Impressionist, cubist, surrealist, and abstract art, classic literature and film, old cars, nature, silence, animals, laughter, joy, pain, suffering for the art, seeing the humor in the everyday, hearing the wind, feeling the rain, smelling the ocean, cooking my own meals, doing my laundry, washing the dishes, buying the groceries, paying the bills on time, booking the gigs, making the calls, sharing the joke, dealing with reality- most of the time,.................................
Artists, musicians, poets, freaks, entertainers(!), congressmen(kidding), comedians, dog lovers, parents, children, fishermen, nurses, housewives, taxidermists, brujas, rastas, sorcerers, magicians, healers, seers, believers, non-conformists, day- laborers, general contractors, strippers(female!), high school counselors, florists, cashiers, interior designers, bus drivers, vagrants, care providers, talk show hosts, legends(either real or in their own minds), doctors, athletes, college professors, Cal-trans employees, line cooks, I.B.E.W. Local 11 workers, fellow Dodgers fans, optometrists, sales reps, lingerie models, performance artists, retired heads of state, astronauts, administrative assistants, Dionne Warwick and the psychic friends,....................!!!!!
Stones, Beatles, Hendrix, Bowie, James Brown, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sara Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Albert King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Wes Montgomery, The Meters, Tower of Power, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Etta James, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Staples Singers, Donny Hathaway, Rufus, Bob Marley, Jacob Miller, Heptones, Charlie Parker, Winton Kelly, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Roy Orbison, The Clash, Fear, Social D, Vandals, X, Pretenders, Elvis Costello, A Tribe Called Quest, Dela Soul, tha Luniz, KRS-One, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Brand New Heavies, Sex Pistols, Alice in Chains, STP, Sound Garden, UFO, Nirvana, MSG, Neil Young, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkle, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Van Halen(DLR era), AC-DC, the Who, Kinks, Radiohead, RHCP, Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley, Frank Marino, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole, Jane's Addiction, the Cure, the Smiths, Cibo Matto, War, Santana, Jimmy Smith, Jeff Beck, Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, Dennis Brown, .......
Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Cool Hand Luke, Godfathers 1&2, Sleepers, Clint Eastwood westerns, the Sean Connery Bond films, Chungking Express, Swingers, Crouching Tiger..., Edward Scissorhands, Uncle Buck, Gross Point Blank, the original Longest Yard, Il Postino, Aeonflux(animated), Taxi Driver, the first 4 Star Wars, Up In Smoke, The Shining, Amelie, the Japanese version of Shall We Dance, Goodfellas, Casino, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Napoleon Dynamite, The Piano Teacher, The Breakfast Club, Like Water For Chocolate, the Jimi Hendrix Movie (documentary), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores Peros, Lord of the Rings, Basqait, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill, M.A.S.H., Clerks, Seven, the Dirty Dozen, the Magnificent Seven, Sounder, A River Runs Through It, Frida,........Blah, Blah, Blah..............
The food network, the Simpsons....not much else worth mentioning.
Arch Of Triumph, Crime and Punishment, M.A.S.H., Heart Of Darkness, Thunder Mountain, Wild Fire, The Agony And The Ecstasy, Kafka, On The Road, Fluke, A Catcher In The Rye, The Stranger, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Bonfire Of The Vanities.......................
my mother.