playing guitar (18 years + counting!), playing harmonica, singing, playing the piano, playing hand percussion/drum circles, my cats, watching/feeding the birds w/the bird feeder on my balcony, encountering bobcats in the park!, my fender telecaster, bonfires on the beach, archery (only shooting arrows at targets + balloons! i wouldnt hurt a fly! heh) watching the fog roll in, green/red/white/black tea/soy chai, sushi, dim sum, shopping in chinatown, bok choy, cooking + eating artichokes, *real* new york style pizza!, gotta give it up for a good burrito!, The New York Yankees!, Open Heartedness, Kindness, nag champa, the sitar, tablas, ashiko, djembe, congas, timbales, ghuzeng, Edmonton Oilers (missed it by that much! heh), My Houseplants + Flowers, jazz, jambands, damn funky beats!, trance/downtempo, music festivals, street parties, seeing shooting stars, seeing the northern lights (yes i have!), open mindedness, unconditional love, coolness, friendliness, being hip but not clicky, the blues, reggae, indian music, playing/teaching the music of carulli, carcassi, bach, sor, + chopin on my classical guitar!, laughing, poetry, climbing trees, beautiful people, freedom of expression, hackey sac, baseball/softball, tennis, bowling, hockey, basketball, frisbee, horseshoes, kite-flying, chess, raquetball, listening to the waves, listening to the rain, stargazing, freedom, kindness, my job/working for nasa, the love of life + living in the moment, watching the sunset into the ocean, sitting on the beach, people, playing pool, playing darts, hiking, sledding, nature, feeling united with all living things, my peace + love, camping, loyalty, intellect, wisdom, compassion, empathy, cats, dogs, dragonflies, birds, whales, my family, people who are not afraid to think, positivity + relentless optimism, youthfulness, grooviness, reading, biking, running (ran the 5K portion of the SF marathon on the 30th!), performing live, people connecting through energy, teaching guitar, the revealing of people's natural essence through the light in their eyes, hoppy beer - lagunitas/big daddy/speakeasy, dark beer - murphy's, guiness. mackeson's. cooking/food, road trips, sunshine, the ocean, snowfall, spontaneous energy, improvisation, selflessness, the colors of autumn + music music music music!
The Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Moe, Phish, Government Mule, Derek Trucks Band, Santana, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Eric Clapton, Ben Folds Five, New Monsoon, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket, Jonah Smith, Matthew Shipp, The Subdudes, Larry Goldings, Joe Sample, The Traveling Wilburys, Mississippi Shieks, Umphrey's McGee, Peter Tosh, Percy Hill, B-side players, John Brown's Body, Peter Gabriel, The Smithereens, Marvin Gaye, Martin Sexton, The Slip, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Smokey Robinson, Bjork, Erin Mckeown, The Be Good Tanyas, The Roots, Lake Trout, Beastie Boys, Robert Plant, Gordon Stone Band, Joe Mama + The Soultrane, The Young Dubliners, Al Green, Ozric Tentacles, Wayne Shorter, Everyone Orchestra, Donna The Buffalo, Blues Traveler, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Joanne Shannendoah, Cactus, Good Rats, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Commander Cody, Wes Montgomery, James Cotton, Little Walter, Modest Mouse, Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters, Joe Beard, Chuck Mangione (from my hometown!), Pat Martino, Marcus Miller, Brother Jack McDuff, Doctor Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Ornette Coleman, Mazzy Star, Earl Hooker, Rusted Root, Mecca Bodega, Dr.Didj, Fanna-Fi-Allah, Jinx Motive, Tito Puente, Cyro Baptista, Rhubarb, Soulive, Sim Redmond, Jean Luc Ponty, Stephane Grapelli, Art Tatum, Art Blakey, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Mahalia Jackson, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Leadbelly, Neville Brothers, Arrested Development, Robert Johnson, Hound Dog Taylor, Son House, Muddy Waters, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, Bach, Carulli, Carcassi, Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, Thin Lizzy, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Danny Gatton, Steve Kimock, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Nina Simone, Alicia Keys, Spyro Gyra, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Maceo Parker, The Meters, War, Anita Baker, Joni Mitchell, Ravi Shankar, Shakti, Tabla Beat Science, Joan