Boxing, hot bubble baths, playin records, dancin' anywhere, speaking Spanglish, swinging a bat. Cooking for mis amigos, beisbol, mariachis, fishin', eatin' carnitas, chorizo y fish tacos, rulin' a jukebox, turning out vegetarians, talkin' shit, teasin' friends, havin' the most fun, bein' a little louder than everyone else, thinkin' the worst thoughts at the most in appropriate of times, wrestlin' my cat Benito, watchin' stupid garage/punk bands that have at least a little bit of soul to'em. hangin' out with lusty folks, eatin' food so spicy it makes you tearjerk, wastin' money, losin' things, lockin' myself out, goin' to places I've never been. Old black men/ cholos and the white boys that try to emulate them...ahh yeah that's it in a nutshell. Oh & Memphis Liqour sto's:
A Greek Gyro Editions of you:
Sum local faves: Les Hormones, The Pets, Rock n'Roll Adventure Kids, Traditional Fools, Gris Gris,Top Ten, Flakes, Struts, Snakeflower 2, Rantouls I dig Straight-up fucked-up Alky blues...I'm an Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Reigning Sound junkie and into all the Goner, In the Red, Crypt, Killed by Death, Murder Punk, Shit Sandwich, Shattered, Plastic Idol, Dirtnap, SS shit. Country Teasers...Haunted George...AFrames...Cheveu, American Death Ray, Hex Dispensers,...70's AUSSIE PUNK- X, Scientists, Saints, Victims, Fun Things, Rocks! Can't live without Southern down n' dirty, raunchy 60's soul, and plenty of dirty rhythm and blues full of sexual innuendo...Magic Sam, Howlin' Wolf, Sam Cooke, Irma Thomas, Ike & Tina Turner - gotta love it, I have a serious weak spot for early 80's hardcore and skate punk shit- Tales of Terror, The Lewd, Big Boys. Shit loads of 60's garage crap. Zombies, KINKS, Troggs, The Action, Creation, Power pop shite...THE REAL KIDS, Pointed Sticks, Big Star, Tranzmitors, Clorox Girls, The Minds, Marked Men, Busy Signals, Bayonettes, Black & Whites, THE SPITS, baby! Always carry ACDC, Rose Tattoo, ZZ Top in the car. Plus my hips have a mind of their own for the Latin, afro Cuban jazz, I grita for mariachis and have fond child hood memories of Freddie Fender & J. Cash. + miles, monk, mingus, dolphy, coltrane...blue note. Plus Flamenco: Perez, Camaron de Isla, Lola Flores y mas...The Equals - Baby Comeback:
ART-FOREIGN-CRIME Never on a Sunday, Mafioso, Somebody up their likes me, Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia, On the Waterfront, Gregory's Girl, The Committments, Snapper, Raging Bull, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Cool Hand Luke, The Apartment, Bullitt, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Rock n' Roll High School,Bad News Bears, Slap Shot, Good Fellas, Amores Perros, Stranger Than Paradise...ALMODOVAR, Luis Bunuel, Jules Dassin, Jacques Demy, Jean Luc Goddard, Michelangelo Antonioni...straight up sucker for the Italians & Frenchies: Belle De Jour, Divorce Italian Style, Life is Beautiful, Il Postino, Cinema Paradiso, Like Water for Chocolate, Malena + Noir shit Tokyo Drifter, Kiss Me Deadly, Le Samourai, Lost Weekend...Tennesse Williams, yes!
WHITE SHADOW
Hubert Selby, Harry Crews, Bukowski, Jeffery Eugenides, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mostly I read about food: FERRAN ADRIA, Diane Kennedy, Rick Bayless,Thomas Keller, Paula Wolfert,Zarela Martinez,Madhur Jaffrey, Patricia Wells, Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batalli + endless foodie mags.