Writing, performing and recording with my band - Daughters of Fission. Passionate women. Reading thought provoking books. Discovering new music that makes me rethink my approach to writing. Good Art in any shape, type or medium. Contemplating life and its unending breadth of experience and expression. Travelling to new locales for the experience. Stimulating conversations with intelligent people that don't necessarily share my point of view. Living in and for the now because that's all there really is.
Open-minded, free thinking individuals with a propensity for original thought. People that "get" art in its multitudes of style and form. Not in a pretentious shitty way, but a more visceral & real one. Other musicians, artists, writers, etc.
A Perfect Circle, Alice in Chains, Altar, Fiona Apple, Antarctica, Anthrax, Arc of the Aurora, Arms of the Sun, Chet Atkins, Atomic Bitchwax, Attack of the Giant Squid, At the Drive In, J.S. Bach, Baroness, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Black Crowes, Black Dahlia Murder, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Sabbath, The Bodhi Tree, David Bowie, Dave Brubeck, Jeff Buckley, Burning Brides, Calexico, Can, The Cars, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Cave In, Eric Clapton, Clutch, Billy Cobham, Coheed & Cambria, Cocteau Twins, Leonard Cohen, Coil, John Coltrane, Chris Cornell, Cross Platform, The Cult, The Cure, Cypress Hill, The Damned, Daughters of Fission, Miles Davis, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, DeadLowTide, Deconstruction, Deftones, Bo Diddly, Dillinger Escape Plan, Al DiMeola, Dire Straits, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Duran Duran, Eels, Einsturzende Neubauten, Eleven, Brian Eno, Exploited, Failure, Faith No More, Fantomas, Fear Factory, Flaming Lips, Bela Fleck, Flux, Foghat, Fred Green, Front 242, Fugazi, Fu Manchu, G. Love, Peter Gabriel, GBH, Gnarls Barkley, Godflesh, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, gospel, Gwen Mars, Ben Harper, PJ Harvey, Hella, Helmet, Jimi Hendrix, Allan Holdsworth, John Lee Hooker, Iron Maiden, Isis, Jane's Addiction, jEsu, Jesus Lizard, Elton John, Robert Johnson, Judas Priest, B.B. King, King Crimson, King Tramponline, Leo Kottke, KTL, Kyuss, Lard, Laundry, Lightning Hopkins, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Adrian Legg, The Locust, Lovage, Love & Rockets, Mad Season, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mars Volta, Mastodon, Dave Matthews, Mazzy Star, Medeski Martin & Wood, Melt Banana, Melvins, Meshuggah, Pat Metheny, Metallica (pre black album), Charles Mingus, Ministry, Misfits, Mr. Bungle, Thelonius Monk, Monster Magnet, Morphine, Steve Morse, Mother Love Bone, Murder City Devils, MuckyPup, Mudhoney, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, Nebula, Neurosis, New Model Army, NIN, N17, Of Montreal, Old Man Gloom, 1000 Homo Djs, Opus Dai, Ozomatli, Ozzy Osbourne, Nicolo Paganini, Pantera, Pailhead, Christopher Parkening, Charlie Parker, Parliament Funkadelic, Les Paul, Pearl Jam, Peeping Tom, Pelican, Phish, Pigface, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Primus, Prong, Queens of the Stone Age, Queensryche, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Sparowes, REM, Return to Forever, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Rudimentary Peni, Rush, Django Reinhardt, Samhain, Joe Satriani, Tom Scott, Secret Machines, Andres Segovia, Sigur Ros, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Skinny Puppy, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sonorous, Soundgarden, Sound of Birds, Southern Culture on the Skids, SteelyDan, The Stooges, Sunn 0))), SunnyDayRealEstate, Supersuckers, Swans, System of a Down, Tad, Talking Heads, Temple of the Dog, TijuanaPokerSharks, Tomahawk, Tool, T Rex, TSOL, 311, TV on the Radio, U2, Steve Vai, The Vandals, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Velvet Underground, Muddy Waters, Weather Report, The White Stripes, The Who, Wolfmother, Yes, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, ZZ Top
Kalifornia, Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Clockwork Orange, Eraserhead, Hellraiser, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Singles, The Royal Tenenbaums, Say Anything, The Wall, Resevoir Dogs, Dazed & Confused, American Beauty, Trainspotting, Heathers, Bottlerocket, The Shining, City of Lost Children, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Nightmare Before Christmas, Silence of the Lambs, Pumpkin, The Ring, American History X, Edward Scissorhands, Pink Flamingoes, Basquiat, Requiem for a Dream, Full Metal Jacket, Breakfast Club, Star Wars trilogy, Almost Famous, The Song Remains the Same, Event Horizon, Pollock, Natural Born Killers, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hellboy, Heavy Metal, Alien I&II, The Exorcist, any and all Cheech & Chong movies, any and all Monty Python movies, Texas Chainsaw Massacre(the original not the shit remake), Fahrenheit 911, I heart Huckabees, Pan's Labyrinth
The Science, History & Discovery channels. Comedy Central & The Cartoon Network from time to time. DVR is a wonderful thing for those of us who don't operate by a normal schedule.
The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, We the living, Anthem, For the New Intellectual, The Virtue of Selfishness, Naked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Yage Letters, The letters of Wm. S. Burroughs '45-'59, On the Road, The Subterraneans, Dharma Bums, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, How to talk dirty & influence people, Foundation Trilogy, Catcher in the Rye, Stupid White Men, Robert Fripp Bio, LotR, Weaveworld, Cabal, It, The Stand, Hammer of the Gods, Zen Guitar, The God Delusion, Awakening the Buddha Within.
Yeah we can be heroes, just for one day