TYM STEVENS

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Smart funny informed inspired people!

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Music:

BLUES
COUNTRY
GOSPEL
BLUEGRASS
ROCK'n'ROLL
SURF
SOUL
BEAT
GARAGE
PSYCHEDELIA
FUNK
GLAM
KRAUTROCK
PUNK
NEW WAVE
HIP HOP
POST PUNK
GRUNGE
RIOT GRRL
ELECTRONICA!

30's, 40's: Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Wills, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Charlie Christian, Merle Travis, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima & Keely Smith

50's: Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Xavier Cugat, Perez-Prado, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Joe Maphis, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Professor Longhair, Big Joe Turner, J.B. Lenoir, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Johnny Burnette Trio, Elvis Presley, Wanda Jackson, Jean Chapel, Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Janis Martin, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, The Coasters, The Platters, The Flamingos, The Drifters, Amalia Rodrigues, Yma Sumac, Carl Perkins, Dinah Washington, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Chan Romero, The Everly Brothers, Machito, LaVern Baker, Jackie Wilson, Onie Wheeler, Little Willie John, Charlie Rich, The Shirelles, Koko Taylor, Patsy Cline, Etta James, Roy Orbison, Elmore James

60's: Link Wray, Dick Dale, The Ventures, Joe Meek, Bernard Herrmann, John Barry, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Lalo Schifrin, Nora Orlandi, Delia Derbyshire, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Booker T and the MG's, The Meters, Lee Dorsey, Willie Bobo, Tito Puente, Sam & Dave, The Temptations, The Supremes, Jr. Walker, Martha & The Vandellas, Chris Clark, Smokey Robinson & The Miricles, Edwin Starr, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan, Vashti Bunyan, Nina Simone, Odetta, Brian Wilson, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwicke, Darlene Love, Sharon Tandy, The Shangri-La's, Honey Ltd., The Beatles, The Liverbirds, The Yardbirds, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Los Shakers, The Knickerbockers, The Who, The Wailers, The Sonics, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Creation, Syd Barrett/ Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Luv'd Ones, The Spiders (Japan), The Monks, The Chocolate Watchband, The Standells, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Dean Carter, Rita Chao, The Music Machine, The Zombies, The Turtles, The Guess Who, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, Love, Os Mutantes, Captain Beefheart, John Coltrane, Ananda Shankar, The MC5, The Stooges, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Move, Shocking Blue

70's: Led Zeppelin, Badfinger, Black Sabbath, CAN, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, 'Schoolhouse Rock', Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Rare Earth, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, John McLaughlin, Yoko Ono, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Fanny, Birtha, Suzi Quatro, T-Rex, Fela, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Redbone, Mandrill, Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Glen Goins, Betty Davis, Isis, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Heart, WAR, The Runaways, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash, Radio Birdman, The Slits, The Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Blondie, The Cars, The Rutles, The Jam, Donna Summer/ Giorgio Moroder, X-Ray Spex, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, Wire, Gang Of Four, Talking Heads, The B-52's, Nikki & The Corvettes, The Beat, Devo, P.I.L., The Cramps, Grace Jones, The Undertones, Throbbing Gristle, Zapp

80's: Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Bush Tetras, Tom Tom Club, Defunkt, E.S.G., Liquid Liquid, Os Mercenarias, Gap Band, Split Enz, Eurythmics, Malaria!, Laurie Anderson, Joan Armatrading, The English Beat, The Pretenders, Tom Waits, The Creatures, Prince and the Revolution, The Go-Go's, Les Calamites, The Bangles, The Pandoras, The Brood, The Lime Spiders, Plasticland, The Dukes of Stratosphear, XTC, The Smithereens, The Godfathers, INXS, Material/Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, Last Exit, Sly & Robbie, Chuck Brown, Trouble Funk, Tackhead/ Adrian Sherwood, Was (Not Was), Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, The Gettovetts, Living Colour, Sinead O'Connor, Pixies, Jane's Addiction, Big Pig, The Gories, Butthole surfers, Lenny Kravitz, Los Lobos

90's: Nirvana, Hole, Soundgarden, Lush, Curve, Bikini Kill, L7, Tribe 8, The Breeders, Angelo Badalamente, Arrested Development, Pop's Cool Love, Cassius Slade, Babes In Toyland, Lords Of Acid, P.J. Harvey, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Boss Hogg, Thee Headcoats, The Headcoatees, Meshell Ndegeocello, Elastica, Portishead, Supergrass, Chris Von Sneidern, The Wondermints, Garbage, Shonen Knife, Bjork, Beck, Cibo Matto, Super Junky Monkey, Dionne Farris, Komeda, Joi (Campbell), Tracy Bonham, Hooverphonic, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Rubén González, Cubanismo, Elliott Smith, Verbena, The Donnas, Black Star

00's: Le Tigre, Ladytron, The Hives, Sahara Hotnights, AIR, Sam Phillips, Ozomatli, Cato Salsa Experience, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Sprague Brothers, anything produced by Alec Palao, Black Jack Johnson, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Guitar Wolf, The Raveonettes, The Go, The Kills, Queens of the Stone Age, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Echobrain, Goldfrapp, Antibalas, Peaches, Graham Coxon, Dressy Bessy, The New Pornographers, Lucky Jim, James Hunter, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Robert Randolph, Nikka Costa, Hoggdoll, The Noisettes, Metric, Gnarls Barkley, The Love Me Nots, The She Creatures, Autonervous, Erase Errata, Boyskout...

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Wings of Desire, Star Wars IV, Lord of the Rings, Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Fahrenheit 911, After Hours, V For Vendetta, Monsters Inc., JFK, It's a Wonderful Life, A Hard Day's Night, All the President's Men, Serenity.

Television:

The Wire!!, Twin Peaks, Firefly, Eyes On the Prize, Lost, The Prisoner, Star Trek, Frontline, SNL, Monty Python, SCTV, 30 Rock.

Books:

- ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X
- BACKLASH and STIFFED by Susan Faludi
- V FOR VENDETTA by Alan Moore
- THE SPIRIT by Will Eisner
- CROSSFIRE by Jim Marrs
- THE ART OF ROCK and ART OF MODERN ROCK (posters)
-all Ray Bradbury, Toni Morrison.

Heroes:

My Dad; my Mom; Dr. King, the 60's Counterculture, Susan Faludi, Chuck D, The Beatles, Barack Obama, Al Gore.