I was born in the desert, I was raised in a lion's den- wait, that's not right- Oh, yeah- I was born in a crossfire hurricane- wait, that's not right, either- Oh, yeah- I was born to Rock and Roll!
I was born in the desert, I was raised in a lion's den- wait, that's not right- Oh, yeah- I was born in a crossfire hurricane- wait, that's not right, either- Oh, yeah- I was born to Rock and Roll!
Pop Culture (and its history), Music, Movies (especially horror movies), Pranksterism, Politics and activism, Shooting pool, Trivia, world history and ethnology
R.E.M., Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford (Hey- I can dream, can't I?), Pamela Des Barres, Fannie Flagg, Stevie Nicks, Charles Martin Smith, Jon Lovitz, Dean Stockwell, Kathy Bates, Angus Scrimm, Curtis Armstrong***Folks I Would Have Loved to Have Met, Given the Chance: The Marx Brothers, John Lennon, George Carlin, Ruth Gordon, Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison, Janice Joplin, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Mae West****Folks I've Already Met (not bragging, just happy to have had the opportunity!)**: Bill Cosby, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Warren Zevon, Jerry Rubin, Billy Coldiron, M.D.C., UK Subs, NOFX, John Dawson, Bill Danforth, Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Bill Graham, Ken Kesey, Carolyn Adams Garcia (Mountain Girl), Paul Krassner, Grace Slick, Phil Lesh, Danny Glover, Brownie Mary, Paul Kantner, Midnight Oil, Jello Biafra, El Duce (of The Mentors), Penelope Houston, Ginger Coyote (of The White Trash Debutantes), Helen Ellerbe, Billy Bragg, Casey Neill, Utah Phillips, Vincent Bugliosi, Loretta Swit, Bobby Sharp, Candy Clark, Paul Lemat, Manuel Padilla Jr. (RIP), Bo Hopkins, Lynne Marie Stewart, Cindy Williams, John Handy, Ray Drummond, Marcus Belgrave, Jimmy Cobb
Zappa! Classic Rock, Later Beatles, Early Stones, REM, Grateful Dead, 80s Alternative, Reggae, Motown/Old-school Rhythm and Blues, Strawbs, Ramones and various other old-school punk bands, Eric Johnson
Fried Green Tomatoes, Harold and Maude, Up In Smoke, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, Tank Girl, American Graffiti, More American Graffiti, The Frisco Kid, Shanghai Noon, To Wong Foo- Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Connie and Carla, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Pleasantville, Montenegro, After Hours, Factory Girl, Short Cuts, 2 Days in the Valley, The Night that Panicked America, From Dusk Till Dawn, Phantasm, Hellraiser/Hellbound: Hellraiser Part II, The original Tales From the Crypt (Amicus, 1972)
Uncle Floyd! MST3K, The Young Ones, Monty Python, Classic SNL, Twilight Zone, Quantum Leap, M*A*S*H, Taxi, Star Trek, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That 70s Show, Soap, Weeds, Desperate Housewives, The Sopranos, Operation Petticoat, That's Hollywood!
I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, The Real Frank Zappa Book, No One Here Gets Out Alive, Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (by Abbie Hoffman), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Helter Skelter, Zodiac (by Robert Graysmith), The Dark Side of Christian History (by Helen Ellerbe), The Book of Lists
Groucho Marx and John Lennon (I am, after all, a Marxist-Lennonist!)- Harpo Marx, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Frank Zappa, Carolyn Adams Garcia (aka Mountain Girl), Ken Kesey, Mary Jane Rathbun (aka Brownie Mary), Mahatma Gandhi, MLK Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Paul Robeson, Jesse Owens, Idgie Threadgoode, Tank Girl, Al Lewis, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Peter Garrett, Annie Lennox, Stevie Nicks, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Clara Bow, Emma Goldman, Mother Jones, Joe Hill, and, of course, my amazing wonderful husband Steve!