My idol, Alexander the Great
The Wicked ItchThe Red Line Ryan Lee and the Mindless / Anti-Love Project (rip) / Night Rally / The Information / Read Yellow / The Glass Set / The Cignal (rip) / Bon Savants / Cyanide Valentine / Freezepop / The Bravery (NYC) / Emergency Music / Moki / The Halogens (rip) / The Good North / Baby Strange / The Gasolines / This Blue Holiday (NYC) / Ho-Ag / December Sound / The Model Sons (rip) / Scamper / Cracktorch / Black-Helicopter / Bulletproof Plan / Helicopter Helicopter / Ad Frank / The Hidden / Codetta / Heavy Stud / Swiss Army / Runner and the Thermodynamics / Clickers (rip) / Lady of Spain / Cancer to the Stars (rip) Pitchfork Media Sold in Stores 50's ELVIS, AC/DC (but only w/ BON SCOTT), ALICE IN CHAINS, ANYTHING FROM THE 50's, ARCADE FIRE, AUDIOSLAVE, AUF DER MAUR, BACH, BAUHAUS, BEACH BOYS, BEASTIE BOYS, BEETHOVEN, BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE, BIG MAMA THORTON, BILLIE HOLIDAY, BJORK, BLACK SABBATH, BLONDE REDHEAD, BLONDIE (first crush DEBORAH HARRY), BLUR, BOB DYLAN, BOB MARLEY, BOBBY DARIN, BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, BRAHMS, BRAID, BRIGHT EYES, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BUDDY HOLLY, BUILT TO SPILL, CANCER TO THE STARS, CASH, CINDERELLA, COLDPLAY, COLTRANE, CREAM, DAVID BOWIE, DEAN MARTIN (related), DEPECHE MODE, DEEP DISH, DEVO, DIGWEED, DMX, DRIVE LIKE JEHU, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, ELASTICA, ELLA FITZGERALD, ELVIS COSTELLO, FIONA APPLE, FLAMING LIPS, FOLK IMPLOSION, FRANK SINATRA, FRANZ FERDINAND, FU-GEES, FUGAZI, GANG STARR, GARBAGE, GEGGY TAH, GUNS AND FUCKING ROSES, HAPPY MONDAYS, HELMET, HIGH STRUNG, HOOVERPHONIC, HOT SNAKES, IGGY POP, INTERPOL, IRON AND WINE, JANES ADDICTION, JANIS JOPLIN, JAY-Z, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, JESUS LIZARD, JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, JIMMY CLIFF, JOAN JETT, JOY DIVISION, JUNE OF '44, KANYE WEST, LE TIGRE, LED ZEPPELIN, LES SAVY FAV, LISTENING TO DOLPHINS COMMUNICATE, LOU REED, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, LOVE AND ROCKETS, MAD SEASON, MALKMUS, MAZZY STARR, MELODY CLUB, MERCURY PROGRAM, METALLICA, MIKE NESS, MILES DAVIS, MODEST MOUSE, MOTLEY CRUE, MOZART, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, NEW ORDER, NICK WARREN, NINE INCH NAILS, NIRVANA, OLD OLD SOUNDGARDEN, ONE HIT WONDERS, OTIS REDDING, OUTKAST, PATSY CLINE, PAVEMENT, PEARL JAM, PEDRO THE LION, PETER TOSH, PHARCYDE, POP WILL EAT ITSELF, PORNO FOR PYROS, PUBLIC ENEMY, RACHMANINOFF, RADIOHEAD, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RAY CHARLES, REALLY REALLY OLD U2, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, REM, ROLLING STONES, ROY ORBISON, RUSH, SASHA, SIMON & GARFUNKEL, SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES, SITTING IN A DARK ROOM LISTENING TO THUNDER, SMASHING PUMPKINS, SOCIAL DISTORTION, SONIC YOUTH , SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS, STEREOLAB, STRAY CATS, SUPERCHUNK, SUPERGRASS, SYNTHPOP, TALKING HEADS, THE BEATLES, THE BUZZCOCKS, THE CLASH, THE CURE, THE DOORS, THE FUCKING WHO!!, THE FASTBACKS, THE HIVES, THE KILLERS, THE PLATTERS, THE RAMONES, THE RAVEONETTES, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, THE RUNAWAYS, THE SHINS, THE SMITHS, THE STOOGES, THE STRANGLERS, THE STROKES, THE SOUND OF CRICKET BOWS AT NIGHTTIME, THE VASELINES, THE VERVE, THE WALKMEN, THE WEAKERTHANS, THE WRENS, TORI AMOS, VAN MORRISON, VELVET UNDERGROUND, VIVALDI, WHITE STRIPES, WYCLEF JEAN, YAZ. I don't really like today's Hip Hop or even the word Hip Hop but what I can really appreciate is everything that came before the word "bling"
