I love music, books, movies, sports, and GOOD FOOD - and I love it all the more when I'm traveling. To date, I've visited 27 American States plus Washington D.C., 6 Mexican States, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. In the near future I'd love to visit Africa and Asia - and of course, see more of the U.S. of A!
Interesting people with a lust for life! (Of course, biking, tennis, and live music viewing partners are ALWAYS welcome - if you have a musical tip please drop a line.)
Ash, Jon Auer, Arcade Fire, Badfinger, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Frank Black, David Bowie, Beatles, Beach Boys, Big Head Todd, Big Star, Blake Babies, Blur, Blue Mountain, Breeders, Camper Van Beethoven, Candy Skins, Alex Chilton, Chomsky, Clash, Lloyd Cole, Coldplay, ELVIS COSTELLO, Cracker, Cake, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Graham Coxon, DADA, dB's, Dillon Fence, Denzil, Del Fuegos, Dire Straits, Death Cab For Cutie, Bob Dylan, Dramarama, ENGLISH BEAT, Alejandro Escovedo, FLAMING LIPS, Fountains of Wayne, Grapes of Wrath, David Gray, GOLDEN SMOG, PJ Harvey, Rebecca Hart, Havana 3AM, Jimi Hendrix, House of Freaks, Hot Club of Cowtown, Husker Du, Joe Jackson, The Jam, Freedy Johnston, pre-80's Elton John, Jesus & Mary Chain, Jane's Addiction, Jarabe de Palo, Javelin Boot, Rickie Lee Jones, Jayhawks, KINKS, Led Zeppelin, LEMONHEADS, Mary Lou Lord, Nick Lowe, Luna, Lupine Howl, Long Ryders, JOHN LENNON, Madder Rose, Aimee Mann, Marcy Playground, Bob Marley, MATERIAL ISSUE, Midnight Oil, Dave Matthews, Modest Mouse, Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, Bob Mould, Randy Newman, New Bohemians, New Pornographers, Oasis, Sinead O'Connor, Offspring, Old 97's, Beth Orton, Pavement, Michael Penn, Tom Petty, Liz Phair, PIXIES, Poi Dog Pondering, POLICE, Pop Poppins, POSIES, Pretenders, Pursuit of Happiness, RAMONES, Rave Ups, Lou Reed, Reivers, Old R.E.M., REPLACEMENTS, Rolling Stones, Kevin Salem, Sanford Arms, Scruffy the Cat, Simon & Garfunkel, SLOAN, Slobberbone, SMITHS, Specials, Social Distortion, Sonic Youth, Son Volt, Spin, SQUEEZE, Matthew Sweet, Steely Dan, Strokes, Spoon, Sugar, Sundays, Super Deluxe, Stone Roses, Talking Heads, 10,000 Maniacs, The The, They Might Be Giants, Traffic, TRUE BELIEVERS, U2, Van Morrison, VELVET UNDERGROUND, Violent Femmes, Paul Westerberg, WEEZER, WILCO, Wild Seeds, THE WHO, XTC, Pete Yorn, Neil Young, Zombies, and a few others...*I like Music* (Need another page for Jazz and Classical)
Amadeus, Animal House, Annie Hall, Absence of Malice, Almost Famous, As Good As It Gets, Blazing Saddles, Big Night, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, Birthday Girl, Being John Malkovich, Bowfinger, Broadway Danny Rose, Bull Durham, Catch Me If You Can, Cinema Paradiso, Cool Hand Luke, A Clockwork Orange, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon, Damage, Deliverance, Drugstore Cowboy, Diner, Easy Rider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Five Easy Pieces, A Fish Called Wanda, THE FOG OF WAR, The Falcon and The Snowman, Fargo, Following, Full Metal Jacket, Get Shorty, The Grifters, Gataca, Glengarry GlenRoss, the first Godfather, The Graduate, High Fidelity, Hands On A Hardbody, The Hudsucker Proxy, Hoosiers, Hunt For Red October, The Insider, Jean de Florette, Kolya, The Last Emperor, The Last Seduction, Live Flesh, Lost Highway, Magnolia, Marathon Man, Manhattan, Memento, Midnight Run, the original Manchurian Candidate, My Cousin Vinny, Major League, Mannon of Spring, Monster's Ball, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, Murderball, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, One Eyed Jacks, On The Waterfront, Out of Sight, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Punch Drunk Love, Prizzi's Honor, Peggy Sue Got Married, Pi, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Patton, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, THE PRODUCERS, The Princess Bride, Raging Bull, Requiem For A Dream, The Return of Martin Guerre, Reservoir Dogs, Rambling Rose, Pink Panther movies, Raising Arizona, Run Lola Run, Roger Dodger, Saving Private Ryan, Starman, A Simple Plan, Secretary, Sex Lies and Videotape, Stand By Me, The Shining, So I Married An Axe Murderer, A Streetcar Named Desire, Stripes, To Die For, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, 12 Angry Men, Swingers, She's Gotta Have It, There's Something About Mary, TIN MEN, TAXI DRIVER, Trading Places, Twin Peaks, Ulee's Gold, The Underneath, Unforgiven, The Usual Suspects, Wall Street, What About Bob?, When Harry Met Sally, WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?, When We Were Kings, Wild At Heart, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, Y Tu Mama Tambien...I like movies...many many more...
Not a big TV person - but enjoyed Wimbledon this year! Of course, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld (need that be said??), Faulty Towers...ahhh...the good old days!
A few of the titles I love - in no particular order: Elmore Leonard Favorites (of the roughly 40 that I’ve read): Valdez Is Coming, Stick, Out Of Sight, Maximum Bob, La Brava, The Big Bounce, Get Shorty, Killshot, Touch, Pronto, Rum Punch Scott Turrow: The Burden of Proof, Presumed Innocent, Pleading Guilty, Personal Injuries Robert Utley: The Lance and The Shield – Life and Times of Sitting Bull William Shawcross: The Shah’s Last Ride Richard Ben Cramer: What It Takes – The Way To The Whitehouse, Joe DiMaggio – The Hero’s Life Heinrich Boll: The Clown, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, Group Portrait With Lady, Children Are Civilians Too, Mad Dog Chuck Yeager: Yeager – An Autobiography Albert Camus: The Stranger Peter Maas: Serpico Leon Uris: Battle Cry, Exodus Joseph Heller: Catch 22 Larry McMurtry: Horseman Pass By, Some Can Whistle, The Last Picture Show, Crazy Horse, All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers, J.M. Coetzee: Disgrace Roald Dahl: My Uncle Oswald, Over To You, The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar and Six Others, Dannie Champion of The World, James and The Giant Peach, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Banana Yoshimoto: Kitchen, np Yokio Mishima: Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, The Decay Of The Angel, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon’s Mines, She, Allan Quartermain Chaim Potok: My Name Is Asher Lev, In The Beginning, The Chosen Primo Levi: Survival In Auschwitz, The Reawakening James Dickey: Deliverance Bret Easton Ellis: Glamorama Guy De Maupassant – A Day In The Country and Other Stories Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead Joe Klein: Primary Colors George Orwell: Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty Four Richard P. Feynman: Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels Douglas Coupland: Generation X, Shampoo Planet Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment Jim Lehrer: White Widow Donna Tartt: The Secret History Douglas Collins: The Story of Kodak Roman Vishniac: Children of a Vanished World Kathryn Tucker Windham: Encounters Isser Harel: The House On Garibaldi Street (The first full account of the capture of Adolf Eichman, told by the former head of Israel’s secret service.) Michael Burns: Dreyfus – A Family Affair 1789-1945 Rich Cohen: The Avengers – A Jewish War Story, Tough Jews Robert Slater: Warrior-Statesman: The Life of Moshe Dayan Yoram Binur: My Enemy, Myself. Tom Segev: 1949: The First Israelis Chaim Herzog: The War of Atonement Michael Grant: The Jews In The Roman World Victor Perera: The Cross and The Pear Tree – A Sephardic Journey Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman: Every Spy A Prince Morris Beckman: The Jewish Brigade Howard Blum: The Eve Of Destruction Moshe Pearlman: The Maccabees
Living in Austin - it's difficult not to acknowledge the greatest athlete of all time - Lance Armstrong - back from death to be world champ again and again...truly amazing! ***It must run in the blood - Mark Zupan - BACK FROM CERTAIN DEATH - as a quadriplegic - Austin native and star of the US Quad Rugby team - if you haven't seen "Murderball" - it's better on the big screen - all will be revealed***