Performing in venues that reflect an obscure or intriguing atmosphere when combined with compatible music, lighting, and people. To relax. Dancing in a sometimes altered state of mind to music that works with that particular moment. Rameau's theory of harmony/ the ever-evolving impact of modern compositional techniques. Kufu's Pyramid of Giza
all walks of life at least once........perhaps on many occasions with like-minded individuals, most likely never again with those unlike-minded.
Various composers and artists, the list seems endless but here are many: Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet, Domenico Scarlatti, J.S. Bach,Mozart, Beethoven, Fryderyk Chopin, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Tony Williams, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Fernando Sor, Andres Segovia, Patsy Cline, the Beatles, Paco de Lucia y Camaron, Tomatito, Art Garfunkel, The Band, Joan Baez, the Doors, Pink Floyd, The New York Dolls, the Clash, Joy Division and New Order, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Ministry, Kraftwerk, the Cocteau Twins, the Stone Roses and Ian Brown, Sound Garden, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pop Levi, Los Planetas, Hearts of Black Science, Radiohead, the Verve, Slowdive, Rialto, Catherine Wheel,the Smiths, Ladytron, Space Team Electra, Blonde Redhead,the Faint, the Black Angels,and many more......
Zeitgeistmovie.com, Pillow Book, Jacob's Ladder, The Razor's Edge, any Bruce Lee, several Alfred Hitchcock, Marx Brothers movies, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Backbeat, Shine, the Shining, a Clockwork Orange, various erotic/art films, 24 Hr Party People, With Nail and I, My Dinner with Andre, The Back Hall Sessions
Dr. Who (the original), the Twilight Zone, Nova, Antiques Roadshow,
Another long list, a recent favorite is Elizabeth Kostovo's 'The Historian',...The Alchemist, Writings by Miyamoto Musashi-A book of five rings in particular, Lao Tzu's 81 poems-Tao Te Ching, books and writings on Kama Sutra, Mythological works of sorts, Tao of Jeet Kune Do, 21 Lessons of Merlyn, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, various Shakespeare works, books on Sherlock Holmes, Charles Bukowski's 'Love is a Dog from Hell'- (this saved me once- thx Raj), Peter Burkholder's A History of Western Music, Stefan Kostka's Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Music, Art Blakey's Straight Life, Elie Weisel's Night, Anna Karenina, and many more.......
You're all heroes, Kelly's heroes too