Travel, music, cinema, art, literature, snowboarding, photography, enjoying life...
Anyone with the same interests, people with intelligence (but are not snotty about it), people who enjoy late nights, interesting conversations in unlikely locations and complicated individuals. In terms of historical figures, I would like to meet Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, Johannes Gutenberg, Sun Wu, Copernicus, Jeanne la Pucelle, Galileo, DaVinci, Socrates, Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Salvador Dali, Alex Hamilton, Lao Tzu, Cleopatra, Franz Kafka, Tom Paine, Martin Luther, Emerson, Albert Camus, Charles Darwin, Walker Evans, Abigail Adams, Emilio Aguinaldo, Albert Einstein, MLK, Louis Armstrong, Jose Rizal, Walter Gropius, Robert Johnson, Buddy Holly, Mahatma Gandhi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Neal Cassady, Bruce Lee, John Lennon...Fictional characters I wish to meet: Wallace & Gromit, Sam Spade, Felix the Cat, Sherlock Holmes, Ferris Bueller, Spike Spiegel, Philip Marlowe, Holly Golightly, Cheech and Chong, Lloyd Hopkins, Rosencrantz or Guildenstern, Yoda, Inspector Clouseau, Lieutenant Columbo, Don Quixote de La Mancha, Simon Templar, Justin Ueki Tylor, Dean Moriarty, Nick and Nora Charles, Homer Simpson, Peter/Stewie/Brian Griffin and Adam and Eve...This kid turning 70, that's a bit of a longshot...
Much to talk about...Lately I've been listening to pre 1965 jazz - John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Cal Tjader, Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Mongo Santamaria, Lester Young...other music I am into: Spiritualized, Lush, Frank Sinatra, Air, Velvet Underground, The Replacements, Chameleons UK, Ludwig Van, pulp, Prince Buster, The Jazz Butcher, Beach Boys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dvorak, Moose, Slowdive, The Seatbelts, Bent, Verve, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, The Church, Ventures, Cole Porter, Doves, Lucksmiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, Zero 7, Ivy, Blonde Redhead, David Bowie, Joy Division, The Streets, Mazzy Star, Go-Betweens, Mojave 3, The Pixies, Goldfrapp, The Shadows, Thievery Corporation, Marvin Gaye, Claude DeBussy, Buzzcocks, Echo and the Bunnymen, Link Wray, Mercury Rev, NWA and much, much more....
Casablanca, Leaving Las Vegas, Chinatown, The Killer, Nightmare Before Christmas, 12 Angry Men, Wings of Desire, The Maltese Falcon, Alien, Tron, CQ, 24 Hour Party People, Blade Runner, Big Lebowski, The Mack, Road Warrior, Clockwork Orange, Le Samouraï, Tengoku To Jigoku, Master of the Flying Guillotine, My Life as a Dog, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Conversation, Buster Keaton movies, Taxi Driver, The Proposition, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ikiru, Say Anything, Romeo Is Bleeding, La Cercle Rouge, The Thin Man series, The Warriors, Alphaville, Sid and Nancy, Fight Club, any Colombo movie and more...
Simpsons, Cheers, The Saint, Cowboy Bebop, Felix the Cat, Twilight Zone, Family Guy, Lupin III, Robotech, Huell Howser, Battle of the Planets, Three's Company, Danger Mouse, Law and Order, PBS Shows, Non WW2 Related History Channel Shows, Space Battleship Yamato...I won't necessarily say "Kill Your Television," but limit your viewing and get out of the freakin' house.
Historical fiction, "The Saint" series by Leslie Charteris, architecture, "Siddhartha" by Hermann Heese, art history, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig, biographies, "La Vie De Boheme" by Henri Murger, industrial design, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac,"Post Office" by Charles Bukowski, photography, "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
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