Music:
"Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite." -Thomas CarlyleHIP HOP ya don't stop Afrika Bambaata, Akinyele, Alchemist, Alkaholiks, Al'Tariq, AMG, Apache, Arrested Development, Artifacts, Arsonists, Atmosphere, Audio Two, Awesome Foursome, AZ, Bahamadia, Beastie Boys, Beatminerz, Beatnuts, Big Daddy Kane, Big L, Big Noyd, Big Pun, Biggie Smalls, Biz Markie, Black Moon, Black Sheep, Black Star, Boogie Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Boot Camp Clik, Brand Nubian, Busy Bee, Chi-Ali, Chubb Rock, Cocoa Brovaz, Cold Crush Brothers, Common, Company Flow, Cormega, C-Rayz Walz, Cypress Hill, Dana Dane, Das EFX, Davy DMX, DBL Crew, De La Soul, Del the Funky Homosapien, Diamond D, Dice Raw, Digable Planets, D.I.T.C., Digital Underground, Dilated Peoples, DJ Divine, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, DJ Spinna, D.O.C., Double XX Posse, Doug E. Fresh, Dr. Dre, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Octagon, Ed O.G., Eminem, EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, EZ Mo Bee, Fat Boys, Fearless Four, Freddie Foxxx, Freestyle Fellowship, Fu-Schnickens, Fugees, FunkDoobiest, Funkmaster Flex, Furious Five, Gangstarr, Ghostface Killah, Grand Daddy I.U., Grand Puba, Grandmaster Flash, Gravediggaz, Group Home, 3rd Bass, GZA, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Hard Knocks, Heavy D, Heltah Skeltah, Hieroglyphics, High and Mighty, Ice Cube, Immortal Technique, Inspectah Deck, Jeru the Damaja, Jimmy Spicer, J-Live, Juggaknots, Jungle Brothers, Jurassic 5, Just Ice, JVC Force, J-Zone, Kanye West, Keith Murray, Kid Capri, Kid 'n Play, King Sun, King Tee, K.M.D., Kool G Rap and DJ Polo, Kool Keith, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kurious, Kurtis Blow, Kwame, Last Emperor, Large Professor, Latee, Lyrics Born, Leaders of the New School, LL Cool J, Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Lost Boyz, Mad Skillz, Main Source, Marley Marl, Mass Influence, Master Ace, MC Lyte, MC Serch, Mean Machine, Method Man, MF Doom, MF Grimm, Mike Ladd, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Mos Def, Mr. Lif, Nas, Naughty By Nature, Newcleus, Nice and Smooth, Now Born Click, O.C., Ol Dirty Bastard, Original Flavor, Original Concept, Organized Konfusion, OutKast, Papoose, Paris, Pete Nice, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Pharcyde, PMD, Poor Righteous Teachers, Positive K, Prince Paul, Professor X, Public Enemy, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, Redman, Red Hot Lover Tone, Rise, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, Roots, Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C., Sadat X, Salt 'n' Pepa, Saukrates, Schoolly D, Showbiz and A.G., Sister Souljah, Slick Rick, Slum Village, Smif-N-Wessun, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Spoonie Gee, Steady B, Stetsasonic, Stezo, Streets, Talib Kweli, Three Times Dope, Tony Touch, Tribe Called Quest, T-La Rock, Two Kings in a Cipher, UltraMagnetic M.C.'s, UMC's, UTFO, Whodini, Wordsworth, Wu-Tang Clan, X-Clan, Yeshua Da PoEd, Zhigge. Can't forget all the great DJs, DJ Red Alert, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jam Master Jay, Marley Marl, Cut Creator, EZ Rock, Eric B, Davy D, DJ Riz, Ed Lover Dr Dre, Chuck Chillout, Funkmaster Flex, K-Rock, Obie, Wildman Steve, Stretch and Bobbito, Mayhem, DJ Emskee, DJ Monk One, 3D, Tomcat, Randy the Musicologist... REGGAE got so much soul - - Clancy Ecceles, Cocoa Tea, The Melodians, Buju Banton, Chaka Demus and the Pliers, Roots Radics, Israel Vibration, Gladiators, Mad Cobra, Johnny Osbourne, Garnet Silk, Junior Reid, Sizzla, Junior Murvin, Junior Kelly, Capelton, Gregory Isaacs, Horace Andy, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals, Burning Spear, Desmond Dekker, I-Roy, U-Roy, Trinity, Lee Perry, Laurel Aitken, Duke Reid, Barrington Levy, Bunny Wailer, Culture, Big Youth, Ninja Man, Cutty Ranks, Alton Ellis, Prince Buster, Skatalities, Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, John Holt, Jacob Miller, Heptones, Aswad, Techniques, Ethiopians, Shabba Ranks, Mighty Diamonds, Sammy Dread, Lone Ranger, Yellowman, Beres Hammon, Sugar Minott, Freddie McGreggor, Beenie Man, Burro Banton, Super Cat, Screechy Dan, Shaggy, Linval Thompson, Delroy Wilson, Upsetters, Ken Boothe, Dennis Alcapone, Abyssinnians, Eek-a-Mouse, Bounty Killer, Carlton Livingston, Mad Cobra, Derrick Lara, Michigan and Smiley, Leroy Sibbles, Black Arks, Shinehead, Sly & Robbie, Sister Nancy, Sister Carol, Little Kirk, Yami Bolo, Tenor Saw, The Tennors, Damian Marley, Tony Rebel, Wayne Wonder, Justin Hinds & the Dominoes, Junior Byles, The Clash (yes!!), Augustus Pablo, Max Romeo, Charlie Chaplin, Conroy Smith, Pat Kelly, Errol Dunkley, Dillinger, Red Fox, Mega Banton, Ini Kamoze, Chaka Demus, Al Campbell, Admiral Tibet, Admiral Bailey, Aggrovators, Ansel Collins, Bad Brains, Carlton & The Shoes, Clint Eastwood, Cornell Campbell, Courtney Melody, Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Dawn Penn, Dennis Alcapone, Derrick Harriott, Dillinger, Dirtsman, Don Drummond, El General, Foxy Brown, Frankie Paul, Frighty & Colonel Mite, Frisco Kid, General Echo, Harry J & Rockers All Stars, I Wayne, Jack Radics, Jackie Edwards, Jigsy King, Joe Gibbs, Josie Wales, Kashif Lindo, Louie Rankin, Mad Lion, Mega Banton, Michael Prophet, Musical Youth, Nardo Ranks, Nicodemus, Ninjaman, Nitty Gritty, Pam Hall, Papa San, Phyllis Dillon, Pinchers, Robert French, Roots Radics, Shelly Thunder, Studio One Band, Tanto Metro & Devonte, The Aggrovators, Treasure Isle All Stars, Yankee B.... There's too much funk, soul, jazz, and disco to forget about!! A Taste of Honey, Johnny Adams, Monty Alexander, Ann Alford, Rance Allen, Afrique, Ambassadors, Gene Ammons, Jesse Anderson, Andrea True Connection, Ruby Andrews, Area Code 615, Steve Arrington, Average White Band, Tony Avlon & the Belairs, Roy Ayers, B. T. Express, B.W. Souls, Baby Huey, Babe Ruth, Bad Medicine, Bad Bascomb, Badder Than Evil, Anita Baker, Hank Ballard, Ballin Jack, Banbarra, Bar-Kays, Ray Barretto, Gary Bartz, Shirley Bassey, Les Baxter, Beginning of the End, Archie Bell & the Drells, William Bell, Louie Bellson, Jay Berliner, Mike Berry, Edwin Birdsong, Bit-A-Sweet, Black Blood, Black Grass, Black Heat, Black Ivory, Eugene Blacknell, Black Oak Arkansas, Bill Blacks Combo, Bobby Bland, Melvin Bliss, Eddie Bo, Bob and Earl, Bohannon, Booker T. & the MG's, Merry Clayton, Bootsy Collins, Brass Construction, Brick, Julius Brockington, Smokey Brooks, Brother to Brother, Brothers Johnson, Bobby Brown, Chuck Brown, JAMES BROWN, Peter Brown, Tom Browne, Rusty Bryant, Keni Burke, Solomon Burke, Jerry Butler, Bobby Byrd, Donald Byrd, Gary Byrd, Bobby Caldwell, Dottie Cambridge, Cameo, Johnny Cameron & the Camerons, Candido, Candi Station, Captain Sky, Captain Freak & The Lunacycle Band, Chuck Carbo, Hank Carbo, Carl Carlton, Jean Carn, Clarence Carter, Wayne Bennett Casanova, Alvin Cash, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Central Line, Cerrone, Chakachas, Chambers Brothers, Gene Chandler, Change, Ray Charles, The Charmells, Chi-Lites, Chic, Chicago Gangsters, GEORGE CLINTON, Cloud One, Coasters, Dennis Coffey, Cold Blood, Cold Grits, Lyn Collins, Commodores, Con Funk Shun, SAM COOKE, Larry Coryell, Don Costa, The Counts, Lou Courtney, James Crawford, Creations, Creative Source, King Curtis, Cymande, Cyrkle, D Train, Dandelion Wine, The Dapps, John Davis Orchestra, MILES (mothafuckin') DAVIS, Tyrone Davis, Jimmy Dawkins, DeBarge, Delegation, Delfonics, Dells, Detroit Emeralds, William Devaughn, Manu Dibango, Bo Diddley, Venus Dodson, Bill Doggett, Lee Dorsey, Pearl Dowdell, Dr. Buzzards' Original Savannah Band, Dr. John, The Dramatics, Eddie Drennon, George Duke, Duralcha, Dyke & the Blazers, Dynamic Corvettes, Charles Earland, Earth, Wind & Fire, Eastside Connection, Easybeats, Dennis Edwards, Don Ellis, Shirley Ellis, Emotions, The Equals, Eric and the Vikings, Esso Steel Band, ESG, The Evasions, Everyday People, Extra T's, Fatback Band, Faze-O, First Choice, Five Stairsteps, Roberta Flack, Eddie Floyd, King Floyd, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Ceasar Frazier, Freedom, Lowell Fulsom, Funk Inc., Funkadelic, Gap Band, Taana Gardner, Boris Gardiner, The Gaturs, MARVIN GAYE, Gaz, Ray Goodman and Brown, Graham Gouldman, Gong, GQ, Graham Central Station, Eddie Grant, Al Green, Dave Grusin, Guy, Harlem Underground Band, Betty Harris, Dan Hartman, Donny Hathaway, Isaac Hayes, Headhunters, Roy Head, Heatwave, Monk Higgins, Z.Z. Hill, Ernie Hines, Al Hirt, Hodges - James - Smith & Crawford, Johnny Holiday, Loletta Hollaway, Cecil Holmes & The Soulful Sounds, Honey Cone, Honey Drippers, Jimmy Bo Horne, Hot Butter, Hot Chocolate, Bobbi Humphrey, Marsha Hunt, Willie Hutch, Johnny Huston, Jiro Inagaki, Impressions, Incredible Bongo Band, Indeep, Luther Ingram, Inner Life, Instant Funk, Intruders, Isley Brothers, J. B.'s, The J.B. Pickers, Jackson 5, Chuck Jackson, Earnest Jackson, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Millie Jackson, Milt Jackson, Jessie James, Rick James, Jarmels, Al Jarreau, Robert Jay, Johnny Jenkins, Jerry-O, Jomanda, Syl Johnson, Bruce Johnston, Casey Jones & The Fireman, Jones Girls, Gloria Jones, Grace Jones, Johnny Jones, Joyce Jones, Juice, Juicy, Junior, Ju-Par Universal Orchestra, Kashif, Kay Gees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Kebekelektrik, Herman Kelly & Life, Paul Kelly, Eddie Kendricks, Chaka Khan, Kid Dynamite, Ben E. King, Evelyn "Champaign" King, Bobbie Knight & the Universal Lady, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jean Knight, KOOL AND THE GANG, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Laid Back, Lakeside, Last Poets, Le Pamplemouse, Laura Lee, Michael LeGrair, Larry Levan, Ramsey Lewis, Lightnin Rod, Liquid Liquid, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Los Angeles Negros, Love Unlimited Orchestra, LTD, Pat Lundy, Barbara Lynn, Cheryl Lynn, M F S B, Galt MacDermot, Maceo & the Macks, Mad Lads, Main Ingredient, Harvey Mandel, Mandrill, Manzell, Wade Marcus, The Mar-Keys, Mary Jane Girls, Barbara Mason, Vaughn Mason & Crew, CURTIS MAYFIELD, Maze, Les McCann, George McCrae, Gwen McCrae, Jack McDuff, McFadden & Whitehead, Jimmy McGriff, Clyde McPhatter, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Messengers, The Meters, Miami, Lee Michaels, Mickey & Sylvia, Midnight Movers Unltd, Midnight Star, Mighty Ryeders, Buddy Miles, The Mirettes, Prince Phillip Mitchell, Willie Mitchell, Modern Sound Corporation, Mohawks, The Moments, Montana Sextet, Denroy Morgan, Mtume, Alicia Myers, Paul Nero, Aaron Neville, New Birth, New Edition, Nite-Liters, Freddie North, The Notations, Nu Sound