12 MONKEYS, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, AUDREY HEPBURN, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, ANIMAL HOUSE, BETTER OFF DEAD, BIG FISH, BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES, BLUES BROTHERS, BOURNE IDENTITY, BRUCE LEE, CADDY SHACK, CAREY GRANT, CASABLANCA, CAST AWAY, CITIZEN KANE, CLARK GABLE, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, CLOSER, DAS BOOT, DONNIE DARKO (Director's Cut), DR. ZHIVAGO, EAST OF EDEN, EASY RIDER, FAST AND THE FURIOUS (1+2), FIGHT CLUB, FLETCH, FOREIGN FILMS, FORREST GUMP, FRIDA, GARDEN STATE, GARY COOPER, GENE HACKMAN, GIANT, GLADIATOR, HAMLET, HI FIDELITY, HITCHCOCK, HUMPHREY BOGART, IMMORTAL BELOVED, INGRID BERGMAN, i, ROBOT, JACK NICHOLSON, JAMES BOND 007, JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH, JAMES DEAN, JANE SEYMOUR, JAWS, JESUS OF NAZARETH (OLIVIA WAS THE VIRGIN MARY IN IT PLUS IT'S A PHENOMENAL MOVIE), JIM CARREY, JOHN CUSACK, JOHN HUGHES, JOHNNY DEPP, KATE BECKINSALE, KAZAN, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, LAUREN BACALL (yum), LORD OF THE RINGS, LOST IN TRANSLATION, LOVE ACTUALLY, LUDIVINE SAGNIER, MARLON BRANDO (rip), MARTIN SHEEN, MATILDA, NATALIE PORTMAN (oh sweet mercy how I love thee), OFFICE SPACE, OLD SCHOOL, PENELOPE CRUZ, PETER SELLERS, PHILADELPHIA, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (but the dialogue is wicked cheesy), RIVER PHOENIX, ROMEO AND JULIET '67 (my cousin OLIVIA was Juliet), RUSHMORE, RUSSELL CROWE, SCARFACE, SCENT OF A WOMAN, SCHINDLER'S LIST, SERENDIPITY, SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER, STAR WARS, STANLEY KUBRICK, SURVIVING PICASSO, SWIMMING POOL, SWINGERS, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, THE GODFATHER (1+2), THE GRADUATE, THE MATRIX (1+2), THE OUTSIDERS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THIRTEEN DAYS, TOM CRUISE, TOM HANKS, TOP GUN, TOY STORY (1+2), WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, WILLY WONKA, WINNIE THE POOH.
I hated my TV in college so I threw it out a 3 story window they go psst! on impact but I can tolerate anything w/ DOLPHINS in it, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC , anything w/ MICHAEL WOOD as the host i.e "IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT" OR "SHAKESPEARE" , HISTORY CHANNEL, DISCOVERY, FOOD NETWORK, HGTV, TLC, PBS, WGBH, ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, THE WEST WING, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, THE SIMPSONS, THE FAMILY GUY, KIM POSSIBLE, AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, CHAPELLE'S SHOW, FRIENDS, SEINFELD, EXTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGE, MR. BEAN, BOSTON RED SOX, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, CHICAGO CUBS, CHICAGO BEARS, DALLAS STARS, MANCHESTER UNITED, REAL MADRID, basically anything educational, hysterical or driven by male testosterone.
.. EVERYTHING ROALD DAHL AND KEROUAC, ALEXANDER POPE, all SHAKESPEARE, ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIANS, BALZAC, BAUDELAIRE, BEVERLY CLEARY, BIOGRAPHIES, BOB DYLAN, BYRON, CATCHER IN THE RYE, DICTIONARY, DOROTHY PARKER, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, FROST, FREUD, GINSBERG, GREEK MYTHOLOGY, HISTORIES, HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, HUGH HEFFNER (he he), IAN CURTIS' LYRICS, JIM MORRISON'S POETRY AND LYRICS, JOSEPH CAMPBELL, JOYCE, JUDY BLUME, JUNG, KAHLIL GIBRAN, MAGAZINES, MATT CHRISTOPHER, NIETZCHE, OVID, PABLO NERUDA, PERCY SHELLEY'S POETRY (my fav), PLATO, POE, PROFILES IN COURAGE, RICHARD BACHS' ILLUSIONS, RIMBAUD, TAO OF POOH, TAO TE CHING, TE OF PIGLET, THE BIBLE, (yes, full of juicy juicy details), THE LITTLE PRINCE, THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF ADOLF HITLER, THEOLOGIES, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, VOLTAIRE, WHITMAN, WILLIAM BLAKE.
.. .. JESUS CHRIST, MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER OCTAVIANO, MY GRANDPA PIETRO, MY MOTHER MARIE, PEOPLE WHOSE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS I'VE ALWAYS GREATLY ADMIRED: MARY MAGDALENE, GANDHI, MLK JR, ROSA PARKS, FREEDOM RIDERS, K.B.H , SOCRATES, PLATO, LAO TZU, BUDDHA, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, OPRAH, AUDIE MURPHY, PAT TILLMAN, TED WILLIAMS, MO BERG, THE OVERWHELMING DIPLOMACY OF JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, MICHAEL JORDAN, THOSE 2004 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX, WINNIE-THE-POOH AND PIGLET, THE REDEEMING VIRTUES OF CHARLIE BUCKET, WILLY WONKA