music, books, movies, Philly sports, my dogs, hanging out with my friends and family, the lost art of the smokey bar conversation ...'the only true currency in this world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool' Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs via Cameron Crowe in 'Almost Famous'.
anyone who will find my bullshit 'charming'...people who appreciate the finer things in life...rocknroll, baseball, dogs, corner bars/good bartenders, Ireland, good beer, conversation, a hammock on a spring day w/ nothing to do, and friends to share it all.oh...and anyone who fits this general profile:
Marah, Drive-by Truckers, John Train, Mike Pfeiffer & the Associates, Slo-Mo, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, the Roots, Slo-Mo, Ryan Adams, Neil Young, Lyle Lovett, Elvis Costello, Saw Doctors, the Donuts, Great Big Sea, Bob Schneider, Dan Bern, Ani DiFranco, Van Morrison, Wilco, Christy Moore, Richard Buckner, Pearl Jam, Magnolia Electric Company, Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, Greg Brown, Luka Bloom, Cherish the Ladies, Bob Dylan, Waterboys, Bill Mallonee and VOL, Buddy and Julie Miller, the Carpenters (had to squeeze that in), Jeff Buckley, Dan Bern, John Eddie, the mighty Bogside Rogues, Patty Griffin, the Clancy Brothers, SPRINGSTEEN, Boots Riley and the Coup, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Townes.. width="425"
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Local Hero, Wonder Boys, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Almost Famous, Say Anything, Sid and Nancy, Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Magnolia, Rushmore,
Family Guy, the Office, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Chapelle Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Newsradio, the Simpsons, Philly sports, South Park, Cheers, Homocide:Life on the Streets, Crime Story, Arrested Development, 30 Rock
Slaughterhouse Five, Bluebeard, Galapagos, Wonderboys, Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Summerland, Emperor of the Air, Carry Me Across the Water, Budding Prospects, World's End, East is East, the Cider House Rules, a Prayer for Owen Meany, the Sunlight Dialogues, October Light, Grendel, a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, How We Are Hungry...'Spit Baths' to be released this October (2006) written by my friend, Greg Downs which, upon it's release, will find itself well-nestled into this group and onto everyone's Christmas list...and 'We're All in This Together'(2005) by Owen King who writes like he gets who we are and shows us who we should/could be...also, they're both damn good men with exquisitely refined taste in music and in friends.
Kurt Vonnegut(cynical humanist), Steve Earle (eternal optimist), Jimmy Carter (for his love and defense of the people's role in democracy) , Martin Luther King (for the dreams and his strength), my parents, Bill Moyers(inquisitiveness). everyone who loves the written word and fights for its preservation, all who hold music and the Arts in high regard...and Christy Moore for representing all that is Irish (melancholic, poetic, and full of shit).