I like caves, castles, space, jungles, forests, and siege equipment. I carve little things with putty and an exacto knife in my spare time. I love to stare at photos taken from the surface of Mars. I think most new music is crap, and I'm very upset about that. I love and think I would be very good at producing stop-motion animation. I love things that are made out of wood. I'm fascinated by miniature terrain and model ships. I think Chris Farley was a highly-underrated actor. I love Laurie, my folks, and Chloe. I've seen all 4 installments of Wagner's Ring Cycle live. I like Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff flicks. I like nuance in issues and detail in art. In the past decade, I have probably saved thousands of dollars on haircuts by using a flo-bee.
Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Electric-era Miles Davis, The Millennium/Sagittarius, The Zombies, Motown (the Funk Brothers), Carole King, Yes, The Beatles, Jackie Wilson, King Crimson, Sparks, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, The Band, Todd Rundgren, etc.
The Good The Bad And The Ugly, Seven Samurai, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Once Upon A Time In The West, Fitzcarraldo, Das Boot, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Ikiru, Rear Window, Duck You Sucker!, Ran, Dersu Uzala, etc.
Currently reading "The Treason Of Isengard: The History Of The Lord Of The Rings"
Brian Wilson, Akira Kurosawa, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, Orson Welles, Martin Denny, Merian C. Cooper, Paul McCartney and George Martin, Chris Squire with Steve Howe and Bill Bruford (maybe the most ferocious musical trio that ever lived), Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, Walt Disney, Ron and Russell Mael, Christian Vander, Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, Tom Meier, Robert Fripp, Fred Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, Albert Schwietzer, my folks, Andy Kaufman, Roger Staubach and Tom Landry, Syd Barrett, James Jamerson, Buck Dharma, Jerry Goldsmith, Thich Nhat Hanh, Richard Wagner, Gary Gygax, Neil Armstrong, Rankin and Bass, Stephen Hawking, Norman Rockwell, Tom Waits, Norman Vincent Peale, Brian Eno, nice people who rescue pitbulls and other unwanted dogs, Van Morrison, John Huston, Mother Theresa, Bill Cosby, Carl Stalling, Tony Visconti, Alan Lee, John Howe, cont.