drum-wise, i've met a lot of my heroes--tain watts, teri lynne carrington, smitty smith, gary husband, steve ferrone, horacio hernandez, billy cobham and others. i would love to meet neil peart. i liked him way before i ever got into drumming.i'm also intrigued by important political figures, like madeline albright and michael bloomberg, and of course now, obama [even though i don't know who i'm voting for]. i find politics interesting in theory, corrupt and/or misguided though it may be.i'd also give my lower intestine to converse with george carlin. he's da man!'09 UPDATE: well i'm happy obama won, but this country is still fucked, and i'm growing sicker of the far right by the millisecond. but peace and love and all that. and obviously, george is no longer with us, but i still watch his routines a few times a month. you should, too!