Playing Music, Politics (both National and International), Technology law, Copyright (and the infringement thereof), Computers, Cooking, Iron Chef, teh intarwebs, playing X-box games when I can, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Soul, Rock, Hip-Hop, Downtempo, Deep House, Psy-trance, (some) Metal, Classical music, Penny-Arcade, PVPonline, Yirmumah, Breasts, Newcastle, Blogging, the Female form.
I'd like to meet:
Jesus, Muhammad and Gautama (Buddha). I'd like to ask them 'What's with all the bullshit acrimony, man?' Also, I sure would have liked to have met Ray Brown.
Music:
Deuce - The Website
Deuce - The Presskit
Deuce - The Flame Thrower
Deuce - On MySpace
Forte - On Myspace
Josh Solomon and the Empty Pockets - On Myspace
Victor Wooten, James Jamerson, Rhonda Smith, John Patitucci, Marcus Miller, Rocco Prestia, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Primus, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer (and his Orchestra), Prince, Bootsy Collins, P-Funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, Tower of Power, LTD, Earth Wind and Fire, Blood Sweat and Tears, Wayne Cochran, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glen Miller, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillispe, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy, Diana Krall, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Christian McBride, McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Chico Hamilton, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Pat Martino, Jane Monheit, Keith Jarret, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill and the Cool Tones, The Geary Smith Band, J.W. Rice, The Tara Singer Quartet, Joe Bonomassa, J.J. Johnson, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Bassett, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson... the list goes on and on and on.
Movies:
Lucky Number Slevin, Pulp Fiction, Boondock Saints, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, Animal House, The Jerk, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kung-Fu Hustle, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Enter the Dragon, Legend of the Drunken Master, anything involving that delightful Kevin Smith
Television:
Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, The Tick, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Iron Chef (the original), Good Eats, anything on the following channels: History, History International, Discovery, Science
Books:
The Hitchhikers Trilogy (all five of 'em), The Lord of the Rings, Books of the Swords, Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, Black Holes and Time Warps, A Brief History of the Universe, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Old Man and The Sea, 1984, The Poop series (Everybody Poops, the less popular Nobody Poops But You, and the Catholic version: You're A Naughty Child, And That's Concentrated Evil Coming Out The Back Of You)
Heroes:
My parents, my sister and brother, my friends, all the wonderful people in my life who've taken time from their day to teach me the things I needed. All the musicians, great and small, who've ever encouraged me, complimented me, critiqued me, berated me, and allowed to me share the magic with them. You're me heroes, says I.
Schrodingers Cat
