I had the AMAZING opportunity to attend an Earl Wild concert at the Mannes College of Music, IKIF in New York, July 2005. I also attended his master class the day following the concert and met Mr. Earl Wild himself. I'm still catching my breath!
Earl Wild, Ilana Vered, Maria João Pires, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sigmund Thalberg, George Gershwin, Moritz Moszkowski, Claude Debussy, Meat Loaf, Camille Saint Saëns, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Johann Strauss, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Neeme Järvi, Byron Janis, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, Ferrante & Teicher, Ruth Brown, Linda Ronstadt, Bee Gees, Barry Manilow, Leon Russell, Shonen Knife, Fleetwood Mac, Lenny Kravitz, Sesame Street Fever, Pink Floyd, George Benson, Heather Nova, Roxy Music, Christopher O'Reilly, The Singers Unlimited, REO Speedwagon, Jim Croce, Zero 7, Blonde Redhead, John Mayer, Chicago, Nana Mouskouri, Modest Mouse, Pink Martini, Kate Bush, Autechre, The Real Group, Pat Metheny Group, Modern Talking, George Jones, Kraftwerk, Willy Nelson, Jimmy Sturr, more Earl Wild, Bob Moog (for creating such an amazing instrument!), Dead Can Dance, Pat Benatar, The Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel, The Manhattan Transfer, Journey, Nilsson, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Supertramp, Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick, Astrud Gilberto, Cher (her early (1960s/1970s stuff)), PJ Harvey, Hoyt Axton, David Bowie, Brian Culbertson, Alison Moyet, Donna Summer, Tori Amos, Elton John, [Diana Krall, Elvis Costello], Anne Murray, Abba, Pizzicato 5, Lou Rawls, Blondie, Tina Turner, Naoko Yoshino, Peter Björn & John, Roberta Flack, Steely Dan, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Tuck & Patti, The Singers Unlimited.
Casino Royale, Girls Will Be Girls, The Lives of Others, Tea and Sympathy, Stand by Me, Team America, Steel Magnolias, any John Waters film. I should really brush-up on my movie reportoire!
No TV for me. I LOVE muscles and muscle cars...I'll show you one of my favorites from the latter:
Love a good Dean Koontz novel, Carl Sagan, the rants of Dan Savage, Al Franken, I'm trying to make more time for myself and reading. Being on MySpace doesn't help...
Earl Wild, Wonder Woman, my family and friends!