I've found a unique inner peace in skateboarding that I've yet to find anywhere else. My board is mine and it is perfect. I bought everything brand new and now it's the most worndown, cracked, ripped up board I've ever rode. I've been skating since I was 15...before I could drive...for the past 11 years. I honestly believe that skateboarding is the fountain of youth that Ponce De Leon was looking for. As long as I can ollie down 2-stairs I'll be young forever. For those keeping score at home, when I was in highschool I would every now and then hit a 3-stair. I can now comfortably land a 5-stair first try, amongst other things. So...um...basically besides that, I'm interested in whatever everyone else wrote for this question.
I've given this question a lot of serious thought...hours and hours spent in deep contemplation...countless sleepless nights. It's taken me months to come up with an adequete answer. Finally I can relax, rest assured that I now know who I'l like to meet. Despite numerous asteric questions regarding topics such as fictional characters, meeting someone in their prime or at the current moment, and only non-dieties came to mind. These asterics are irrelevant I came to realize so I made my answer. Today, right now, I'd like to meet Mick Jagger and Kieth Richards at the same time. Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts can stay home and drink earl grey tea or something. Kieth, Mick, and I would go to an upscale martini bar (the kind in the movies). We'd buy each other drinks and treat each other as equals. I'd never even mention that I was a fan or that I even viewed them as famous musicians. Kieth and Mick would get in a fight over something trivial and I'd have to break it up. "Kieth. Mick. Seriously guys, here's a couple of Maker's Mark manhattans. There's no reason to get to each other like that." "You're right, Jefferson. You're right."
Ok, here goes. In no order whatsoever (save your jokes for after the list please):Aesop Rock, Artifacts, Atmosphere, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Black Eyed Peas, Andrew Broder, Busta Rhymes, C-Murder, Camp Lo, Cappadonna, Company Flow, Cypress Hill, D12, D'angelo, Dangerous Boyz, Del, Diverse, DMX, El-P, Eminem, EPMD, 50 Cent, Gorillaz, Gravediggaz, GZA, Hypnotize Camp Posse, Inspecta Deck, Jay-Z, Juvenile, KHM, Dr. Octagon, Kool Kieth, Voice of the People, Method Man, The Roots, Ghost Face Killah, Nappy Roots, Nas, Chris St.Clair, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Saint C, RZA, Prefuse 73, Prince Paul, D.J. Shadow, Shermy D, Hi Tek, Raekwon, Rakim, Redman, Saigon, Blue Angelz, Ebeneezer, Shootyz Groove, Slick Rick, Killarmy, A Tribe Called Quest, Tony Touch, Tu-Pac, The Coral, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Definitive Jux, 8 Mile, Wu-Tang Meets Indie, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Kanye West, Master P, Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, Ying Yang Twins, Funk Master Flex & Big Kap, Lyricist Lounge, Gang Starr, Beans, D.J. Qbert, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Wayne Newton, Bob Dylan, Dianna Ross and the Supremes, Bravehearts, Tom Waits, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Chopin, Nicolai, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, MacDowell, Beethoven, Mozart, that one jam from Apocolypse Now, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Against Me!, Atom and his Package, Built To Spill, Joey Cape and Tony Sly, The Clash, Crash Test Dummies, The Eagles, The Hives, Lagwagon, Led Zeppelin, NOFX, No Use For A Name, Pavement, Pinback, The Presidents of the United States of America, Propagandhi, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine, Gwen Stefani, Sublime, Val Emmich, Ak Press, Bouncing Souls, The Addicts, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Cat Power, Arab Strap, CKY, Cream, Dearhoof, Crass, Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees, Tilt, Superchunk, This Bike Is A Pipebomb, Dr. Strange Records, 88 Fingers Louie, The Queers, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, Non Phixion, Guided By Voices, Fat Wreck Chords, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, every version of the song "Gloria", My Morning Jacket, Sly and the Family Stone, Blind Melon, Seal, No Use For A Name, Less Than Jake, Pennywise, Asian Man Records, the Rocky theme song, Rancid, Matador