Reading, writing, listening to music (at home or live), playing music (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums), buying music (Amoeba Music, Tower Records, Rasputin Records, Ebay, of all places), watching baseball (Dodgers, Angels), watching basketball (EXTREMELY HUMBLE Laker fan here, Clippers), hiking, jogging, bicycling, volleyball, traveling (ROAD TRIP BABY, ROAD TRIP!!!), sightseeing, photography, dancing, playing cards, board games (DOMINOES RULE!!), puzzles (especially SUDOKU!!), video games, air hockey, pinball, pool (YES, I SUCK BAD!!), swimming, bowling, body surfing, wakeboarding, fashion (e.g. vintage clothing), enjoying the silence of my own thoughts (a.k.a. thinking), daydreaming, intellectual conversations, spending quality time with friends, getting drunk, stoned and high (not necessarily in that order), not to mention getting laid
Anyone who appreciates me for who I am instead of feeling threatened by it.
SEEMS TO GET LONGER AND LONGER WITH EACH PASSING DAY:Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Yes, Rush, the Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix/Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsys, Steely Dan, Santana, Aerosmith, the Police, Sting, U2, Lewis Taylor, Ben Harper/Innocent Criminals, John Mayer, Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, Stereolab, Radiohead, Portishead, Porcupine Tree, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charles Mingus, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers, Gil Evans, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Grant Green, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Sharrock, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Cannonball Adderley, Eric Dolphy, Jan Garbarek, Joe Farrell, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley, Pharoah Sanders, John Surman, Gerry Mulligan, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Kenny Dorham, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Herbie Mann, J.J. Johnson, Julian Priester, Curtis Fuller, Kai Winding, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson, Horace Silver, Cecil Taylor, Joe Zawinul, Alice Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Barry Harris, Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Goldings, Sun Ra/Arkestra, John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea/Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock/Headhunters, Weather Report, Tony Williams/Lifetime, Larry Coryell/Eleventh House, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Elvin Jones, Joe Chambers, Lenny White, Steve Smith, Airto Moreira, Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Charlie Haden, Marc Johnson/Bass Desires, Graham Collier, Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Al DiMeola, Bill Connors, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Django Reinhardt, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Jeff Berlin, Victor Wooten, Victor Bailey, Stephane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michal Urbaniak, Jerry Goodman, Brand X, Bill Bruford/Bruford/Earthworks, U.K., Allan Holdsworth, the Nice, Procol Harum, Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill, Camel, Colosseum, Colosseum II, Greenslade, Gentle Giant, Simon Dupree & the Big Sound, Renaissance, Illusion, Strawbs, Hudson-Ford, Gryphon, Amazing Blondel, Curved Air, Darryl Way's Wolf, Supertramp, Robert Fripp/League of Gentlemen/League of Crafty Guitarists/Sunday All Over the World, Giles, Giles & Fripp, McDonald & Giles, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield, Gordon Haskell, John Wetton, David Cross, Adrian Belew, Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks, Chris Squire, Tomorrow, Bodast, Steve Howe, Flash, Peter Banks, Empire, Ray Bennett, Badger, Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz, Mainhorse, Refugee, Jackson Heights, Circa, Billy Sherwood, the Alan Parsons Project, Automatic Man, Wigwam, Jukka Gustavson, Pekka Pohjola, Tasavallan Presidentti, Jukka Tolonen, Focus, Jan Akkerman, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, Kayak, Ekseption, Trace, Supersister, Happy the Man, Triumvirat, Aphrodite's Child, Soft Machine, Caravan, Matching Mole, National Health, Egg, Arzachel, Gong, Hatfield & the North, Gilgamesh, Khan, Delivery, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Quiet Sun, Wilde Flowers, Keith Tippett, Brian Auger/Trinity/Oblivion Express, Ian Carr/Nucleus, Isotope, If, Riff Raff, Zzebra, Automatic Man, Blodwyn Pig, Wild Turkey, Back Door, Mogul Thrash, Crazy World of Arthur Brown/Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Atomic