Music, writing, reading, and cooking.
NEW FRIENDS, OLD FRIENDS ... AND I GUESS ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE MET ARE ALREADY DEAD.
I AM A MUSICIAN SO THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION FOR ME. I WOULD SAY "EVERYTHING," BUT THAT IS WAY TOO CLICHED. I USED TO BE A HUGE METAL FAN. I STILL AM TO SOME EXTENT. BUT AFTER WORKING FOR THE 6TH-LARGEST GUITAR CENTER IN THE WORLD, I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW EXCRUCIATING IT IS FOR ME TO HEAR SOME DOUCHEBAG SWEEPING ARPPEGGIOS FOR FOUR HOURS. IT'S NOT THAT HARD, DIPSHIT! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE A SELECT FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN SAY MORE WITH ONE NOTE THAN YOU CAN SAY WITH A THOUSAND! ENOUGH WITH THE RANT. HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF THE BANDS THAT HAVE HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON ME. PINK FLOYD, ROGER WATERS, OLD METALLICA, THE BEATLES, HENDRIX, VICTOR WOOTEN, THE WHO, BOB DYLAN, LIVE, PANTERA, MESHUGGAH, FEAR FACTORY, TOOL, THE MELVINS, THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, BLIND MELON, RADIOHEAD, THE DOORS, OLDER MUDVAYNE, SEGOVIA, FERNANDO SORS, J.S. BACH (NOT OF SKID ROW).
GOOD ONES. AND IT DEPENDS ON THE AUDIENCE
I hate ALL television stations except for The History Channel, The Science Channel, and all the Discovery channels.
Stephen King: The entire Dark Tower series;Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Generation Swine, Kingdom of Fear, The Great Shark Hunt, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72;Neil Postman: Amusing Ourselves to Death;Victor Ostrovsky: By Way of Deception, Black Ghosts
PAUL EUGENE GOAD (MY GRANDFATHER), CHERI BURR (MY MOTHER), SAM REYNOLDS (MY FATHER), ROGER WATERS, DAVID GILMOUR, ALL OF THE WOOTEN BROTHERS, DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON