Cinema, editing, acting, food in Los Angeles, directing, politics, music, art, history, theater, literature, astronomy, psychology, anthropology, science!, volunteering, the great city of Los Angeles, comics, religion as it impacts society, and intelligent, callipygean women.
Old friends and new lovers. See general interests.
Foreign Object, Stephen Sondheim, The Police, Sting, Beatles, Gorillaz, Louis Armstrong, The Geraldine Fibbers, Lyle Lovett, Tom Waits, Uncertain, Mr. Uncertain, Kate Bush, Nirvana, Prince, Duke Ellington, Ramones, Dan Bern, Hank Williams, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, Midnight Oil, Raymond Scott, Stephen Duffy, Bruce Springsteen (especially his acoustic material), Steely Dan, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Death Cab for Cutie, Gary Numan, Lindsey Buckingham, U2, The Mavericks, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman
CASABLANCA, CITIZEN KANE, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE WEDDING BANQUET, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AMERICAN BEAUTY, ED WOOD, CRUMB, ALL THAT JAZZ, DOWN BY LAW, BRAZIL, THE IRON GIANT, CRUMB, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, BLUE VELVET, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN; UNFORGIVEN, MUNICH; too many to list...
The late, great JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, DAILY SHOW, COLBERT REPORT, DEADWOOD, FRONTLINE, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, 24, THE VENTURE BROTHERS, HELL'S KITCHEN, the never-ending documentaries of Ken Burns, DRAWN TOGETHER, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, ENTOURAGE, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
Frank Herbert's DUNE series; THE FOUNTAINHEAD; the first 3 books of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles; anything by John Irving, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Keroauc, Frank Miller, Alan Moore. I love well-written non-fiction science books, like A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING and EARTH: AN INTIMATE HISTORY.
People who've made me a better man, including but not limited to Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Malcolm X, MLK, Walter Cronkite, Branch Rickey, John Lennon, Fred Rogers, Randi Rhodes, Allen Ginsberg (the new old courage teacher).