Music, poetry, fiction; figuring out what's in my heart then knowing what to do; my as-yet-unpublished manuscript; swearing like a sailor during football and baseball season (Orioles and Redskins); stemware (preferably stolen); jazzercise/pretending that I'm a Solid Gold dancer; listening to oceans; loving family and friends; dining out/spicy food; red wine, GM and rain; quests for peace; laughter
Cool, smart, and genuine people who are into good (meaning real) music.Writers.Creative people with the same interests.Optimists. Joe Buck. Superman.
Beatles, Lennon, Jeff Buckley, U2, Pumpkins/Corgan, Mew, REM, Liz Phair, Elliott Smith, Guided By Voices, Doves, Spiral Stars (anything Robb Johnson does..), Starlight Drive, Washington Social Club, Beauty Pill, Dance Party, Revival, Radiohead, Swervedriver, Hum, Replacements/Paul Westerberg, Cramps, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, Enya, Sinead O'Connor, Sundays, PJ Harvey, Natalie Merchant, Bjork, Cash, Jawbox/Burning Airlines/Channels, Pete Yorn, Posies, Death Cab for Cutie, Afghan Whigs, Deftones, Sonic Youth, Tori Amos, Beastie Boys, Bob Mould, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, The Verve, Cure, Police, Cult, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, Catherine Wheel, Psychedelic Furs, The Clash/Joe Strummer, The Smiths, Peter Gabriel, Hendrix, Weezer, Stone Roses, Bee Gees, Lionel Ritchie, Bowie, Adam Duritz (before he went Disney), Van Morrison, John Hiatt, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Black Flag/Henry Rollins, David Byrne/Talking Heads, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis, Charlie Parker, Robert Johnson, Stanley Turrentine, Gato Barbieri
Most movies with the following: Johnny Depp, Ralph Fiennes, John Cusack, Don Cheadle, Hilary Swank, Sean Penn, Edward Norton, Mos Def, Glenn Close, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Ben Kingsley, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, DeNiro and Pacino (earlier work..)
Seinfeld, 24, Smallville, Gilmore Girls, Simpsons, The Daily Show, Pardon the Interruption with Wilbon and Kornheiser, Chappelle show, Curb your Enthusiasm, Cold Case, How I Met Your Mother, New Adventures of Old Christine, Criminal Minds (although it scares the bejesus outta me..)
Milan Kundera, Cortazar, Ha Jin, James Baldwin, Carl Phillips, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lucille Clifton, Ralph Ellison, A. Van Jordan, T.C. Boyle, Billy Collins, Raymond Carver, Aristotle, Plath and Sexton (and most confessional poetry), any cliche, but true crap written by Gary Null
My father