I'm just a simple kinda guy. I live for my kids & wife, my best friends & Music, i love movies, I love tattoos. I'm a big sports fan.....mainly basketball of course. & travel,(santa cruz) is my 2nd home.i love art although i have no artistic ability myself i have several close friends who are amazing artist. and i enjoy meeting intresting and intellegent new people. i love skateboarding as well although i really havent picked up a board in about 10 yrs with the intention of doing anything other than kick, push, ride from point a to point b
well i have met them before, but id actually like to meet them and talk to them about anything just cause i respect their music....but it would have to be slug, aesop rock, dessa, mac lethal.....as for those i haven't met...john lennon( i know he's dead) as well as id like to meet chuck palinuik, krs-one, the doomtree gang, chris garver, you know amazing tattoo artists, and many many more artists....you know intellegent people, creative people, intresting people, honest people...you get the idea...as for real historic people i'm a bit of a history buff so that list could go on and on like my list of music i like, so we won't go there. Aesop Rock like what!! Pure talent!! Dessa is amazing... width="425" height="350" .... Doomtree-live as fuck..whoa!
Influences and favorites are. Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, The Beatles, P.O.S, Dessa, Sage Francis, Radiohead, the Cure...Rhymesayers, DefJux, Doomtree, Strange Famous records.. Murs, the living legends, mac lethal, pink floyd, charles mingus, billie holiday, Dr Dre. Nwa, Eminem, KRs-One, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, MOP, Gift A Gab, blackalicious, latyrix, J5, Led Zeplin, Dredg, OUTKAST, E-40, 2Pac and B.I.G., Kool G Rap, dizzie gilespie, eisley, mos def, keane, millencolin,Kool Keith, the dwarves, the aquabats, gwar, jimi hendrix,ac/dc,c-rayz walz,mac leathal, immortal teqhnique, the hut, fig-mutant, okwerdz,the shins, the eagles, fleetwood mac, charlie parker, the misfits, pharoe monch, smashing pumpkins, Miles Davis, etta james, bob dylan, al green, rancid, blink 182, rage against the machine,duran duran,muse, Simon & Garfunkle, Jay-Z, Goodie Mob, Mobb Deep, xzibit, the liks, the doors,gym class heroes, the clash, the ramones, ella fitzgerald, CCR, elton john, shock-g, the pharcyde, hiero & del, dj shadow, pennywise, mr dibbs, eyedea & abilities, stevie ray vaughn, john lee hooker, aar, swollen members, frank sinatra, tori amos, erykah badu, common, ray charles, robert johnson, muddy waters, jodeci, stevie wonder, nas, run-dmc, gangstar, tribe called quest, kanye west, mxpx, sublime, the expendables, bjork, and so damn many more... it just goes on and on and on and on...YOU GET THE IDEA!
Favs. include. weird science, fight club, kill bill v1 & 2, pulp fiction, great expectations, good will hunting, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, 16 candles, fast times at ridgemont high, less than zero, almost famous, transformers the movie, garden state, kids on the hall brain candy, mallrats, american history x, american beauty, muppet movie, memento, wheathermen underground, blazing saddles, mary poppins,this is spinal tap,labrynth, what dreams may come, run ronnie run, scarface, scent of a woman, resivoir dogs, goonies, doom generation, carlitos way, STAR WARS!!!!!(empire strikes back-best all time), life as house, slackers, orgazmo, sol goode,brick, Leon the professional, pirates of the carribean, blow, whats eating gilbert grape, seven, old school, rushmore, royal tenembaums, napoleon dynamite, braveheart, crouching tiger/hidden dragon, red violin, snatch, i'm gonna git u sucka, the big lebowski, american movie, ninja scroll, vampire hunter d., Pans labrynth, 300, sin city(i worked at a video store for almost 10yrs of my pathetic life so this list could keep going but you get the idea, plus there are always so many new movies coming out)
The MUPPET SHOW & Seasame Street,The State, good cartoons from the 40's throught the 80's,man vs. wild..dont watch tv too much though, but when i do its usually news stuff, like cnn and things like food tv or history channel, etc.(or lots and i mean lots of psuedo educational cartoons..i.e. dora and blues clues(i have kids)
charlie and the chocolate factory, fight club, virgin suicides, helter skelter,choke,on the road, It, when rabbits howl, hop on pop, the lorax, the art of war, complete works of lewis carrol, complete works of nietzsche, the dictionary and thesaurus of quotes and the sg girls coffee table photo book-although there arent too many words in that book.
My Grandmother, DICK BUGHI, musicians who do it for the love no matter the struggles, optimus prime, dr teeth and guy smiley....(jim henson) people who inspire other people to do something good for themselves and others.