good stuff: good food, good beer, good people, good times, good bands, good songs, good conversation, good movies, good basses & guitars & amps.... plus some bad stuff: bad girls, bad bands, bad movies, bad songs, bad m'f'as, etc....
in no particular order: Jenna Jameson, Tanya Roberts, Sting, Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Ellen Kyle, Samantha, Jon Stewart, Fear Factory, Ozzy, Robert Smigel, Jerry Seinfeld, John Kricfalusi, Matt Groening, John Paul Jones, Elton John, Britney Spears, Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Lauren Graham, Michael Richards, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Brecker, Frank Gambale, Rush, Dream Theater, Seal, Aerosmith, Al Green, Joss Stone, Ann Peebles, Stevie Wonder, David Letterman, Robin Williams, Steven Wright, and Ian (Lemmy) Kilmister, plus many more if we venture into the realm of the dearly departed...
anything by Shawn Lane, departed guitar genius; Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Art Tatum, Phineas Newborn, Oscar Peterson, Bobby Enriquez, Racer X, Billy Sheehan, Jimi Hendrix, Fear Factory, J.S. Bach, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, Meshuggah, Nine Inch Nails, Bill Connors, John Coltrane, Scott Mishoe, Crowded House, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, Al Green, Joss Stone, Ann Peebles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Stu Hamm, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Van Halen, Paganini, The Beatles, The Turtles, Frederic Chopin, Leopold Godowsky, Bad Company, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Rush, Marvin Gaye, D'Angelo, Prince, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Swing Out Sister, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Rob Zombie, Static X, MuDvAyNe, Godsmack, Alice Cooper, MOTORHEAD, King's X, Joe Henderson, Brad Mehldau, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Type O Negative, Laurindo Almeida, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdes, Brian Bromberg, Ted Greene, Jeff Berlin, George Van Eps, Tete Montoliu, Charlie Hunter, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Lenny Breau, Beach Boys, Four Freshmen, Sarah McLachlan, Jack Pearson, etc., etc., etc......
Austin Powers, Pink Panther movies, Airplane!, Police Squad, Alien, Mrs Doubtfire, Goldfinger, Bad Santa, Batman & Batman Forever & Batman Begins, Spider-Man movies, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, Superman 1 & 2, Star Wars trilogy and Episode III, X-Men & X2, Monty Python movies, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Godzilla movies, Dead Ringers, Agent for H.A.R.M., Out Of Sight(the '60's movie, not the JLo flick), Get Shorty, Analyze This!, Raging Bull, A Bronx Tale, It's A Wonderful Life, O Brother, Where Art Thou, and anything by Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma, David Lynch, Rob Zombie or Robert Rodriguez
Seinfeld, The Daily Show, Late Show with Letterman(and Classic Late Night with Dave on TRIO), VH1 Classic All Request Hour, Chappelle's Show, Lawrence Welk (yes, really!), Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom & Jerry, Roadrunner & Coyote cartoons, superhero cartoons, Uranium, Headbanger's Ball, TV Funhouse, the old Batman tv show, Star Trek original series & Next Generation, Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, b & w Andy Griffith shows, Three's Company, Charlie's Angels, soap operas on Univision & Galavision(for the smoking hot babes), THE SIMPSONS & King Of The Hill, all 3 CSI's, Law & Order SVU, My Name is Earl, House, Las Vegas, Saturday Night Live, music specials on PBS and my new absolute fave show, MEDIUM, plus tons of other cool stuff I can't think of right now.....
Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins; The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire & The Seven Principles by Deepak Chopra; anything by Wayne Dyer; Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Al Franken; any Bush administration tell all book; anything from Feral House; anything about the Montauk series/Philadelphia experiment; Covert War Against Rock & Psychic Dictatorship in the USA by Constantine; Lost Tombs of Viracocha; All Music Guide To Jazz; anything by Zechariah Sitchin......more to come
Thomas Paine, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, David Letterman, John Belushi, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Johnny Cash, Rob Zombie, Allan Holdsworth, Billy Sheehan, Steve Harris, my big brother Chuck, Shawn Lane, Lonnie Williams(my high school art teacher), and Barry Coggins, plus many other luminaries.....including, first and foremost, the legends(aka the other 2 of the three idiots, Duane and Charlie---"I'll take 'Heroes & Legends' for $50, Alex".....)