Hmmm......well, interests- Music, more music, & did I mention music? Being a singer, a songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, making music, listening to music, seeing a great live performance, electronica (house, trance), folk, old-school jazz (Charlie Parker, Miles, Chick Corea, Big Band), classical (Ludwig Van, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Chaikovsky), rap (Black Eyed Peas, Jurrasic 5, A Tribe Called Quest), rock......whew (see music«) movies, videogames, staying healthy, sports (bicycling, volleyball, soccer, bodyboarding), yoga, my cat Mick, my friends (few but real), astrology, philosophy, spirituality, having a good time, not taking seriously anything that shouldn't be taken seriously, road trips to San Francisco, Santa Barbara...travel in general, self-education, role-models, love, peace, responsible drug & alchohol use, gourmet food, fine dining, houseplants (especially palms), learning about & drinking fine red wine, intelligent, stimulating conversation, sunsets with huge vividly-colored clouds wrapped around the sky, big white clouds drifting by on a sunny afternoon, offshore winds when I go surfing, bad weather....like thunderstorms, lightning, rain, late afternoon when the sun casts a long shadow amidst golden, light-showered trees, the voice of a woman, her smell, her smile, her eyes......the way she can make a man feel like he's the best thing she's ever known....true love.
First & foremost- warm-hearted, friendly, respectful people. Other musicians, music fans, people from all over this great country, people with common interests, eccentric, artistic, creative, funny, whatever...just as long as they give a shit about something meaningful & are true to themselves & those around them
Rock, electronica, old-school jazz, soul, calssical, the crooners (Sinatra, Dean, etc.), old-school r & b, intelligent hip-hop....pretty much anything that has quality of some sort. Being a musician myself makes me a fan & critic of all types of music, as anyone who takes their careers seriously should be.
Basquiat, High Art, Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first Matrix, Henry Fool, Fall, High Fidelity, Alien, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange....most of Stanley's work, Star Wars 4,5, & 6, About A Boy, Dances With Wolves, Braveheart, Road Warrior, Office Space, Wayne's World, Elizabeth, Notting Hill (I know it's a chick-flick, but I'm a romantic & I don't fucking care what any guy who's uncomfortable with his own sexuality thinks of my taste in movies), Saving Private Ryan, Spinal Tap, Best In Show, Gladiator, Father of the Bride (an Argentinian film) & pretty much anything French or from Spanish-speaking countries.
Fox Sports World (for the soccer), Fuse, Discovery, KCET, The History Channel, TLC, PBS, The L Word, Family Guy, South Park, Beavis & Butthead, In Living Color, Nature, Nova.
Autobiography of a Yogi, The Bagavad Ghita, & anything spiritual, philosophical, or educational.
A person who doesn't bow to pressure of any sort & who is happy in life not because of material wealth, but because of spiritual & emotional wealth. Someone with the following qualities- passion, wit, charm, affectionate, sensitive, sensual, respectful, romantic, creative, a leader, diligence, dignity, self-confidence, intelligence, compassion & morality.