Becoming a better person, dogs, bodysurfing, different cultures, learning to live in the now, wine (newborn wine snob, reversing the aging process, live music, comic books
hangin on the north shore, creating things from scratch, dive bars, nice bars, pop culture
For their profound influence in this new chapter of my life...Marianne Williamson, Gay Hendricks, Dale Carnegie, Eckhart Tolle.For who they are and for what they've done, or tried to do, for the world...Jimmy Carter, Mother Theresa, Oprah, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, Nelson Mandela.Because it would be fun...Mick Jagger, Larry David, Sarah Silverman, Howard Stern, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugh Hefner
PLAYLISTSand SONGS that define an era: STANDARDS like Andy Wliiams' "Moon River", Etta James "At Last", George Bassman's (yep, my uncle)/Tommy Dorsey's "I'm Getting Sentimental over You" -- the stuff that makes you feel like every minute of every day must have been like hanging out at AJ's Steakhouse at Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel or at the bar at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo; anything HIP HOP that's current and hard that actally has a beat, "Remember the Name" by Fort Minor, Linkin Park/Jay Z's "Numb," and lots of stuff by AFI, Young Jeezy and Akon; the ridiculously sappy "ONE HIT WONDERS" of the 70's ("Kung Fu Fighting" "Precious and Few" or "Chevy Van" anyone?), and the same for all the "NEW WAVE" one hit (or two hit)wonders: The Romantics, Tommy Tutone, Modern English, ABC, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Men Without Hats and the rest. And of course, HAIR METAL! Whitesnake, Poison, Cinderella, White Lion and the rest of the big hairs that were so darned horrible but so fun, you couldn't help but love it. And while I probably wouldn't have bought the LPs (or EPs for that matter) but did because I was there and saw ever damn on eof 'em live, the real PUNK ROCKERS, The Dead Kennedy's, Fear, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, GBH, Public Image, Ltd.Favorite bands and artists: Bob Marley The four greatest live acts of all time (IMO anyways): The Ramones, The Rolling Stones, Queen and MeatloafMy other favorites to listen to and to see live: Beres Hammond, Kate Bush, Ooklah The Moc, BB King, Aersmith, Howlin' Wolf, Boomtown Rats, Solomon Burke, Go-Gos, Steel Pulse, The Clash, Johnny Mathis, The Sweet, The Cure, Third Eye Blind, David Bowie, Tom Jones, Desmond Dekker, Toots and The Maytals, The Who, Counting Crows, Dixie Chicks, U2, Ella Fitzgerald, The Police, Gregory Isaacs, Prince, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Etta James, Johnny Clegg, Sibonghile Khumalo, Hugh Masekela, Joss Stone, Kid Rock, Israel Kamakawiwo'ola (Big Iz), Sarah Brightman, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Patsy Cline, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Mazzy Starr, REM
True Romance, Silence of The Lambs, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Little Shop of Horrors, Swimming Pool, Forrest Gump, Gone with the Wind, Near Dark, Shawshank Redemption, Babe (the talking pig movie), Reservoir Dogs, Mute Witness, Hairspray, Rocky I, Kill Bill 2,
RESERVOIR DOGS II -or- VILLAGE PEOPLE 2006?
The Wizard of Oz, Dead Calm, When Harry Met Sally, Sideways, Deliverance, Fight Club, Heroes (Jet Li), When A Stranger Calls (the original), Kids (Larry Clark's, not Disney's), Ed Wood, Gone With The Wind, Blood Simple, ET, Raising Arizona. Schindler's List, Casablanca
NOW -- Entourage, The Office, Friday Night Lights, Nip/Tuck, Breaking Bonaduce, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, DexterTHEN -- Dream On, Mind of a Married Man, The Larry Sanders Show, Love American Style, The Partridge Family, The Banana Split
Exodus & Mila 18(Leon Uris, aka The Man), Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden (Steinbeck), Lonesome Dove (McMurtry)Tropics of Cancer (Miller),A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving), The Fountainhead (Rand), Papillon (Charrier), District 88 (currently reading, great new author, John Burdette) and Bangkok Tatoo (also Burdette), The Perfect Storm (Junger) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Smith), Spartacus & The Immigrants (Fast), Way of The Peaceful Warrior (Millman), Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay (Chabon), The World's Most Dangerous Places (Peltons), The Stand (King), The Power of Now (Tolle), Power of One (Courtenay), A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Mordechai Anielewicz, Richard Branson, Dr. Peter Falk, Vince McMahon, Dr. Ernest Holmes.OUR LATEST VALOR DVD RELEASES.JAPAN: NEW YEAR'S DAY 2006with The Boys on the North Shore: Eddy, Makua, Eddie & TaurusUPW's The Ultimate Power! (or 3 Men and a Baby) K-1 Heroes at L.A. - Tank, Big Daddy, Warpath, McDonald and the Crew