Loving, living, and learning-art, design,music, fashion, philosophy, fast cars, big toys, dancing, airplanes, space travel,ocean life forms, renewable resources, alternative energy, nature, botanicals, toddlers, people, champagne, wine, sushi, great friends, picnics, raw and vegan food, great memories, my eclectic family,travel, LAUGHING and HAVING FUN!
Positive, sincere, authentic people...motivated, witty, inspired and benevolent people. The ruff and rugged. GRRRR. Independent thinkers and doers...
A lot of different genres... white noise, silence, SOUL music, ass shaking music- jazz,house disco, bass, electro,neo-soul,hip-hop,acidjazz, bossa nova, downtempo,classical,salsa,reggae,afrobeat,dub,soundtracks, random noises, most Motown artists, grunge and Indie bands along with a bunch of unsigned music.In no specific order...Air,the Gorillaz,Dangerdoom, Gnarls Barkley,Astrud Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Brazil 66, Burt Bacharach, Ofra Haza, Steve Bug, Giorgio Moroder,Tears for Fears,Tim Love Lee,Theievory Corp,Tom Middleton,David Sylivan,David Bowie,Leornard Cohen, Beatles, Black Flag,Depeche Mode,Dead Can Dance, St.Entienne, The Stone Roses, New Order, Cocteau Twins,Jazzanova, Sven Van Hees, Marshall Jefferson,Derrick Carter, N.e.r.d, Missy Elliot x3,Wu Tang Clan, EPMD, DJ Jospeh, ECB, LawnChairGenerals, Bill Laswell, Mr.Scruff, Portishead, Robert Gorl,Hall and Oats,Trans AM,King Britt, JayDee, Joy Divison, Giles Peterson, Bebel Gilberto,Kraftwerk,Outkast,Orb, Scissor Sisters,Beta Band, Prefuse 73, Herbie Hancock,Quincy Jones,Larry Heard, Run DMC,Jeru,Gangstarr,Talib Kweli, Mos Def, De La Soul, Rich Medina, DJ Spinna, Spinbad, Pete Rock, Bahamadia,MC Lyte,JeanGrae,Tribe Called Quest,Black Uhuru, MIA,Radiohead,Francois K,KIng Tubby, Bob Marley,Aretha Franklin,Nina Simone,Etta James, Nina Cherry,Bjork,Iron Maiden, Slayer, BetaBand, Cinematic Orchestra,Blondie,James Brown, Rick James biatch.. Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith,Led Zepplin,Dead Kennedy,BadBrains,Haze,Louie Vega,Mark Farina,DJ Hell,Mt.Simms,Tortoise,Plaid, Smashing Pumpkins,Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Bill Laswell, Beck,Bach, Augustus Pablo, Billy Holiday,MIles Davis, Stevie Wonder,Bob James,John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane,Patsy Cline, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny.Cash,New Order, Prince,Massive Attack, Yello, Zero 7,Goldfrapp, LCD soundsystem,M.I.A,Omar,Shirley Bassey, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Dzihan & Kamien,Cassius, Tosco,Sade, DJ Shadow, Tortured Soul,The Gits, The Gossip,Bob James, Pat Metheny, Bill Withers, The Cure and some Crunk (although I call it my dirty secret). Labels...Ninga Tunes, Om,Ghostly Int,Ubiguity,Purpose,Warp,Impulse,GStone, Guidance back when, Hefty,Eastern Developments,Astralwerks,Ovum,ESL,Black Van so on and so forth.
Prefer independent, art house, comedy, or whimsical. Baraka,Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit, all Muppett movies,Eat Drink Man Woman,Dave Chapelles Block Party,Usual Suspects, Waiting for Guffman,Waking life,Royal t's, CQ, Danger Diabalik, Rushmore, Shawshank Redemption, Serpico,Star Wars,Micro Cosmos,Matrix,All Kung Fu Flix,Harold and Maude,The Godfather, Goonies,Napoleon Dynamite,Bottle Rocket,Old School, Life Aquatic, Amelie, Ghostbusters,Cider House Rules, Clockwork Orange, Being There, along with most Woody Allen films, Spike Lee, and Kubrick films
And to think at one point I stopped watching TV, then along came Tivo and DVR... Almost anything on PBS, BBC,Comedy Central, NY1,or The Food Network especially A Cooks Tour w/ Tony Bourdain or No Reservations, Iron Chef, and Naked Chef, DEXTER!, The Daily Show, The Apprentice, Adult Swim,Six Feet Under (R.I.P), VH1 Classics, The News Hour,Entourage,Weeds,Boston Legal (witty writing), Big Love (very odd), Ugly Betty, KidNation, America's Most Smartest Model, and 30 Rock (LOVE IT)
Authors like John Steninbeck, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Campbell,Thoreau,Bucky Fuller, Osho etc... Breakfast of champions, Great Gatsby, 365 Tao, raw food and indian cookbooks, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Money and Mindfullness, Lets Go series, Tipping Point, and... Books on finance, business, PR,marketing, and branding. Art books with pretty pictures-do coffee table books count?
Mom + Dad, Nina Simone, Dr.Seuss, Leo Buscaglia, Quincy Jones, Peggy Guggenheim, Einstein, toddlers, Buddha, Kermit the Frog, Rosa Parks, Isaac Newton, and Rothko