Express, Ocean, Odetta, O'Jays, Alexander O'Neal, Ohio Players, Olympic Runners, One Way, P-Funk All Stars, Fausto Papetti, Charlie Parker, Willie Parker, PARLIAMENT, Johnny Pate, Bobby Patterson, Freda Payne, Pazant Brothers and the Beaufort Express, Annette Peacock, Ann Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Teddy Pendergrass, People's Choice, Esther Phillips, Wilson Pickett, Pleasure, Pleasure Web, Pointer Sisters, David Porter, Positive Force, Powerline, Billy Preston, PRINCE, Bernard Purdie, James & Bobby Purify, Q65, Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, Fonda Rae, Rake, Rare Earth, Raw Silk, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, Martha Reeves and the Vendellas, Clarence Reid, Wendy Rene, Rene and Angela, Rhythm Heritage, Rimshots, Minnie Ripperton, Ripple, Jackie Robinson, Roscoe Robinson, Smokey Robinson, Tommy Roe, D.J. Rogers, Lee Rogers, Rose Royce, Diana Ross, Rotary Connection, Bobby Rush, Patrice Rushen, S.O.S. Band, S.O.U.L., Sade, Oliver Sain, Salsoul Orchestra, Sam & Dave, Samba Soul, Mongo Santamaria, Freddie Scott, Gil Scott-Heron, Shirley Scott, Tom Scott, Section 25, Shalamar, Shannon, Ray Sharpe, Marlena Shaw, Showmen, Inc., Labi Siffre, Silver Convention, Joe Simon, Simtec & Wylie, Sister Sledge, Skull Snaps, Skyy, Slave, Percy Sledge, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, O.C. Smith, B.W. Souls, Soul II Soul, Soul Searchers, Soul Survivors, Soulful Strings, Sound Foundation, Southside Movement, Spinners, SOD, Staple Singers, Edwin Starr, Steam, Jeremy Steig, Billy Stewart, Stretch, Zeke Strong & the Ladyetts, Stylistics, The Sunglows, Donna Summer, Supremes, Surface, Foster Sylvers, Sylvester, Sylvia, Syreeta, T.S. Monk, Grady Tate, Howard Tate, Tavares, Johnnie Taylor, The Temprees, Temptations, Joe Tex, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Timmy Thomas, Titanic, Tyrone Thomas & the Whole Darn Family, The Time, George Torrence & the Naturals, Allen Toussaint, Tower of Power, Terence Trent D'Arby, Trouble Funk, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm, Ike and Tina Turner, Undisputed Truth, Unlimited Touch, Uncle Louie, United Eight, U.S. Warren and the Genghis Pea, Melvin Van Peebles, Luther Vandross, Shirley Vaughn, The Vibrettes, V.I.P. Connection, Dexter Wansel, War, Dionne Warwick, Jody Watley, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Wah Wah Watson, Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns, Whatnauts, Barry White, Marva Whitney, Wild Sugar, Deneice Williams, Duke Williams, Daly Wilson Big Band, Bill Withers, Bobby Womack, STEVIE WONDER, Betty Wright, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, O.V. Wright, Micheal Wycoff, Camille Yarbrough, Yellow Sunshine, Billy Joe Young, James Young and the Housewreckers, Young & Company, Young-Holt Unlimited, Zapp... Roll the Rock...AC/DC, Aerosmith, After The Fire, A-ha, Alice In Chains, Amon Düül II, Tori Amos, The Animals, Animotion, Fiona Apple, April Wine, The Art of Noise, Bad Brains, Bananarama, Bangles, Syd Barrett, Bedlam, Big Country, Billy Idol, Beach Boys, BEATLES, Bee Gees, Beck, The B-52's, Chuck Berry, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Star, Birtha, Björk, Black Sabbath, Black Crowes, The Black Keys, Blind Melon, Blondie, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blur, Bodacious D.F., Bongwater, David Bowie, Bow Wow Wow, Bo Diddley, The Breeders, Butthole Surfers, Byrds, Captain Beyond, The Cars, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Eddie Cochran, Chicago, Christopher Isaak, Climax Blues Band, Alice