Stand-Up Philosophy, Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Flip Wilson, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Python, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Dave Chappell, Buddhism, Taoism and a number of World Religions, Mythologies and Lit., Star Wars/Trek, Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, TCGs, anything and everything about the vast Henson / Froud Universes, International Peace, Global political and Economic news, political activism and the Progressive movement, Clean energy, traditional archery, The Theatre, Shakespeare!!, musical instruments and effects, wind-up toy design, craft brewing, just about anything with Soul, and waffles.. Soul Waffles ?
Here goes :: Stevie Wonder, most of Motown and Funk, 70's ClassicRock and ProgRock; Yes, Genesis, Floyd, Zepplin, Journey, Kansas, Styx, 80'sRock; U2, XTC, Police and Sting, (even some embarrassing hair bands :) some HipHop until about KRS-1, Spearhead, most Political Folk, some FolkRock; Nick Drake, J.Johnson, some current Rock; Killers, Keane, SRVaughn's incarnation that is John Mayer, most Blues, ALL of JAZZ; from Satchmo and Dixieland to Bird and Coltrane to Hupert Laws and Herbie Hancock, many Traditional Instrumentalist in WorldMusic, Bulgarian Womens Choir, some Classical; Bach, Liszt, Debussy, and most Metal, camp or not, old Ozzy to Metallica, and especially these green chaps ::
Would I create concepts and illos for a death metal band made of Orcs ? Effin' right I would !! Become an Orc Minion today !!
Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, JRR Tolkien, Paulo Coelho, Issac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, Hickman & Weis, Cory Doctorow, Emberto Eco, Kurt Vonnegut, Willy the Shakes (Shakespeare), Voltaire..