music with a heart and soul, travel, wanderlust, concerts, books, Ham radio, Coast To Coast AM radio show, 2012, the comedy of Andy Kaufman, Gonzo journalism, Cryptozoology, The Mayan calendar, The Shroud of Turin, Jim Rome radio show, outlaws, The Three Stooges, The Illuminati, voodoo, aliens, the timeless genius of actor Peter Sellers; the macarbe, the night sky, chupacabras, the Florida Skunk Ape, Cosmic American Music, the artwork of Georgia O'Keeffe, The Bottom 40, traditional country music, the blues, jazz, bluegrass, and electronica; the late, great Taylor Made Opry hosted by the legendary Farley Taylor out of radio station WTVY in Dothan Alabama(the way "real" country radio and music was meant to be. RIP to Farley and that great radio show, you are sorely missed); Room #8 of the Joshua Tree Inn, lost highways, the Mojave Desert and the rest of the high desert, the swamps of the Deep South, Mardi Gras, The Jersey Devil, Remote Viewing, clairvoyance, ayahuasca, absinthe, the secret of the pyramids, The Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida; Cassadaga, Florida; dinosaurs; Atlantis; The Association of Research and Enlightenment(ARE) in Virginia Beach; the paranormal and other things that go bump in the night.
Gram Parsons, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Andy Kaufman, Robert Johnson, Vic Chesnutt, Townes Van Zant, Leonard Cohen, Peter Sellers, Neal Cassady, Langston Hughes, Flannery O'Connor, Sylvia Plath, Kurt Vonnegut, Georgia O'Keeffe, Woody Guthrie, Warren Zevon, Art Bell, Emma Goldman, Aldous Huxley, Tom Waits, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn; James Dean; an extraterestrial life-form, Carl Sagan, Edward Leedskalnin (who built the amazing "Coral Castle" in South Florida all by himself; an amazing story); "The Sleeping Prophet" Edgar Cayce
Artists that are true to their artistic integrity and give a shit about about making music that matters . Here are several: Gram Parsons, Vic Chesnutt, Neil Young, The Replacements, The Hold Steady, Lucero, The Drive By Truckers; Stellastarr*, Townes Van Zant, Tom Waits, Uncle Tupelo, TV On The Radio, Leonard Cohen, Robert Johnson, Slint, Big Star, Jesse Malin, Lou Reed, The Pixies, Gram Rabbit, Pavement, Elvis Costello, The Flying Burrito Brothers(with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman both in the line-up), The Band, Wilco, The National, EXITMUSIC, Warren Zevon, Chuck Prophet, Peter Laughner, Maximo Park, My Bloody Valentine, Art Brut, The Flaming Lips, The Velvet Underground, The Arcade Fire, The Clash, Lee Hazlewood, The Stone Roses, Giant Drag, John Hiatt, Asobi Seksu, VHS or BETA, The Raveonettes, STAR, Nick Cave, The Knife, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Love, The Secret Machines, My Morning Jacket, Cowboy Mouth, Angry Johnny and The Killbillies, Johnathon Richman, Television, PJ Harvey, The Watson Twins, Hole, The Ramones, Cowboy X, The Sounds, Monsters Are Waiting, The Karabal Nightlife, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Elvis Presley, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Tom Petty, Beck, Bob Dylan, Husker Du, Son Volt, Cory Branan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Daniel Johnston, Grand Ole Party, Courtney Love, Centro-matic, Elvis Perkins, LCD Soundsystem, Johnny Cash, New Order, Annie Lennox, Ryan Adams, The Eurythmics, The Heartless Bastards, The Rapture, Whiskey & Co., The Shins, Wolf Parade, The New York Dolls, Moby Grape, The Doors, Leadbelly, The Fiery Furnaces, Jackson Browne, Viva Voce, Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Lucinda Williams, Editors, The Pity Party, The Byrds, Tift Merritt, Interpol, Cold War Kids, The Futureheads, Patti Smith, Franz Ferdinand, Rilo Kiley, Samantha Murphy, Be Your Own Pet, Fugazi, Delta Spirit, The Prayers, The Noisettes, The Smiths, Morrissey, Bobby Bare, Jr., The Glossines, Dynamite Walls, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, The Happy Hollows, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brandi Carlile, The Greenhornes, The Talking Heads, The Decemberists, Bad Brains, Kings Of Leon, Mickey Avalon, Van Morrison, The Walkmen, Nirvana, Brendan