I'd like to meet:
Zaha Hadid, Marc Bolan, Luisa Casati, John Lautner, Charles Bukowski, Beau Brummell, Joe Frank, Ann B. Davis, Nipsy Russell, W.C. Fields, Rudy Ray Moore, David Brent (Ricky Gervais), Verner Panton, Chuck Missler, Linsey Dawn McKenzie (very talented-quite gifted up top) Benny Hill, Richard Dawson (wicked sick!), Mutley (from Dastardly and Mutley), Meadowlark Lemon, Capt. Lou Albano, "Classy" Fred Blassie, Eero Aarnio, Evel Knievel, Rachael Ray and Joel Osteen.
Interests:
Modernism, plastic furniture from the 60's and 70's, boozin, BBQ'n, French Bulldogs, photo-realism and
1971 Plymouth Hemi Cudas. Transport me back to 1974 and I'd be living in Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco.
Music:
T.Rex, Slade, The J. Geils Band, Wizzard, Donna Summer, I worship the 1st two Motley Crue albums, Mud, Todd Rundgren, Aerosmith, Grand Funk Railroad, Sweet and anything on K-Tel Records, Suede, Brett Smiley, fuckin love Oasis and The Gap Band.
Movies:
The Apple, Dolemite, Up!, Woody Allen's Sleeper and Manhattan, Phantom of the Paradise, Mean Streets, Eyes Wide Shut, Blue Velvet, Can't Stop the Music, Goodfellas, Escape To Witch Mountain, Born to Boogie and Purple Rain
Television:
Isis, The Office (English version), Kids Are People Too, The Benny Hill Show, the Pebbles and Bam Bam Show, Sigmund and the Sea Monster, All In The Family, Three's Company, The Far Out Spacenuts and Run Joe Run.
Books:
The Bible, Factodum, Breakfast of Champions, Betting On the Muse, Ham on Rye, Juggs, The Dirt, Old Creem, Circus, Melody Maker and Sounds magazines.
Greatest Joe Frank Shows:
Sleep
Karma (whole series)
Words
Windows (first half)
Either/Or
In the Dark 1&2
Haiti
The Queen of Puerto Rico
Pilgrim
Islands (fuckin hilarious!)
I'm Not Crazy
In the Middle of Nowhere 1-3
Dreams of the River
Five Part Dissonance
Endings (basically part of the Karma series)
Some of my Favorite Albums eva...:
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren (1973)
Coming Up - Suede (1997)
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - New Radicals (1998)
Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane (1968)
Too Fast for Love - Motley Crue (1982)
Stakk Attakk - Wrathchild (1984)
T. Rex - The Slider (1972)
Strangers in the Night - UFO (1978)
Be Here Now - Oasis (1997)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1973)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
A Space in Time - Ten Years After (1971)
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
Raw Power - Iggy Pop (1973)
As you can tell- I love 1973! Why wasn't I around back then?
Desolation Boulevard - Sweet (1975)
Ratt - (EP) (1983)
Tanx - T.Rex (1973)
Song Currently Playing In My Head:
"Time to Pretend" by MGMT (2008) (electro-psychedelia with an incredible melody and chorus)
previous songs:
"One of Us Is Gonna Die Young" by The Ark (2006) (Great glammy band)
"Born to Lose" by UFO (1978) (wicked sad)
"Flowers" by New Radicals (1998) (best melody eva!)
"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees (1967) (incredible chorus)
"Teenage Lament '74" by Alice Cooper (1974) (Awesome melody from last great Alice album-Muscle of Love. "Don't forget The Coop!")
"Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes (1970) (I love the Coda to this tune. Duane Allman plays such lovely slide guitar. Wicked sad)
"Acquiesce" by Oasis (1995) (This song fuckin rocks. Liam sounds so cool and Noel is the greatest songwriter eva! - Oasis has like 4 albums worth of B-sides which are amazing, check em out.)
"Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolf (1963) (The Benny Hill Show theme)
"Avant Garden" by Aerosmith (2001) (I know, I know. Its not from the "cool" Aerosmith era and they even co-wrote it. But this song is beautifully written and performed. One of only a couple of jewels from Just Push Play.)
"Home Tonight" by Aerosmith (1975) (what can I say)
"Fly High Michelle" by E'Nuff Z'Nuff (1989) (gross year but good song)
"Avenging Annie" by Andy Pratt (1973) (fuckin beautiful song)
"Reunited" by Peaches and Herb (1979) (wicked sick)
"Rocket Ride" by KISS" (1977)
My All-Time Favorite "Artists":
Richard Neutra
Ted CoConis
Verner Panton
Eero Aarnio
Chuck Close
Tom Blackwell
Robert Bechtle
Richard Estes
Eero Saarinen
Charles Bell
Chuck Close
Luigi Colani
and the greatest ever... ZAHA HADID
My All-Time Favorite 70's Glitter Bands:
T.Rex
Mott the Hoople
Sweet
Slade
Mud
Suzi Quatro
Brett Smiley
Wizzard
Hello
Gary Glitter
Wrathchild
My All-Time Favorite Rock Bands:
Oasis
Grand Funk fuckin' Railroad
Ten Years After
Nick Gilder
Black Sabbath
Jefferson Airplane
Rod Stewart (Faces)
Todd Rundgren
J. Geils Band
Motley Crue (81-83)
Waysted
Rolling Stones
The Raspberries
E.L.O.
Suede
My All-Time Favorite Funk, Soul and Disco Bands:
The Gap Band
Funkadelic
Sly and the Family Stone
Prince
Donna Summer
Zapp
Rick James
The Gap Band
The Bee Gees
Chic
All That Really Matters In Life:
Jesus-you dig?
Thats me on guitar rockin out bitches...
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