Records, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Sounds of the Seventies, The Shins, Mercury Rev, The Pixies, Radiohead, REM, The Strokes, Weezer, The Vaselines, The Velvet Underground, The Vines, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Violent Femmes, The Walkmen, Wilco, Wizo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Neil Young, Rhys Ziemba, No Doubt, The Kinks, The Plastic Mastery, XBXRX, 311, Built To Spill, Andrew W.K., Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Womanizer, Shaby Mizer, Full Circle, Phunk Junkeez, Fishbone, The B-52's, Devendra Banhart, The Beatles, Against All Authority, The Polyphonic Spree, The Impossibles, Pink Floyd, The Who, Herbie Hancock, Elton John, Billy Joel, Miles Davis, Aerosmith, Get Up Kids, Hot Hot Heat, Norah Jones, Bloodhound Gang, The Halo Benders, Blink-182, Blondie, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Bright Eyes, Santana, Ten Years After, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, The Causey Way, Guns N' Roses, Caustic Resin, Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Sha-na-na, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, The White Stripes, Elvis Costello, Cornelius, Moon Ska Records, The Toasters, Regatta 69, Queen, The Cure, C.3.P.O., Cracker, Slightly Stoopid, Q and Not U, Dashboard Confessionals, Pulsador, Dinosaur Jr., Devo, The Zombies, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rainer Maria, Zwan, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones, Lou Reed, The Flaming Lips, Fu Manchu, Pete Yorn, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Kieth Richards, The Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltmd., G-Love and the Special Sauce, The Ziggens, Rooney, Rogue Wave, Green Day, The Grateful Dead, Sebadoh, The Folk Implosion, Deluxe Folk Implosion, The Scaries, Schlong, El Vez, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Silver Jews, The Doors, The Impossible Shapes, Sonic Youth, Squeaky, Human Television, Jackson Family Reunion, Janis Joplin, The Space Twins, Starlight Mints, Keane, the Fraggle Rock, Muppet Show, and Muppet Babies theme songs, Fugazi, John Lennon, MC5, The Pretty Things, Strung Out, The Smugglers, Avail, The Mr. T Experience, Hot Water Music, Love and Rockets, The Lynnfield Pioneers, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Loyal Frisby, L7, Stephen Malkmus, Mephiskapheles, The Mars Volta, Midtown, MU330, MODC, The Talking Heads, Tenacious D, Ten Foot Pole, Superchunk, They Might Be Giants, The Thermals, The Preston School of Industry, Spiral Stars, The Beta Band, Fueled By Ramen Records, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Oranger, Ozma, The Beach Boys, The Fat Boys, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Michael Jackson, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Robert Johnson, Joni Mitchell, The Band, David Bowie, Carole King, Love, Bobby McFarin, DeFord Bailey, Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Phillip Glass, Blue Mountain, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Booker T and the MG's, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Holly, The Dust Brothers, Derek and the Dominoes, The Ventures, Dion, Royal Crown Review, Dion and the Belmonts, Al Green, Billy Bragg, Sum-41, Oasis, Lil' Wayne, Obie Trice, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, P. Diddy Sean "Puffy" Combs, Big Boi, Andre 3000, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristopherson, Waylon Jennings, The Hillbilly Hellcats, Lifescapes: Emerald Isle and Scottish Moors, Bounty Killer, Barrington Levy, Bob Marley, Lee Perry, Peter Tosh, New Orleans Funk Band, Fat Boy Slim, The Oxford American, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Erich Overhultz, Animal Collective, Bobby Darin, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Spazz, Subhumanz, and Animal on the drums.
Yeah, I like watching them.
Yeah, I like watching that too.
Yeah, I like reading these too.Ok, fine.Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Robbins, Thomas Wolfe, Ken Kessey, Jack Kerouac, and Judy Blume just to name a few.
Anyone who actually read through my entire band list. Also all of my real heroes out there know who you are. Alligator water splatter, drinking tea with the mad hatter, telling jokes that aren't funny filling the whole room with laughter. Let's try this again, shall we? You're f*****g amazing!