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John

forever a Vagabond

About Me

songwriter, small scale adventurer, wanderer, vegetarian, lover of good music, practical joker, unpractical employee

My Interests

old graveyards, abandoned places, local folklore and ghost stories, native american legends, covered bridges, long drives to no place in particular, blowing my horn at cows to see if they'll look

I'd like to meet:

Someone who doesn't want anything from me

Music:

classic rock, old punk, good country, Beatles, Stones, Animals, Zombies, Kinks, Nilsson, Burt Bacharach/Hal David, Jimmy Webb, Badfinger, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Alice Cooper Group, The Neighborhoods, Pete Townshend, Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter, Sandie Shaw, Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Lowe, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Chuck Berry, Archie Bell and The Drells, Al Green, Sam and Dave, and Skiffledog!

Movies:

Chaplin, Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, Marx Bros., Reservoir Dogs, old classic monsters, Let's Scare Jessica To Death, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Producers (the original, of course), Get Carter, Peter Sellers, Walter Matthau, Gene Wilder, Last Of The Mohicans, LA Confidential, A Fish Called Wanda, A Patch Of Blue, Dances With Wolves, 70's Clint Eastwood, The Wizard Of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Billy Jack, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol (1951- Alistair Sim, nothing else comes close)

Television:

Green Acres, 24, MI-5, SCTV, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Mr. Bean, Antiques Roadshow, The Munsters, Star Trek, CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, Jeopardy!, Cash Cab, Gumby, Leave It To Beaver, Sherlock Holmes (BBC ones with Jeremy Brett), Hawaii Five-O, The Night Stalker, Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids, The Odd Couple, The Mod Squad, Kung Fu, Starsky and Hutch, Tennessee Tuxedo!

Books:

In Cold Blood, Green Eggs and Ham, Harpo Speaks, A Christmas Carol, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, World War II, Helter Skelter, true crime, music biographies, lost continents and vanished civilizations, myths and legends, history

Heroes:

(in no particular order):John Lennon, George Carlin, Johnny Cash, Charlie Chaplin, The Lorax, Sammy Davis Jr., Geronimo, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Redford, Charles Dickens, Charles Schultz, Dr. Seuss, Crazy Horse, and Underdog!