Rooster, Andromeda, the Attack, the Five Day Week Straw People, Traffic, Family, Mark-Almond, Sweet Thursday, Johnny Almond's Music Machine, the Zombies, Argent, Colin Blunstone, the Kinks, the Yardbirds, the Pretty Things, the Hollies, Them, Spencer Davis Group, Hardin & York, Eddie Hardin, Manfred Mann/Chapter Three/Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Small Faces/Faces, Humble Pie, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, Free, Bad Company, Spooky Tooth, Art, Gary Wright, Mike Harrison, the Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood/Wizzard, Terry Reid, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, It's a Beautiful Day, Captain Beyond, Warhorse, Hard Stuff, Armageddon, Armaggedon, the Gods, Uriah Heep, T2, Igginbottom, Edgar Broughton Band, High Tide, May Blitz, Hawkwind, Amon Duul, Amon Duul II, Embryo, Magma, Acid Mothers Temple, Far East Family Band, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, Nektar, Patto, Timebox, Quatermass, Hard Stuff, Tempest, Barclay James Harvest, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, the Artwoods, the Action, the Creation, the Left Banke, Skip Bifferty, Episode Six, Arc, Aardvark, Cressida, Babe Ruth, Beggars Opera, Gravy Train, Man, Mandalaband, Rare Bird, Fields, Spring, Spontaneous Combustion, Unicorn, Greatest Show on Earth, Hookfoot, Cochise, McGuinness-Flint, Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, Keef Hartley Band, Dog Soldier, Skin Alley, Steamhammer, Jody Grind, Juicy Lucy, Affinity, Arcadium, Bangor Flying Circus, Gun, Bakerloo, Circus, Love Sculpture, Freedom, Groundhogs, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation/Aynsley Dunbar's Blue Whale, Cream, Blind Faith, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown & Piblokto, Mountain, West, Bruce & Laing, Ginger Baker/Air Force, John Mayall/Bluesbreakers, Graham Bond/Graham Bond Organisation, Alexis Korner/Blues Incorporated/Snape, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Son House, Charley Patton, Willie Dixon, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leadbelly, Willie Dixon, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Elmore James, Skip James, Otis Rush, Otis Spann, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Rising Sons, Mose Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, ZZ Top, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Electric Flag, the Flock, Chase, Azteca, Malo, Geronimo Black, the Allman Brothers Band, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels Band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Kingston Trio, the Weavers, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Loudon Wainwright III, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Joan Baez, the Roches, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Carole King, Billy Joel, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Bill Withers, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band, John "Cougar" Mellencamp, Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Julie Driscoll, Lesley Duncan, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Steeleye Span, Maddy Prior, Nick Drake, Lindisfarne, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Thea Gilmore, Gillian Welch, Elvis Perkins, Can, Faust, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Organisation, Agitation Free, Deuter, Guru Guru, Mythos, Orange Peel, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Fred Frith, French Frith Kaiser Thompson, Big Star, Badfinger, Raspberries, Paul McCartney/Wings, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, Tyrannosaurus Rex/T. Rex, Sparks, Sweet, New York Dolls, Ramones, Dead Boys, Sex Pistols, Rich Kids, Glen Matlock/the Philistines, the Clash, Buzzcocks, the Jam, Style Council, Paul Weller, Stiff Little Fingers, Wire, the Undertones, the English Beat, the Specials/Special A.K.A., Madness, Selecter, the Cars, Blondie, Pretenders, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Television, Tom Verlaine, Elvis Costello/the Attractions, Joe Jackson, Graham Parker/the Rumour, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, the Blasters, Los Lobos, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Joy Division, New Order, Public Image, Ltd., the Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, XTC, Shriekback, Gang of Four, Orange Juice, Mission of Burma, Devo, Duran Duran, the Power Station, Men at Work, Oingo Boingo, the Go-Gos, Split Enz, INXS, Midnight Oil, Radio Birdman, Birthday Party, the Smiths, Morrissey, Tears for Fears the Cocteau