Benson, North Mississippi All-Stars, Junior Kimbrough, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Brazilian Girls, Black Flag, The Mother Hips, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Joy Division, The Go! Team, Camper Van Beethoven, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Whiskeytown, Bob Mould, Paul Westerberg, Hank Williams, The Bloody Hollies, Cracker, Regina Spektor, Rage Against The Machine, Bob Marley, The Dirtbombs, Eric Clapton, Massive Attack, Portishead, Keller Williams, The Allman Brothers Band, Nada Surf,The Brunettes, Nine Black Alps, The Shout Out Louds, Govt Mule, Deerhoof, Wolf Parade, Weezer, Mates Of State, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dinosaur Jr., Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, moe., John Coltrane, Foo Fighters, Echo and the Bunnymen; Miles Davis, Hacienda Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, A.M. Vibe, Hank 111, Billy Midnight, David Bowie, O.A.R. Bloc Party, The Like, Modest Mouse, Jeff Buckley, Bob Seger, T-Rex, Syd Barrett, Shiny Toy Guns, Pere Ubu, XTC, The Rosebuds, Nellie McKay, Cat Power, Steve Earle; Silversun Pickups, Sparklehorse, Death Cab For Cutie, R.E.M, White Stripes, Cream, The Beatles, The Stones, Doves, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Galactic, The Jayhawks, Golden Smog, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Oasis, U2, Springsteen, Gomez, Calexico, Moby, Teenage Fanclub, Jim White, The Strokes, Soundgarden, Jet, Kasabian, Hot Hot Heat, The Meat Puppets, Whiskeytown, The Refreshments, Whispertown 2000, Deadboy and the Elephantmen, Frank Black, Yo La Tengo, The Black Crowes plus many more.......
GHOST WORLD; FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS; WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM; PULP FICTION; RESIVOR DOGS, THIS IS SPINAL TAP; BLUE VELVET AND ALL OTHER DAVID LYNCH FILMS; SLING BLADE; THE BIG LEBOWSKI; DR. STRANGELOVE; EASY RIDER; DONNIE DARKO; ARMY OF DARKNESS AND ALL OTHER EVIL DEAD MOVIES; GARDEN STATE; APOCALYPSE NOW; SIDEWAYS; BEING THERE; THE VIRGIN SUICIDES; SLAP SHOT; PUDDLE CRUISER AND ALL OTHER BROKEN LIZARD MOVIES; THE FIFTH ELEMENT; JACKIE BROWN; LOST IN TRANSLATION; GOODFELLAS; STRANGER THAN PARADISE AND ALL OTHER JIM JARMUSCH FILMS; YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN; CASABLANCA; NATURAL BORN KILLERS; STAR WARS & THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; FULL METAL JACKET; CLOCKWORK ORANGE; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE; MALLRATS, CLERKS AND ALL OTHER KEVIN SMITH FLICKS; FARGO; FORREST GUMP; BLAZING SADDLES; BAD SANTA; OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?; THE GODFATHER TRILOGY; SIN CITY; RUDY; KILLING ZOE; EL MARIACHI; CITY OF GOD; ANY AND EVERY GODZILLA MOVIE EVER MADE(YEAH, EVEN ALL THOSE CHEESY JAPANESE VERSIONS. YOU GOTTA LOVE EM).
THE HISTORY CHANNEL, SCIFI CHANNEL, THE TRAVEL CHANNEL, SCRUBS, THE SOPRANOS; SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, AUSITN CITY LIMITS, SANFORD AND SON, THE JEFFERSONS & THREES COMPANY RERUNS
ON THE ROAD-JACK KEROUAC(PLUS ALL OTHER KEROUAC BOOKS); FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS-HUNTER S. THOMPSON; SLAUGTHERHOUSE 5-KURT VONNEGUT; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD-HARPER LEE; THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION-ALDOUS HUXLEY; HELL'S ANGELS-HUNTER S. THOMPSON; THE GRAPES OF WRATH-JOHN STEINBECK; THE SOUND AND THE FURY-WILLIAM FAULKNER; BRAVE NEW WORLD-ALDOUS HUXLEY; THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO-ALEKSANDR I. SOLZHENITSYN; THE BELL JAR-SYLVIA PLATH; THE NAME OF THE ROSE-UMBERTO ECO; FORREST GUMP-WINSTON GROOM; ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH-ALEKSANDR I. SOLZHENITSYN; THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE-STEPHEN CRANE; THE CATCHER IN THE RYE-J.D. SALINGER; GHOST TRAIN: AMERICAN RAILROAD GHOST LEGENDS-ANTHONY W. REEVY; "WEIRD TALES" graphic novels; COSMOS-CARL SAGAN
OUTLAWS, TROUBADORS, VAGABONDS, PARIAHS, VAGRANTS, WANDERERS, ECCENTRICS, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MARCHES TO THE BEAT OF THEIR OWN DRUM.