Music, Film, Philosophy, Spirituality, Politics, Cooking and Ultimate Frisbee
I'd like to meet:
An honest politician.
Also, Robert Pirsig, Richard Bach, and Michael Jordan. I had Mike Gordon up there, but in my last few days working at GC in 2005, he came into the store and I talked with him for a few minutes. It's really cool to meet your idol... really freakin' cool!
Music:
bassists:
Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh, John Paul Jones, Roger Waters, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, Oteil Burbridge, Andy Hess, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bootsy Collins, Juan Nelson, Stefan Lessard, Flea, Eric Wilson, Chris Buote, John Hall, Chris Wood, and Paul McCartney
bands:
Phish, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jamiroquai, Radiohead, Supergrass, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Steel Pulse, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Mars Volta, Zero 7, Soulive, Lettuce, Nero, MMW, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, Sublime, Dag, Addison Groove Project, Deep Banana Blackout, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, String Cheese Incident, moe., Gov't Mule, U2, The Clash, Van Morrison, Damien Rice, Fiona Apple, Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Buckley, Paul Simon, the Doors, the Beatles, Miles Davis, Grateful Dead, Beastie Boys, the Roots, Amos Lee, Blues Traveler, the Band, Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Keller Williams, the Concretes, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Incident, Van Morrison, Black Crowes, Jack Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tragically Hip, Cream, Particle, Hiway Freeker, the Breakfast, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, CCR, Tower of Power, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad, King Crimson, Call it Arson, the Parlor Mob, the Knoa, Frank Viele, Brian Mathias, Kentavius Jones, Otto's Jacket
Movies:
The Matrix Trilogy, Memento, Office Space, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Darkside of Oz, Knocked Up, Superbad, Stranger Than Fiction, Dazed and Confused, Rising Low
Television:
South Park, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, 24, NFL
Books:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig), Illusions (Bach), The Music Lesson (Wooten), Jitterbug Perfume (Robbins), The Alchemist (Coelho)
Heroes:
Thomas Edison:
"Many of life's failures are those who don't realize how close to success they are when they give up."
Robert Pirsig:
"Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for others to see the serenity at the center of it all."
"To doubt the literal meaning of the words of Jesus or Moses incurs hostility for most people, but it's just a fact that if Jesus or Moses were to appear today, unidentified, with the same message he spoke many years ago, his mental stability would be challenged. This isn't because what Jesus or Moses said was untrue or because modern society is in error but simply because the route they chose to reveal to others has lost relevance and comprehensibility."
"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. (No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They *know* it's going to rise tomorrow.) When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."
"The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't actually know."
Paulo Coelho:
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
Richard Bach:
“Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers.â€
“You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.â€
