Music and capoeira. And a whole lot of other stuff, like bigfoot, traveling, being at the beach in the summer, and so on and so forth
People who play music, capoeira, love music, love capoeira, people who love live music. There is no substitute!
Here's the short list. Funkadelic, Parliament, and just about everything P-Funk/George Clinton-related, Eddie Hazel, Bob Marley, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Bill Frisell, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Paulinho da Viola, Ozomatli, Sly and the Family Stone, Fundo de Quintal, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Brown, Northeast Groovers, Rare Essence, Trouble Funk, Backyard Band, Junkyard Band, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Quincy Jones, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben, Beth Carvalho, Ernesto Nazareth, Jacob do Bandolim, Pixinguinha, Black Sabbath, Dead Kennedys, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Pedro Luise a Parede, Black Flag, Mestre Bimba, Mestre Jogo de Dentro, Mestre Joao Pequeno, Mestre Boca Rica, Harry Belafonte, Ray Holman, Lord Kitchner, Duran Duran, Os Originais do Samba, Martinho da Vila, Os Mutantes, Joao Bosco, Blowfly, Mr. Bungle, Sam Cooke, Ile Aiye, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Timbalada, Chico Buarque, Chico Science e Nacao Zumbi, Fernanda Abreu, Prince, Buckethead, Chopin, Stravinsky, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Elis Regina, Snoop Dogg, Clara Nunes, Bootsy, Abyssinians, Burning Spear, Tim Maia, Amon Tobin, Shuggie Otis, Roy Ayers, Roberta Flack, Irakere, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Etta James, Roy Hargrove, Novos Baianos, Fishbone, Meters, Tribe, NWA, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Slum Village, Curtis Mayfield, Earth, Wind, and Fire, James Brown, Ohio Players, Mungo Jerry, Delta Nizzle, and the list goes on and on Sounds Like
Dark Backwards, Lord of the Rings (all), Star Wars (almost all), Shaolin Soccer, Cidade de Deus, Dolomite, Avenging Disco Godfather, The Human Tornado, Petey Wheatstraw, Game of Death...
Simpsons. That's about it. .. width="425" height="350" ..
The Alchemist. And books I'm reading: Bruce Lee Jeet Kun Do, Q The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game, Caetano Veloso Letras So, some other Brasilian music books, Frog and Toad are Friends, Days with Frog and Toad, Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, Leo Lionni books.