music, writing, photography, history, nature, travel, Alaska, music, equality, justice, democracy, Native American rights, writing, music, music, writing, music, good Chinese food, bad Chinese food, my awesome friends, music, justice, peace ... and smart, strong, compassionate women.
People who think about who they are and their place in the world.
Springsteen, Pete Townshend/The Who, RHCP, Mellencamp, Lyle Lovett, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alison Krauss and Union Station, CSNY, CCR, Thelonius Monk, Chick Corea, Keith Jarret, Lenny White, Sam Hooper, Kevin So, The Animators, Greg Greenway, Clarence Spady, Nanci Griffith, Van Morrison, The Booda Velvets, Paul Simon, Doc Watson, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, The Eagles, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, From Good Homes, Pete Seeger, Woodie Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stan Rogers, Joni Mitchell, Patty Griffin, Alanis Moreupset, Aaron Copland ...
Never Cry Wolf; Dances With Wolves; Glory; Gettysburg; The Kids Are Alright; Platoon; The Deer Hunter; Happy, Texas; Fargo; The Big Lebowski; West Side Story; The Sound of Music; New York Stories (the Woody Allen one); The Life of Brian; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Mermaids; Rocky; The Wedding Banquet; Raise the Red Lantern; Rattle and Hum ...
I gave mine to my folks. I miss The Simpsons and Comedy Central. And documentary-type stuff, e.g., PBS, HistoryChannel. The Sopranos.
The Killer Angels; Moby-Dick: or, The Whale; Heart of Darkness; The Secret Sharer; almost anything by Russell Banks (Cloudsplitter; Affliction; The Sweet Hereafter), Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried; Going After Cacciato), Kenneth Roberts (Arundel; Rabble in Arms; Northwest Passage); The Shipping News; A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Blood Meridian; books about the American Civil War too numerous to mention ... (more soon)
artists who take risks by showing their inner selves to the world; well, maybe that's the definition of "artist" ...