I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT...................... Automobiles, Collecting, Cooking, Dining out, Fine arts, Fitness, Going out for coffee,Great Films, Photography, Reading books and magazines, Camping,Traveling, Volunteering, Wine and gourmet foods....SPORTS I ATTEND: Baseball.SPORTS I'D RATHER WATCH ON TV:Soccer & Football. SPORTS I PLAY: Basketball.SPORTS I WISH I SAW MORE OF: Tennis ............MY HANGOUTS:At concerts....and at work.
WHEN AND IF I GO TO HEAVEN: I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH AKIRA KUROSAWA, I'D LIKE TO JAM OUT WITH FELA KUTI, TALK POLITICS WITH MALCOLM X, SMOKE A PURO AND TALK ABOUT THE U.S. WITH CHE GUEVARA, LAUGH WITH TIN TAN, SING RANCHERAS WITH JAVIER SOLIS,JORGE NEGRETE AND PEDRO INFANTE,DRINK A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY WITH PETER SELLERS ..........BUT UNTIL THEN...... ON EARTH: I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH THE COEN BROTHERS, WRITE A STORY WITH QUENTIN TARANTINO, SMOKE A PURO AND TALK ABOUT POLITICS WITH SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS, PLAY A SET WITH RADIOHEAD,DRINK A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY WITH PAZ VEGA!!!
Artists I enjoy. Fela Kuti, Radiohead, Gustavo Cerati, Bjork, Gene, The Strokes, Portishead, Miguel Migs, Mark Farina, Masters at Work, anything on the Naked Music Label, Chemical Brothers, Theo Parrish, Boards of Canada, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, DJ Krush, King Tubby, Tony Allen, Anthony Hamilton, Stevie Wonder, Peven Everett, Parliament, RUN DMC, The Roots, Outkast, MC Solaar, Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, Jurassic 5, Mos Def , Talib Kweli, Little Brother, Ghostface Killa, GZA, Photek , Aphex Twin, Deltron 3030, Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr, Justin Warfield, De La Soul, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, Steel Pulse, Eek-a-Mouse, Dubtribe, Bobbito, Res, The Clash, The Cure, Manu Chao, The Smiths, Morrissey, Travis, Blondie, Supergrass, Kent, Wilco, Esthero, Mazzy Star, Ani Difranco, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Jamiroquai, The Yeah,yeah,yeahs, The White Stripes, Sublime, Mark Farina, Aterciopelados,Los Cafres,Illya Kuryaki, Control Machete, Mala Rodriguez, Julieta Venegas, Enrique Bunbury, Los Amigos Invisibles, Cafe Tacvba, Enanitos Verdes, Virus, Los Abuelos de la nada, Juanes, Cornelio Reyna, Jose Jose, Nortec Collective, Banda el Recodo (the old stuff), Banda El Limon (the old Stuff), Eli Guerra, Willie Colon, Fania All-Stars, SAR All-Stars, Pio Leyva, Ruben Gonzalez, India, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Cahao, Hanny, Raulin Rosendo, Frankie Ruiz, Charlie Palmieri, Mr. Bongo Records (everything they touch is golden), Kako, Roberto Torres, Os Ipanemas, Grupo Batuque, Coldplay, The Beatles, Interpol, Motorhead, Slayer, M.O.D, S.O.D, D.R.I, Death Angel, Destruction, Exodus, Testament, Kreator, Early Metallica, Megadeth, the Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Johnny Cash, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Fila Brazillia, Tosca, Jamiroquai, Rea & Christian, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sun Ra, Natacha Atlas, Cesaria Evora, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Hank Mobley and.....er, um..Reggae renditions of old soul tracks.
Seven Samurai, Chushingura, Cinema Paradiso, Amores Perros, Das Boot, Amelie, Malena........Q;DO YOU SEE A PATTERN HERE?....... A;FOREIGN FILMS!!! Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown,Actually, ANY Akira Kurosawa flick (Ikiru,Red Beard,The Hidden Fortress,Ran, Yojimbo, Sanjuro...etc) ,Baraka, ANY Tin Tan Films (I ALWAYS laugh my ass off!!!), Young Frankenstein,Peter Sellers is also a God!!!Full Metal Jacket,Dr.Strangelove, Ed Wood , Dead Man (Johnny Depp's best acting role), the Brothers Quay,Nightmare Before Christmas, The Coen bros., Amacord,8 1/2 ,La Dolce Vita,Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Faster Pussycat kill kill, Clerks, Mallrats,Clerks,Rushmore,The Royal Tenenbaums and so many more.
THE BEST THING ON T.V. RIGHT NOW: PLANET EARTH ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL.....FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING AND IT IS WELL WORTH EVERY MINUTE OF IT.(MY DAD IS HOOKED ON THE SPANISH VERSION FOUND ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL EN ESPAÑOL).YOU SHOULD CHECK OUR LOCAL LISTINGS AND CHECK IT OUT!!!Futurama (R.I.P),Sports Center and.....and........the most well written show to make it presense in such a long time........ Freak and Geeks (why do all my favorite shows die on me?)......Shit.....now I have to add Arrested Development to the list.......damm! I'm glad I still have HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER,THE OFFICE AND MY NAME IS EARL.PHEEEW!!!
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (as a kid), Autobiography of Malcolm X (life changing), 100 Years of Solitude (Look Ma' I'm all grown up now).If someone made an effort to print it I'll read it.this doesn't mean I'll agree with it, but I'll question it.THE BOOK I'M CURRENTLY READING: "THE HOT KID"- BY ELMORE LEONARD (*OUT OF SIGHT,MR.PARADISE,*BE COOL,*GET SHORTY) * MADE INTO FEATURE FILMS
My Parents....No, Really!!! They did soo much for my siblings and I when we were growing up...you want to see struggles and determination?....look into my parents' eyes!!