bourbon, cheap beer, rock and roll, country music, barfights, catfights, cockfights, cocktails, drinking marathons of epic proportion and maintaining control of the jukebox. old movies with tough guys and tough broads. old guys with old cars, big guys with big trucks, beer guys with beer bellys and belt buckles. rocking out with the wissler family.
Questionable people with dubious habits.
3rd grade: Donovan, Mose Allison, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Mahalia Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder//7th grade: New Edition, L.L. Cool J., Run DMC, Whitney Houston, Keith Sweat//High school: The Replacements, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smiths, The Cure//Later: Nick Drake, Belle & Sebastian, Erykah Badu, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy//Now: Dwight Yoakum, Bruce Springsteen, Boston//All of which goes to show that my taste has grown progressively worse with age
The Misfits, Wild at Heart, Hud, The Thin Man
Miami Vice
Everything by Hammett, Chandler and Ellroy.