Music from all across the spectrum...and from up & down the timeline; ending the U.S. occupation of Iraq; universal health care; publicly-funded political campaigns (let's kick the whores out of the Capitol); the visual arts; indigenous people's rights, a good book in which to lose myself; red wine; craft brews; a little refer now & then; dark chocolate; strong, locally-roasted coffee; asian cuisine (especially Indian--saag paneer! yeah baby!); Lake Superior--the greatest lake; the ocean; vegging in the evening in front of the BBC with my Molly & our animals--Max the Big Dog, and B.C and Claudia the obstreperous cat patrol...
Music:
Beatles, Pernice Bros, Tubeway Army (Gary Numan), Soundtrack of Our Lives, Gourds, Uncle Tupelo, Jimmie Rodgers, Replacements, Bukka White, Todd Rundgren, Television, Aretha Franklin, Dock Boggs, Gram Parsons, Strokes, Sonny Rollins, Don Covay, Fred J. Eaglesmith, Charley Patton, Otis Redding, Detroit Cobras, Alice Donut, Rockpile, Wilco, Small Faces, Mekons, Richard Hell/Voidoids, Marveletts, Arctic Monkeys, Louvin Bros, Meat Puppets, Dick Justice, Split Lip Rayfield, Byrds, The Band, Apostle of Hustle, Sleeping in the Aviary, ? and the Mysterians, Charlie Poole, Andrew Bird, Pink Floyd (w/Syd Barret), Incredible String Band, The Move, Brenda Holloway, Smokey Robinson/Miracles, Charles Mingus, Velvet Underground, Clarence Ashley, The National, Elvis Costello, Wailers, Lucinda Williams, The Returnables, The Witnesses, Count Basie, Chocolate Watch Band, Flaming Stars, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, Ornette Coleman, Hank Williams Sr., Pretty Things, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, Seeds, The Who, John's Children, Bruce Springsteen, Soft Boys, Count Five, Clifford Brown, Donovan, Roxy Music, Stooges, Kinks, Pavement, Spoon, Solomon Burke, Greenhornes, Lifter Puller, Glenna Bell, Alejandro Escovedo, Tommy James/Shondells, Sonics, Abby Lincoln, Gang of Four, Don Bryant, Nick Lowe, Fleshtones, Gerry Mulligan, Real Kids, Richmond Fontaine, Arcade Fire, Haley Bonar, Holly Golightly, Dead Kennedys, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Duke Ellington, Meat Purveyors, Mississippi John Hurt, The Red Button, Peter Tosh, Equals, Animals, Bauhaus, The Jam, Kelly Joe Phelps, Eck Robertson, Joy Division, River City Tanlines, Miles Davis, Black Eyed Snakes, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Charlie Parker, Neko Case, Clash, Dungen, Ian Dury/Blockheads, Son House, Rolling Stones, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, John Coltrane, John Hammond Jr., Low, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amy Rigby, Gomez, Rev. Gary Davis, Raspberries, Kentucky Colonels, Tapes n' Tapes, Drams, Whiskeytown, Pretenders, Love, Artie Shaw, Buoys, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Ruby Johnson, Bad Seeds, Troggs, P-Funk, Nick Drake, Charlie Parr, Ryan Adams, Menomena, Golden Smog, Old 97s, 13th Floor Elevators, Modern Lovers, Kingsman, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Dillard Chandler, Knickerbockers, Billie Holiday, Zakary Thaks, Talking Heads, Palomar, Nazz, Dave Clark Five, Curtis Mayfield, Ramones, David Bowie, Hives, Janis Joplin, Leon Russell, Jayhawks, Ike & Tina, Joe Henry, New Pornographers, AC/DC (w/Bon Scott), Moody Blues, Flamin Groovies, Lester Young, Emmylou Harris, Runaways, Half Japanese, Easybeats, Garnet Mimms, Lightnin' Hopkins, Silversun Pickups, Wilson Pickett, Link Wray, Beach Boys, Raconteurs, Pop Rivets, Capitol Years, Donnas, Lemon Pipers, New York Dolls, Association, Gil-Scott Heron, Grateful Dead, Dirtbombs, Neil Young, Sir Douglas Quintet, Box Tops, Roscoe Holcomb, Van Morrison, Hives, Peter Bjorn & John, Muddy Waters, Gary Lewis/Playboys, Dave Brubeck Quartet, International Submarine Band, Lovin' Spoonful, Jesse Ed Davis, Doors, Treat Her Right/Morphine, T. Rex, Howlin' Wolf, Retribution Gospel Choir, Lilly Bros, Junior Murvin, Sex Pistols, Ronettes, Turtles, Led Zeppelin, MC5, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Big Star, ELO, Flying Burrito Bros., Mitch Ryder/Detroit Wheels, Sly/Family Stone, Carter Family, Bo Diddley, Amy Abts/State Champs, Blind Willie McTell, Munkey Juice/Heise Bros/Hit & Mrs., Greg Brown, Sleater-Kinney, Manchester Orchestra, Grass Roots, Exploding Hearts, Trampled By Turtles, Redbone...I can't go further, my brain hurts.