Twins, Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark, Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure, Human League, Ultravox, Information Society, General Public, Fine Young Cannibals, Thomas Dolby, Berlin, Bow Wow Wow, the Pogues, Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., the dB's, the Feelies, Nik Kershaw, Kate Bush, Mike & the Mechanics, Squeeze, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Fear, X, Black Flag, the Germs, Dead Kennedys, Minutemen, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Bad Brains, Husker Du, Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Green Day, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, the Ataris, Pistol Grip, 311, Sublime, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico, the Stooges, Iggy Pop, MC5, the Flamin' Groovies, the Beach Boys, Love, the Doors, the Grateful Dead, the Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Iron Butterfly, the Monkees, Mike Nesmith, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen, SVT, Steve Miller Band, the Band, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young), Neil Young/Crazy Horse, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Poco, the Eagles, Don Henley, James Gang, Joe Walsh, Zephyr, Tommy Bolin, Trapeze, Stone the Crows, Ten Years After, Taste, Rory Gallagher, Savoy Brown, Foghat, Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose/Montrose, Edgar Winter/Edgar Winter's White Trash/Edgar Winter Group, Wishbone Ash, Nazz, Todd Rundgren/Utopia, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Fuse, Boston, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, Mott the Hoople, Stealer's Wheel, Gerry Rafferty, Boz Scaggs, Hall & Oates, Dan Fogelberg, Ambrosia, Bread, Climax Blues Band, 10cc, Godley & Creme, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera/801, Brian Eno, Weezer, the Rentals, Matt Sharp, the Special Goodness, Chopper One, Nada Surf, Everclear, Superdrag, 30 Amp Fuse, Spacehog, Harvey Danger, the Verve Pipe, Veruca Salt, Frank Black/Catholics, the Breeders, the Amps, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Belly, Teenage Fanclub, Shufflepuck, Nerf Herder, They Might Be Giants, Cake, Cibo Matto, L7, Babes in Toyland, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Tonic, Pavement, Primus, Sausage, Oysterhead, Phish, A Perfect Circle, Placebo, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Suicide, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, Catherine Wheel, Revolver, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Spectrum, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Dandy Warhols, the Out Crowd, Imajinary Friends, the Dilettantes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Warlocks, the Quarter After, Sunny Day Real Estate, Beachwood Sparks, Mojave 3, Neutral Milk Hotel, Devics, the Lilys, the Posies, the Shins, Eels, Beck, Ben Folds Five, Blur, Oasis, Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Blonde Redhead, Supergrass, the Cardigans, Belle and Sebastian, Beth Orton, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Kelley Stoltz, Jack Johnson, Pete Yorn, Ray LaMontagne, Jose Gonzalez, Bright Eyes, Zero 7, Air, Cinematic Orchestra, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, King of Woolworths, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Red Snapper, Noonday Underground, Morcheeba, Talvin Singh, DJ Shadow, DJ Spooky, Squarepusher, Wagon Christ, Aphex Twin, Moby, Nortec Collective, Thievery Corporation, Groove Armada, Future Sound of London, UNKLE, Gotan Project, Matthew Herbert, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig von Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Antonio Vivaldi, Giaccomo Puccini, Francois Chopin, Franz Liszt, Antonin Dvorak, Bela Bartok, Modest Mussorgsky, Leos Janacek, Sergei Rachmoninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Aaron Copeland, Charles Ives, Dustin O'Halloran, Jeremy Weinglass, Rene Gruss, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Desmond Dekker, Skatalites, King Tubby, Scientist, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Augustus Pablo, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Toots & the Maytals, Wailing Souls, Johnny Cash, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams, Old 97's, Booker T. & the MG's, James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Solomon Burke, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Bar-Kays, the Chambers Brothers, the Meters, Isaac Hayes, Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, Sly & the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Parliament, Rufus, Chaka