Cooper, Cranberries, Cream, Culture Club, The Cure, Dave Clark Five, Dead Boys, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Devo, Dinosaur Jr, Dog Soldier, Thomas Dolby, Doors, Duran Duran, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Bob Dylan, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Electric Prunes, Erasure, Eurythmics, Faith No More, Falco, Fats Domino, Fishbone, The Fixx, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Flock of Seagulls, Flying Lizards, Foo Fighters, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Frank Black and the Catholics, Fresh Out Of Borstal, Fugazi, Fun Boy Three, Galaxie 500, Garbage, Giant, Glitterhouse, Gorillaz, The Go-Go's, Grand Funk Railroad, The Grassroots, Green Day, The Guess Who, Guided By Voices, Guns N' Roses, George Harrison, Debbie Harry, Helium, Buddy Holly, Home, Hookfoot, Human League, Icehouse, Incredible String Band, Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, INXS, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Joe Jackson, The Jam, Jane's Addiction, Janis Joplin, James, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, Level 42, Libertines, Little Richard, Living Colour, Liz Phair , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Love and Rockets, Luna, Manu Chao, Mazzy Star, Men At Work, Men Without Hats, Lee Michaels, Ministry, The Minutemen, Modest Mouse, Monkees, Morphine, Morrissey, Modern English, Mother Love Bone, Mötley Crüe, Mott the Hoople, Mr. Bungle, Naked Eyes, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Gary Numan, Sinéad O'Connor, Orange Juice, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Palace Brothers, Os Mutantes, Pavement, Pet Shop Boys, Pink Floyd, Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Police, Porno for Pyros, Portishead, The Pretenders, Primal Scream, Primus, The Psychedelic Furs, Queen, Radiohead, The Ramones, Rare Earth, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Rolling Stones, The Romantics, Royal Trux, Sadistic Mika Band, Santana, Scissor Sisters, Screaming Trees, The Selecter, Sex Pistols, Shadows of Knight, Simple Minds, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Silver Jews, Sloan, Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, Soda Stereo, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, The Sons, Soundgarden, Spooky Tooth, Steve Miller Band, The Stooges, Stereolab, Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Stray Cats, Matthew Sweet, Taco, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, Teenage Fanclub, The The, Thin Lizzy, Thompson Twins, Til Tuesday, Tom Tom Club, Tom Petty, Three Dog Night, Throwing Muses, Troggs, Turtles, U2, Unrest, UPP, Uriah Heep, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vanilla Fudge, Van Halen, Velvet Underground, The Verve, Violent Femmes, Joe Walsh, Weezer, White Stripes, Kim Wilde, World Party, XTC, Yazoo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yes, Yo La Tengo, Frank Zappa, 10,000 Maniacs...
Movies:
Silent films of the 20s, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Godard, Tarantino, Scorsese, DePalma, Fellini, Oliver Stone...Black Orpheus, Color of Paradise and Children of Heaven, Black Robe, Time Bandits.
Television:
People need to turn this off now and then, don't let it control your mind - think for yourself!!!
Books:
The People's History of the United States, Dark Alliance, Exile and the Kingdom, The Little Prince, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Japanese Tales, The Ramayana
Heroes:
Marcus Garvey - "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."