music, producing Penny Arcade, going to live shows, laughing my ass off, my drums, my guitar, my saxophone, dogs - I don't have one, but I love those damn fools, the chorus, camping, my books, el tango, the great Pacific Ocean, dark humor, wits, crescendos, the history channel, colored cellophane, Chinatown, political/social commentary, comfortable shoes, pulis, denim & corduroy, old folks, real folks, naps, the Lower Haight, an occasional smoke, beard-loving gals, beer-loving gals, epiphanies, my friends (old and new alike), my family, my plants...
Big Star, Beatles, Teenage Fanclub, Billy Bragg, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Slade, Slowdive, The Kinks, The Mumlers, Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, Frausdots, The High Dials, Jellyfish, Flying Burrito Bros., The Dodos, El Gran Astor (Piazzola), Panda Bear, Beachwood Sparks, The Papercuts, Pescado Rabioso, The Essex Green, The Stands, Sufjan Stevens, The La's, Primal Scream, The Byrds, Silver Sunshine, The Twin Atlas, Dillard & Clark, Devendra Banhart, Badfinger, Sugar and Gold, The Bees, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Crosby Stills and Nash, Mark Knopfler, Kelley Stoltz, Hal, Two Gallants, Brian Eno, Mystic Chords of Memory, John Lennon, Serge Gainsbourg, T Rex, The Clash, Lou Reed, High Llamas, Bart Davenport, Mother Hips, Johnny Cash, The Jam, Cream, Ride, Bowie, Vetiver, MC5, The Moore Brothers, Elf Power, Whiteout, The Pixies, Paul Weller, Court and Spark, The Church, Spiritualized, Them, Calexico, John Coltrane, Archer Prewitt, Dinosaur Jr, Air, Jesus and Mary Chain, Small Faces, Who, Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, The Stone Roses, Olivia Tremor Control, Stranglers, Christina Rosenvinge, Arcade Fire, Nick Drake, Pat Johnson, Willie Nelson, Love, Andres Calamaro, Chameleons, Happy Mondays, Sloan, Creation bands, Verve, The Rapture, The Shins, The Comas, Badfinger, My Morning Jacket, Bacharach, Victor Jara, Blackalicious, 4AD bands, Gustavo Cerati, Joaquin Sabina, Badly Drawn Boy, Silvio Rodriguez, Charly Garcia, Fito Paez, Chavela Vargas, Vicentico, Sly and the Family Stone, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, Public Enemy, Beulah, The Wailers, Elliot Smith, Stereolab, The Divine Comedy, The Thrills, Ramones, The Zombies, Delgados, Gentle Waves, Belle and Sebastian, Franz Liszt, Fredric Chopin, The Perceptionists, The Rising Sons, The Hellacopters, Sisters of Mercy, The Cult, The Mission, Joao Gilberto, ELO, Sparklehorse, Agustin Lara, Lola Beltran, Donovan, Joy Division, Isobel Campbell, Antonio Vivaldi, Stevie Wonder, The Tyde, Go Betweens, Close Lobsters, C86 bands, George Harrison, Bike, Dylan, Elephant 6 bands, Jason Falkner, The Clean, Replacements, Gram Parsons, The Lilys, Pram, Texas Tornadoes, Camera Obscura, Cafe Tacuba, Bill Withers, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Mojave 3, Ladybug Transistor, Billy Bragg, Manic Street Preachers, XTC, Emmylou Harris, Chris Bell, Leonard Cohen
The Bicycle Thief, The Dinner Game, Suburbia, They Call Me Bruce, The Grapes of Wrath, Office Space, Harold & Maude, Borat, On the Waterfront, Easy Rider, Blow Up, Latin American films, zombie movies, epics, artsy shit...
Battlestar Galactica, The Daily Show, The Office, Austin City Limits, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Conan O'Brien, Charlie Rose, My Name is Earl, History Channel, ..documentaries on just about anything...I watch too much tv for my own good, thanks in part to Mr. Greg Morantz - soul killer.
Authors: Octavio Paz, Paolo Coelho, Carey McWilliams, Raymond Carver, Garcia-Marquez, Salinger, Dave Eggers, Noam Chomsky, David Sedaris, Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Castaneda, Kerouac, Roald Dahl, Carlos Fuentes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kahlil Gibran, Karl Marx, Mc Sweeneys, Mojo, John Ross, N. Scott Momaday, Jose Antonio Burciaga, Carlos Monsivais, Enrique Krauze, Andres Oppenheimer, Paco Ignacio Taibo, Sandra Cisneros, Jose Ortega y Gasset, John Steinbeck, Elena Garra
Family, good friends, my wonderful mom, and my beloved and sorely missed papa.