I am an actor/musician from Chico, CA. If its entertaining, I want to be a part of it.
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Do you just want a list? Effit, here's the list (not necessarily all-inclusive): Soundgarden, Beatles, Ben Folds, Zepellin, The Police, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Fugazi, Pearl Jam, Billy Joel, RHCP, King Crimson, System of a Down, Spacehog, Alice in Chains, Bad Company, Jimi, Eminem, Beck, Huey Lewis and the News, David Bowie, Lyrics Born, James Bond Themes, Outkast, Queen, The Presidents of the United States of America, R.E.M., Robbie Robertson, Spinal Tap, Talking Heads, Temple of the Dog, White Stripes. Am I hip?
Top Ten (I guess): 1) The Big Lebowski 2) American Beauty 3) Young Frankenstein 4) The Shawshank Redemption 5) Little Shop of Horrors 6) Magnolia 7) Being There 8) The City of Lost Children 9) The Wedding Singer 10) Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Top 10 Shows of all time (again with grain of salt): 1) Mystery Science Theatre 3000!!!! 2) Twin Peaks 3) South Park 4) The Daily Show/Colbert Report (too close to call now) 5) Saturday Night Live 6) The Simpsons 7) 24 8) The West Wing 9) The Tick (animated) 10) The Office (UK)
Okay, one last Top Ten (writers): 1) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (c'mon we all went through that phase) 2) Dave Eggers 3) Harold Pinter 4) Roald Dahl 5) Tom Stoppard 6) Shel Silverstein 7) David Sedaris 8) The Onion 9) Clifford Odets 10) William Shakespeare (did I really put him below The Onion?)
Eugene V. Debs, Paul Wellstone, Mohatma Gandhi, Jerry Brown, Tom Hayden. And some of my greatest teachers: Jodie Hood, Leonard Duarte, Richard Ramay, George Wright, Tim Applebee, Bill Johnson, Joel Rogers. Add to that everyone who has inspired me by playing an instrument or stepping on stage in this huge small town.