My daughters. They always keep me hoppin', and they're going places, too. They're gonna kick some major ass in this world....Lotsa music. Especially music that comes outta these : Gibson's. Fender's. Martin's. Gretsch's. Taylor's. Marshall's. Mesa's. Ampeg's. Orange's. Hartke's. Vox's. Fucking TUBES !!... tubes, yeah......all nice and warm and brown and fuzzy, maybe with a couple of pedals at their disposal...Active pickups. Classic Ludwig's. Tama's. Paiste's.....you get the picture.......People. Yeah, I dig people in general...Arts. Fine Arts. Anything classic and/or retro styling. 50's and 60's designs rule.......My hearse! 1970 Caddy S&S Park Ave. Pretty fucking sweet....on a total 180 degree spin, my Electra Townie and Ghostrider have been getting a good workout this year. They rule. Fucking gas prices...fuck.fuck.fuck ....photography !! Yay! I'm a photography whore. Fotocommunity, JPG, Flickr, all good shite........good tattoo's rule. I dig 'em. I wish mine were 'better'. I kinda fucked up.... Classic and retro pin-up art. Fine art and portraiture photography. I want a Mamiya or a Leaf. Oh yeah..
Any hep and formative personae..........Mickey Rourke. Christopher Walken.Steve Harris. Dave Murray. Jimmy Page. Tony fucking Iommi. Dave Grohl. Joe Perry. Chris Cornell. Keith Moon, Randy Rhoads,Bon Scott, Janis the Pearl. John Henry Bonham.(RIP).Mark Ryden. Lemmy. Steven King. Bettie Page. Cash. Hank III. Brian Setzer. Mike Ness. Les Paul.Greg Allman. Deborah Harry. Lily Munster. Mortica Addams. Hetfield. Burton. Staley. Izzy. Duff LAMF. Slash. Yeah, even Axl...
A whole shitload of it........Blues/Rock fusion. Good 'ole Metal/Hard Rock, Party Rock, 60's and 70's Psychedellic Rock, Classic Rock, Straight-up Nitro Rock, some Prog Rock, some 80's Hair and Glam, some Industrial and Speed Metal, lotsa PUNK and some catchy Power Pop,..Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Gothabilly, Devil Rock, Surfabilly............some old skool Country if'n it honkey-tonks, Bluegrass,...........Motown........even some old skool Funk and R&B, very little Rap unless it's Em, and even that can wear a little thin.... Mike D. and the Beasties still kick ass, tho ...some fav's from all the mentioned above: Maiden, Priest, Motorhead,Fastway, Coop, Kiss, Foghat, Rush, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, AC/DC, P.O.D., the Hellacopters, SuperShit666, Social D., the Wildhearts!, Backyard fucking Babies Stockholm fucking Sweden, and a variety of Swedish Rock, Turbonegro, the Nomads, Puffball, Gluecifer,A-Bombs, Hardcore Superstar,the Flaming Sideburns, the Supersuckers,the Yo-Yo's, Q.O.T.S.A., Audioslave, Foo Fighters, the Rev. Horton Heat, the Cramps, Pogues, Agent Orange, Flogging Molly, Zeke, DRI, Dresden Dolls, Brian Setzer, PeterPan Speedrock...the Motorpsychos outta Pitts., Pennslyfuckingvania, give 'em a listen.............Hank 1, Hank fucking III and Assjack, Waylon, Cash, Monroe, Roger Miller,the Snowman, Willie...you get the idea. If it ain't broke, don't fix it............Also, about 20 yrs. worth of Local Detroit and Michigan bands. Many to remember and many forgotten, I'm sure.....however, current favs and props go out to: anything that Chuck Burn's touches, Broadzilla, Long Black Sedan, the Ruiners, the Bomb Pops, Speedball, the Skeemin' No-Goods, Dangerville, Grande Nationals, Queen Bee,Brain Saw, 8 Ball Grifter, Five Horse Johnson (Toledo based but Detroit fav.), the Muggs..wait..one more time...The MUGGS!, the Doctor's RX, the Paybacks, Brett Lucas, Juicifer (Ga.), The Kingsnakes, Hard Lessons, Grinder, Novadriver, Forge, G3, UTDP, Whitey Morgan.Diablos..Chapstik............props out to now defunt: Seduce,LCT, Elvis Hitler,Negative Approach, Betty Blowtorch,Feisty Cadavers, the Meanies,BSA, Alias Axis, the Almighty Strut............corrupted since the days of the Side Street Lounge, the Centre Street, and Cap'n Ahabs. Oui.........oh yeah, no White Stripes, thank you. NPR radio rules. Has the best programming, period.
(almost) anything Mickey Rourke, DeNiro, Nicholson, Pacino....some Depp and DeMornay.
Hockey and assorted sports. VH1. Food Network. That's about it.
Books rule. I'm so glad my daughters read regularly...we even go to book signings from some of their favorite authors. Good times.........Me-The New Yorker, the Freep, the NY Times, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, JPG, Zoom, Select, Communication Arts, Applied Arts, American Photo, Picture, B&W, Create...........plus whatever 'zine that my catch my attention.
Subculture heroes. just.like.....you.