Music (guitar), film discussion, cooking, live shows
Whichever God and Devil are available for coffee and smokes. You know, just to talk about MTV's "Real World
Playing guitar for over 20 years, truly dedicated to the joys of music. Often at concerts from the grand to the intimate. The Beatles, Hendrix, Coletrane, Django,Bob Schneider,The Faces,Kiss, Grant Green, The Who, Foo Fighters ,U2, Van Morrison, Beck, Radiohead, Public Enemy, Rush, Jeff Beck, Portishead, T-Rex, Van Halen, Otis Redding, G.Love, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Zero 7, The Kinks, Miles, Wes Montgomery, late 60s Blue Note jazz and R@B, the blueprint for hip-hop beats, Elvis Costello, Bach, dylan , that's just this morning, try later it could be totally different, except for the Beatles, they are always around. Enjoy shows at Wills, Copper Rocket, the Social, Back Booth, Underground Bluz. I'll try anything if it shows the artists' soul.
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.. FLIXSTER WIDGET END -Huge film buff...to the point of ridiculous. My bathroon reading is a Video Hound Retriever. some of my personal faves: The Apartment, Pulp Fiction, The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Short Cuts, Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, Stalg 17, The First two Godfather's(three is pretty weak), Good fellas, Raging Bull, Animal House,Local Hero, Eternal Sunshine, Mash, Kill Bill 1&2, Jaws, Shampoo, Spinal Tap, Hoop Dreams,To Live and Die in LA, The Exorcist, Day for Night, the Killing....The Best flix I saw in 2007: Clayton, No Country for Old Men, Juno, Once...Most Overrated:There Will Be Blood...Get me a pillow please..
Yes ,I watch way too much! Rescue Me , The Sopranos, West Wing, Robot Chicken, South Park, Rome, Deadwood, Law and Order, The Wire, Python/Fawlty Towers, The Office(BBC and US), The Shield,24, Bourdain's No Reservations
A little bit of everything, ( fiction, non, essays, commentary, comedy, philosophy).David Sedaris, Tim Dorsey, Follet, George Will, Film theory and Criticism, Chuck Klosterman,Bukowski,Anthony Bourdain, George Carlin
My Folks, Larry Bird, John Lennon, George Carlin, Blue Collar/ Middle Class folks who get the job done.