Philosophy, from Aristotle to Zappa. Most anything that will challenge my current ethos, or that will underline what I already think is true.
Tony La Russa & discuss Cardinals and dogs, because we share a passion for those subjects. On the flip side, I enjoy meeting people who may share certain interests, but have a radically different point of view. Give me a challenge! I don't mind having the ground kicked out from under me. Then, yet again, I really enjoy random barroom blather,too. If any of the previousely mentioned dicussions happened to be with an interested woman, then so much the better. "well I was born to have adventure, so I just followed up the steps...".
Frank Zappa, LZ, Grateful Dead, Rush and many 'smaller' bands that hint of those other 'major' directions in aural attenuation. I really enjoy 'live' stuff!
Godfather Iⅈ View Askew Universe; Barfly
Deadwood; Northern Exposure; Six Feet Under; sports & history stuff like documentaries.
Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Neil Peart; T.C. Boyle; and books by Rand, Camus, Hemingway, & many, many biographies.
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