Good times, bad times, you know I've had my share....
Music, tattoos, traveling, pinups, hot rods, hockey, burlesque, collecting vinyl, blues history, quantum physics...
Photographers, Music Promoters and Booking Agents, Pinup Girls, Burlesque Vixens, Rock and Blues Bands, Tattoo Artists, Creative people and businesses, Over-the-top personalities, and anyone with an opportunity to gig or travel.
People who move me.
Steven Tyler, Ghandi, Etta James, Robert Plant, Ginger Baker, Otis Redding, Jeff Buckley, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jimi Hendrix, Cassandra Wilson, Salman Rushdie, Kurt Vonnegut, Jimmy Page, Iggy Pop, Jonny Lang, Tina Turner, Dita, Eric Sardinas, David LaChappele, Billy the Kid, Joan Armatrading, your Mom...and I guess you're cool, too.
Music: If it's sincere, if it's rockin', if it breaks your heart,
if it makes you cry, if it's got my backend shakin',
if it's got a slide guitar, if it's got a talkbox
or bitchin' trumpet solo, if Robert Plant is singing,
if Robben Ford is playing...I'm there, man.
Blues (vintage to modern), Classic Rock, Jazz, Rockabilly, Metal (Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden), R&B, Soul, Modern Rock, Funk, etc....
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Big Lebowski, Four Rooms, Pi, Tommy Boy, Life of Brian, Sin City, Kill Bill, To Wong Fu, Pan's Labrynth
MXC, Iron Chef, The Simpsons, CSI, The Family Guy, Project Runway, Adult Swim, blah blah blah- TV's bad for you, anyways...
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut or Salman Rushdie, The Biology of Transcendence, The Orchid Thief, History of the Idea of Progress,The Awakening, The Upanishads and The Bhagavad Gita, Hammer of the Gods- The Led Zeppelin Story, and Love, Janis- The Janis Joplin Biography
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Heroes: Bill Graham, Dita Von Teese, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly
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