Khan, Lyn Collins, Ohio Players, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Prince/the Revolution/New Power Generation, Jamiroquai, Seal, Simply Red, Brazzaville, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat "King" Cole, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley & the Comets, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Richie Valens, Roy Orbison, the Ventures, Link Wray, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, the Walker Brothers, Scott Walker, Paul Anka, Dusty Springfield, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Djavan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Zakir Hussain, Lakshminaryana Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Shakti, Paco DeLucia, Andres Segovia, Pablo Casals, Gypsy Kings, Quetzalcoatl, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eminem, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, Warren G., Nate Dogg, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Digable Planets, Digital Underground, A Tribe Called Quest, N.E.R.D., Pharcyde, Kool Keith/Black Elvis/Dr. Octagon/Dr. Doom, Common, Brand Nubian, Us3, Jurassic 5, Outkast, Bus Driver, Pigeon John, Lyrics Born, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Masters of Reality, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, System of a Down, Tool, Andrew W.K., Sigur Ros, Coldplay, White Stripes, Raconteurs, Bloc Party, Raveonettes, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Chris Walla, Rilo Kiley, the Elected, Jenny Lewis, the Watson Twins, the Clientele, Girls in Hawaii, the Long Winters, Nouvelle Vague, At the Drive-In, Mars Volta, Black Heart Procession, Arctic Monkeys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Bangkok Five, Broken Social Scene, Most Serene Republic, Deerhoof, the Decemberists, the Greenhornes, Secret Machines, Super Furry Animals, Angels and Airwaves, Taking Back Sunday, Jet, Wolfmother, She Wants Revenge, Hard-Fi, Mates of State, Morningwood, KT Tunstall, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse...hold on, let me catch my breath here!...AC/DC, Van Halen, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, the Cult, Motorhead, Queensryche, Megadeth, Ratt, Slayer, Ian Gillan Band/Gillan, Dire Straits, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Stuart Hamm, Billy Sheehan, Sun Dial, Sophie Barker, Tina Dico, Sia, Mozez, the High Llamas, Imitation Electric Piano, Monade, O. Rang, Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Osibisa, Youssou N'Dour, Thomas Mapfumo, Sam Mangwana, Orchestra Baobab, Dixie Dregs, Niacin, Tony Levin, Bruford Leven Upper Extremities, Liquid Tension Experiment, Bozzio Levin Stevens, Tony Macalpine/CAB, Vital Information, Vertu, the Bad Plus, Gateway, Oregon, Ralph Towner, Colin Walcott, Codona, Group 87, Boud Doun, Time of Orchids, John Paul Jones, Djam Karet, Dirk Mont Campbell, Arcana, Bill Laswell, Terje Rypdal, Jonas Hellborg, Tunnels, Fire Merchants, David Torn, Trey Gunn, California Guitar Trio, Crimson Jazz Trio, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention, Moving Picture Show, Mrs. Brown's Lovely Daughter, Castaneda, Winter Flowers, Nu-tra, The Heavenly States, Silversun Pickups, John Vanderslice, MK Ultra, Inara George, the Bird and the Bee, Bart Davenport, the Loved Ones, Honeycut, Mike Therieau, Henry's Dress, the Aislers Set, the Static Age, Umbrellas, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Strata, Tally Hall, Iron & Wine, DeVotchKa, Tiger Lillies, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Goldenboy, Guster, West Indian Girl, the Shore, Coloured Shadows/Low vs. Diamond, the BellRays, Army Navy, Sabrosa Purr, Darker My Love, the Peels, the Tyde, the Vacation, Monsters Are Waiting, the Fratellis, Peter, Bjorn & John, Teddybears, Lobate Scarp, Band of Horses, Jim Noir, Smoosh, Viva Voce, What Made Milwaukee Famous, St. Vincent, Moving Units, 120 Days, A.I., M. Ward, Adonis Cross, the Muffs, the Randies, Pussy Cow, Underwater City People, Dressy Bessy, Lion Fever, Bang Sugar Bang, Kind Hearts and Coronets, the Moon Upstairs, the Sharp Ease, the SoftLightes, Thailand, the Trucks, Irving, Sea Wolf, Let's Go Sailing, the Broken West, Menomena, One AM Radio, Gliss, Minor Canon, Eskimo Hunter, Nico Stai, Nico Vega, Salt & Samovar, Division Day, Devil's Romantics, Mezzanine Owls, Midnight Movies, the Deadly Syndrome, Some By Sea, Spaceheater, Entrance, Repeater, Hard Place, Logo Moi, Her Girl Friday, Black Pine, the Blood Arm, Aanchors Aaweigh...I guess that's it for now. Oh wait, I almost forgot to mention Ballentine!!!
