Music, guitars, songwriting, 4-track tape recorders, Detroit, space, exploring, ink drawings/scribbles, reading, passport stamps, comfortable drives, teas, cereals, flowers, history, corvettes, Jack Daniels, mexican dishes, french toast and similar breakfast items, peach trees, goldfish in my backyard, artistic growth, sharks, urban planning, economic development, South African wines, gypsy blood, vikings, purple
I met my new niece Ava. I don't need to meet anyone else anytime soon.
AC/DC, Ryan Adams, Alice In Chains, Fiona Apple, Louis Armstrong, At the Drive-In, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Robin Black, The Black Crowes, Black Label Society, The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Sabbath, Blind Willie Johnson, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley, Jerry Cantrell, Johnny Cash, The Clash, The Cars, Frederick Chopin, Corrosion of Conformity, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, Miles Davis, Depeche Mode, Doves, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, The Elevator Drops, Electric Light Orchestra, The Faces, Jason Falkner, John Frusciante, Foo Fighters, David Garza, Marvin Gaye, Gogol Bordello, Guns 'n' Roses, George Harrison, Helmet, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Charlie Hunter, Izzy Stradlin' & The Ju-Ju Hounds, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Jimmy Eat World, Robert Johnson, The Kinks, Mark Lanegan, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, L.L. Cool J, The Mars Volta, MMW, Megadeth, Metallica, Rhett Miller, Thelonious Monk, Morphine, Willie Nelson, Mike Ness, N.W.A., Oasis, Old 97's, Ours, Outkast, Ozzy, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Poison, Pride & Glory, Public Enemy, Queens of The Stone Age, The Ramones, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Django Reinhardt, Sam Roberts, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, Ravi Shankar, Sloan, Sly and The Family Stone, Social Distortion, Son Volt, Soundgarden, Sublime, T. Rex, Talking Heads, Temple Of The Dog, Thelonius Monster, Tool, Travis, Type O Negative, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Weezer, Wilco, Zakk Wylde, Pete Yorn, Neil Young As a firm believer in Detroit (and the metro area): Velvet Audio/Siddhartha, Back In Spades, Friends of Dennis Wilson, Coke Dick Motorcycle Awesome, Fifth Period Fever, Grande Nationals, The Hard Lessons, Hey Sailor, The Nice Device, The Vamps, The Coronados, Whiskey Tenor, Hotness, The Endless Aisle, The Singles, Outrageous Cherry, The Dead Bodies, Ingham County Regulars, Demolition Dollrods, Troy Gregory and The Stepsisters, The Paybacks, The Muggs, The Volebeats, Desolation Angels, Sonic's Rendezvous, MC5, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Sponge, The White Stripes, The Von Bondies, The Dollfaces, Jason Croff, Mason Proper, The Beggars, Capitol Cities, Ghost City, Universal Temple of Divine Power, Dutch Pink, Hellen, Chapstik, Bob f'n Segar
An uncomprehensive list, yet representative: George Harrison & Friends: Concert for Bangladesh, Spaceballs, Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, Shaun of The Dead, Dig!, House of Flying Daggers, Lord of The Rings, This Is Spinal Tap, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Pi, Jackie Brown, American Beauty, American Movie, The Big Lebowski, Little Shop of Horrors, the original Star Wars trilogy, Desperado, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Jerk, Seven Samurai, Sanjuro, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Stop Making Sense, Snatch, Ghostbusters, Office Space, Shall We Dance? (Japanese version), Fargo, A Fish Called Wanda, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Concert for George, Best in Show, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Chasing Amy, Good Will Hunting, Rocky I-V, Strange Brew, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Crow, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Donnie Darko, Tommy Boy, Trading Places, Cool Hand Luke, Old School, School of Rock, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slaine Castle, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Big Fish, X-Men and X2, Spider Man, Superman I-IV, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Grosse Pointe Blank, Underworld, V for Vendetta, Everything is Illuminated Directors: Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Mel Brooks, Tim Burton
Warren Public Access's "Case Closed," Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Sanford & Son, The Daily Show, National Geographic Channel, Ghost Hunters, The History Channel, PBS, Kids in the Hall, Arrested Development
Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young, America (The Book), The Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Origins of the Urban Crisis, Cosmos, Pale Blue Dot, Naked Pictures of Famous People, Chuushingura: The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers, A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man, The Spiral Road, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Motorcycle Diaries, Love In Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillon, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Out of The Silent Planet, Notebook of a Dirty Old Man, Revolt of The Masses, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Brave New World, 1984, Animal Farm, Ishmael, The Story of B, Lord of the Flies, A Clockwork Orange, Farenheit 451, Bringing Down the House, Life of Pi. Cultural histories, biographies, science, space, social studies and current affairs. Vonnegut, Bukowski. Books about Classical Rome/Greece.
Cheesy answer: There's something admirable in most people