Craig G - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit"
Left Handed
crazy...
Euchre Champion
1987 Little League MVP
I bowl with one tennis shoe
Bowled my first '300' March, 19 1992
Went to Culinary School
Have my own book of poetry
Once walked home 8 1/2 miles...
Feel everyone needs a hug no matter the time of day.
Favorite Spice: Cinnamon

The Day I Was Born:
Nolan Ryan threw a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers
Ray Davies quit The Kinks and attempted suicide
Favorite Sports Teams:
Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Lions, Michigan Wolverines, Arsenal

"Someone else's action should not determine your response"
~ Dahli Lama

My Interests

Art, Music, Poetry, Photography, Culinary Arts, Sports, Poker, Camping...

Favorite painting(s): The Potato Eaters" by Van Gogh and "Spring" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Favorite Websites & Blogs:

I'd like to meet:

me in fifty yearsVan Gogh, his paintings have always fascinated me.Walt Whitman, 'Leaves Of Grass', an amazing literary.

Music:

Favorite Music Venue: Hotel Cafe & Gorge Ampitheater
Favorite Hotel Cafe show(s): Ray Lamontagne shows in 2005.
Favorite Artists: Dave Matthews Band, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, Jim Croce, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Ben Folds, Mason Jennings, Bob Dylan, Ray Lamontagne, The Band, Van Morrison, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Roy Hargrove...

My First Concert was Barry Manilow at Pine Knob!

What's in your music player?Music a love and passion.

Movies:

Most movies with Robin Williams, Woody Allen or John Cusack and about music

All We Are Saying, Festival Express, The Last Waltz, That Thing You Do!, Empire Records, Rounders, Saving Grace, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Finding Forrester, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, Swing Kids, Grosse Pointe Blank, Breakfast Club, Trading Places, Slapshot, Youngblood, Miracle, Dogma, The Salton Sea, Real Genius, Mr. Holland's Opus, Almost Famous, Midnight Madness, L.A. Story, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Breakfast at Tiffany's, White Christmas, Lady & the Tramp, The Last Starfighter, Miracle on 34th Street (B&W), North Dallas Forty, Saving Grace, Friday, Half-Baked, High Fidelity, Where the Buffalo Roam, Station Agent, Fear and Loathing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Bend It Like Beckham, Prime, Pirates of The Carribean, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Anchorman, Notes On A Scandal, Notting Hill...

Television:

I have become addicted again:
Good Eats w/Alton Brown
Heroes
Lost
Brothers & Sisters
Boston Legal
Grey's Anatomy
Weeds
Entourage
Mythbusters
Dirty Jobs
Top Chef
The Nine
Cash Cab
It Takes a Thief
MASH

Books:

Currently reading:
Favorites

"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum

"Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman

"Anthem" by Ayn Rand

"Eats Shoots and Leaves" by Lynne Truss

Heroes:

My Father, Steve Yzerman and Walt Whitman

My Blog

Zeitgeist

less than a year ago I tried watching this film but my computer was having problems. I never went back and watched it until this morning. Yesterday a remastered version was shown in London. If you hav...
Posted by Craig G on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:11:00 PST

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

I can't believe I am delaying my trip one more day. Some strange part feels weird about leaving Los Angeles. I know I know... Maybe it's the fear of being alone for three days. Maybe its the fear of b...
Posted by Craig G on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:29:00 PST

Blogging elsewhere

I have decided to blog elsewhere from know on. 149music.com The place not to go if you expect coherent thoughts!Remember to go see Greg Laswell & Jim Bianco tonight at the Hotel Cafe....
Posted by Craig G on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:36:00 PST

Finally a show Day!

Day 5What a day it was! The first day the band will actually be playing. They should have played a few days ago but unfortunately Ali got sick. You wouldn't have known that tonight! So the day started...
Posted by Craig G on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:54:00 PST

Putzin around!

I woke up 9:20 after an eventful night out with the boys. It was great to be up early. After going through my morning routine i started looking for tickets. The night before we talked about going to s...
Posted by Craig G on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:49:00 PST

The Morning After...

Woke up this morning to find out Ali had passed her stones around 4:00 am. This was great news! My new little sister was going to be ok. She is still in the hospital but should be released today. When...
Posted by Craig G on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:16:00 PST

Stones

Day Three!Datline: Albany, OR. After a night of Spinal Tap and a good night sleep I woke to a freshly moving bus. It was a relief to be leaving Corning, CA the home of truck stops, literally. I ...
Posted by Craig G on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:24:00 PST

no sleep til...

The first day! excited to finally get on the road. some of you know I have been waiting for this all year. losing out on multiple tours in the past year had me skeptical if my dream would ever become...
Posted by Craig G on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:24:00 PST

Roadkill receipes

Here I am still packing for a 3 month trip around the country at 3:00am. Its not so different than the suitcase I have been living out of for the last 7 months. Although now I am realizing I need a ne...
Posted by Craig G on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:08:00 PST