Writing, reading, golf, music, guitars, Anne Tyler, the haunting wail of a blues harmonica, people with passion, creativity, imagination, flair, charisma, collecting CDs, DVDs, LPs, oh please please please ... give me back my bike.
Hmmm? Thousands of people. Writers (novelists, poets, journalists) musicians, photographers, and people with passion. Would be nice to meet Bono, too, for a chat and a beer. I know he's a busy lad. And Neil Finn—I think we'd be mates, too. I'd like to meet ME as a toddler, or me at, say, seven. I'd whisper secrets to myself. And I'd still have issues, but one thing'd be for sure: I'd never have to shave again!
U2, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, The Shins, Coldplay, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Blue Rodeo, Leonard Cohen, Matt Mays, Great Lake Swimmers, Tom Waits, INXS, Simple Minds, Joni Mitchell, Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Cash, Finn Brothers, Bob Marley, Hothouse Flowers, Sarah McLachlan, Bob Dylan, Neko Case, Wilco, Maria McKee, Daniel Lanois, Los Lobos, Tom Cochrane, Billy Bragg, Daniel Lanois, The Police, Lone Justice, Elton John, The Beatles, Sting, Sarah Harmer, Kathleen Edwards, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Tom Cochrane, Patty Griffin, Rolling Stones, John Mellencamp, Badly Drawn Boy, The Dream Academy, Stars, Amy Millan, Dandy Warhols, Tears For Fears, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, Sam Roberts, The Tragically Hip, Peter Gabriel, 10,000 Maniacs, R.E.M., Elton John, Billy Joel, John Coltrane, Spoon, Modest Mouse, Cowboy Junkies, The Tragically Hip, Tracy Chapman, Trash Can Sinatras, The Stone Roses, Indigo Girls, The Shins, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Steve Earle, Stevie Wonder, The Pretenders, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, The Cure, the cranberries, Paul Simon, Edie Brickell, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Keane, Tift Merrit, Lucinda Williams, Jann Arden, and on and on and on ...
The Accidental Tourist, Say Anything, JFK, High Fidelity, Jerry Maguire, Beautiful Girls, Finding Neverland, Singles, About A Boy, Notting Hill, Amelie, The Pianist, Little Miss Sunshine, Schindler's List, A Few Good Men, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Rattle and Hum, Broadcast News, Terms of Endearment, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Almost Famous, Terminator 2, Nixon, The Wedding Singer, Garden State, The Door In The Floor, The World According To Garp, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle, You've Got Mail, In The Name Of The Father, A River Runs Through It, Roxanne, Big, Philadelphia, Forest Gump, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Rain, St. Elmo's Fire, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, The Sure Thing, Elizabethtown, Sylvia, and on and on and on ...
The Discovery Channel, The Office, The Daily Show (Jon Stewart's a brilliant imp!), The Colbert Report, Ellen (except the dancing), Seinfeld, Scrubs, and Sex And The City reruns. And when I'm sleepy and just want to doze off, I dig the Shopping Channel.
The Accidental Tourist, High Fidelity, About A Boy, How To Be Good, The World According To Garp, The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life, Saint Maybe, Shopgirl, The Hours, Empire Falls, A Beautiful Mind, Girls' Poker Night, Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant, Stranger Music, This Boy's Life, Mere Christianity, The Bell Jar, Girl, Interrupted, An Unquiet Mind, A Grief Observed, The Descriptionary, Breathing Lessons, The Know-It-All, A Widow For One Year, The Fourth Hand, Favourite Baby Names, Uncle John's Bathroon Reader(s), Morgan's Passing, Searching For Caleb, Generation X, and many, many more.
Lula Hazel Chapman, Norman Vincent Peale, C.S. Lewis, Pope John Paul II, Bono, Gramps, Ghandi, MLK, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, my nephews, Lizzie, Mom, Da ... Sammy, Riley, Wee Benny, and Macon Leary Pigeau.