 'hollywood', 'ham on rye', 'burning in water, drowning in flame', ect. by charles bukowski, 'A confederacy of dunces' by john kennedy toole, 'house of leaves' by mark z. danielewski, the entire lonesome dove series by larry mcmurtry, 'on the road', 'big sur', ect. by jack keroauc, the complete works of allen ginsberg, 'naked lunch' by william s. burroughs, the poetry of elizabeth bishop, gregory corso, and lawrence ferlinghetti, the whole harry potter series, 'l.a. confidential' by jame elroy, 'ismael' by daniel quinn, 'fear and loathing in las vegas' and 'the rum diaries' by hunter s. thompson, 'it' by stephen king, 'brave new world' by aldous huxley, 'fahrenheit 451' by ray bradbury, 'slaughterhouse 5' by kurt vonnegut, '1984' by george orwell, anything by J.R.R. Tolkein, various history/non-fiction books
CURRENTLY READING: harder than hardscrabble, oral recollections of the farming life from the edge of the texas hill country, edited by thad sitton and "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame" by Charles Bukowski and "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke" by Peter Guralnick
Heroes:
Issac Hayes, Charles Bukowski, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jack Kerouac, Willie Nelson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, My Momma, David Bowie