Star Wars trilogy, Matrix trilogy, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Godfather trilogy, Terminator trilogy, The Blues Brothers, Taxi Driver, just about every James Bond movie ever made, E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Rocky I-V, Superman I-IV, Star Trek I-V, Batman, Batman Returns, Animal House, King Kong (original and remake), Scarface, Swingers, Rain Man, Willow, Fight Club, The Battle of Algiers, Almost Famous, A Few Good Men, Forrest Gump, Stand and Deliver, American Me, Blade Runner, Zoot Suit, Lean on Me, The Graduate, The Deer Hunter, American Beauty, All the President's Men, Lenny, M.A.S.H., Wall Street, Top Gun, The Doors, Stripes, Ghostbusters I & II, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Sex, Lies & Videotape, Boogie Nights, Dances With Wolves, Glory, Cry Freedom, Malcolm X, Michael Collins, The Last Emperor, The Falcon and the Snowman, Schindler's List, The Burning Season, High Fidelity, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (original and remake), Wayne's World I & II, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Up in Smoke, Still Smokin', The Corsican Brothers, Nice Dreams, Footloose, School of Rock, Nacho Libre, Major League I & II, City Slickers I & II, Short Circuit I & II, Trainspotting, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, This is Spinal Tap, More, Zabriskie Point, Casino Royale (w/ Peter Sellers), Bonnie & Clyde, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, Shaft (original and remake), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, Death Wish, The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Collateral, Donnie Darko, The Deer Hunter, The Killing Fields, Coal Miner's Daughter, Gandhi, Kinsey, Colors, Boyz 'n the Hood, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, La Bamba, The Mission, Scent of a Woman, Saving Private Ryan, Troy, Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Biloxi Blues, Parenthood, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Rounders, Smoke Signals, To Kill a Mockingbird, School Ties, The Rutles: All You Need is Cash, Do the Right Thing, Thank God It's Friday, Road House, Bloodsport, Enter the Dragon, Missing in Action, Delta Force, Commando, The Running Man, Eraser, First Blood trilogy, Die Hard trilogy, Blue Velvet, King of New York, Boondock Saints, Demolition Man, The Omen, Cocoon, Forever Young, F.I.S.T., Amadeus, Bird, Training Day, The Rundown, The Big Lebowski, Good Morning Vietnam, Starman, Tron, Orange County, Message to Love-The Isle of Wight Festival, Pink Floyd-Live at Pompeii, Pink Floyd-The Wall, Purple Rain, Head, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, The Filth and the Fury, Yessongs, Dig!, Moog, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Blazing Saddles, The Producers (original and remake), Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Tommy Boy, Short Circuit I & II, Beverly Hills Cop trilogy, 48 Hours, Another 48 Hours, Varsity Blues, Road Trip, Dodgeball, Ray, Around the Bend, The Last Samurai, Cinderella Man, The Motorcycle Diaries, Talk to Her, Sideways, Sin City, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Old School, Red Eye, The Family Stone, Four Brothers, Transporter I & II, New York Doll, Walk the Line, Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, Black Dahlia, The Last King of Scotland, American Hardcore, Rocky Balboa, Borat, Ghost Rider, Die Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others), Dan in Real Life, Charlie Wilson's War
Saturday Night Live, Married...With Children, Simpsons, King of the Hill, South Park (early re-runs), Family Guy, Ren and Stimpy, That '70s Show (early re-runs), Miami Vice, Friends, Drawn Together, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Chappelle's Show, Da Ali G. Show, Mr. Show, Monday Night Football, M.A.S.H. (early re-runs), Three's Company (early re-runs), Red Dwarf, Law and Order (my ex-girlfriend's stepdad turned me on to this show, GOD BLESS HIM!!!!), C.S.I., Scrubs, Smallville, Blind Date, Fifth Wheel, Elimidate, Star Trek, Happy Days, CHiPs, Taxi, Welcome Back Kotter, Diff'rent Strokes, Sanford & Son, All in the Family, The Jeffersons (THANK GOD FOR NICKELODEON!!!!), Cheers, The Cosby Show, The Wonder Years, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, Perfect Strangers, The Monkees (yes, I do have a soft spot for that show!), Dukes of Hazzard, The "A" Team, Alf, Sledge Hammer, Mystery Science Theater, Frontline
The Source of Music (Sri Chinmoy), Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (Nicholas Schaffner), Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler), Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck), Cannery Row (Steinbeck), The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), Miles: The Autobiography (Miles Davis, as told to Quincy Troupe), The Private Life of Chairman Mao (Dr. Li Zhisui), The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It (Richard Hofstadter), On the Road (Jack Kerouac), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Falcon and the Snowman (Robert Lindsey), The Richest Man in Babylon (George S. Clason), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn), Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse), Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce), The Prophet (Khalil Gibran), Lord of the Flies (William Golding), To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith (Ian D. Smith), Jazz-Rock: A History (Stuart Nicholson), In the Court of King Crimson (Sid Smith), Out of the Shelter (David Lodge), I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But I Sure Ain't Lost (Jess Lair, Ph.D.), Memoirs 1925-1950 (George F. Kennan), Pictures of an Exhibitionist (Keith Emerson)
John McLaughlin (my guitar God)