Baez, Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, String Cheese Incident, Radiohead, Beck, Wilco, Superfurry Animals, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Traffic, Baaba Maal, James Taylor, Steely Dan, The Eagles, Babatunde Olatunji, Fela Kuti, Zap Mama, Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Sly + Robbie, Bluetech, Burning Spear, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Ry Cooder, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Otis Rush, Leo Kotke, Widespread Panic, Etta James, Big Bill Broonzy, The Skatellites, Fishbone, Tragically Hip, New Deal, Jamiriquoi, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Medeski Martin + Wood, Charlie Hunter, Danny Elfman, Garage A Trois, Garaj Mahal, Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, John Prine, Jonathan Edwards, Dan Fogelberg, Jaco Pastorious, Schleigho, Ulu, Psychadelic Breakfast, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Flaming Lips, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Moby, Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, Toots + The Maytals, Paul Simon, The Roots, James Brown, Ray Charles, Charles Brown, Robert Cray, Johnny Winter, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, Yo Flaco, Green Lemon, Galactic, Amanpondo, King Sunny Ade, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Steve Miller Band, Mana, Elmore James, Sublime, Jimmy Page, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Cannonball Adderly, Phillip Glass, Franz Schubert, John Williams, Adres Segovia, Medeski Martin + Wood, Vernon Reid, Daniel Lanois, Johnny Clegg, Robbie Robertson, Funkadelic, Jane's Addiction, Ugly Duckling, Jill Scott, India Arie, Lauryn Hill, Keller Williams, Beck, John Coltrane, Erykah Badu, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Girard, Orbital, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Little Feat, Ziggy Marley, Chemical Brothers, Stevie Wonder, ok ok im a music lover!!
Airplane!, Supertroopers, Office Space, The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Dead Poets Society, Harvey, Vertigo (any old Jimmy Stewart!), Anything Alfred Hitchcock directed, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Minority Report, I Am Sam, Rain Man, Into The Blue, Grandma's Boy, Baseketball, Whale Rider, What Dreams May Come, A Murder Of Crowes, Beerfest, Better Off Dead, Real Genius, Gone In 60 Seconds, The Itallian Job, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, Stripes, Blade Runner, Gorrillas In The Mist, Barfly, Diner, Swingers, Liberty Heights, Vanilla Sky, Jurassic Park 1-3, Fletch, The Jerk, Clerks, Phenomenon, Top Secret, Hot Shots, Dirty Work, Tommy Boy, Meet The Parents, Life Of Brian, This Is Spinal Tap, The Meaning Of Life, The Pianist, The Usual Suspects, Punch Drunk Love, American Beauty, Muppets Take Manhattan, Brain Candy, Naked Gun 1-3, What About Bob?, Batman Begins, Spider Man 1 + 2, all Star Wars, Flashback, Joy Luck Club, Not One Less, War Of The Worlds, Men In Black, Signs, Bourne Identity, Alice In Wonderland, The Neverending Story, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 + 2, What Lies Beneath, A Beautiful Mind, The Chronicles Of Narnia, All Harry Potter movies, Arthur 1+2, Amelie, Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House Of Flying Daggers, Once Upon A Time In China, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Leaving Las Vegas, When A Man Loves A Woman, Mr.Holland's Opus, The Music Of My Heart, Finding Forrester, Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams, The Man Without A Face, Finding Bobby Fisher, Ghandi, Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Run, Wallace + Grommitt, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Buena Vista Social Club, Harold + Maude, Ghostbusters 1 + 2, Reservoir Dogs, The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Sweet And Lowdown, Crash, Fight Club, Snatch, Trainspotting, I Heart Huckabees, What The Bleep Do We Know?, Almost Famous, Mo' Better Blues, Round Midnight, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, Goodwill Hunting, musical movies - Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii, The Wall, Prairie Wind, The Song Remains The Same..The Grateful Dead Movie
happily without one!!
Walk Across America, Walk West, Looking For Alaska - Peter Jenkins. Siddhartha, The Journey East, Demian, Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks. Anything by Rumi. Mutant Message Down Under - Marlo Morgan. Of Mice + Men, Cannery Row - John Steinbeck. Old Man + The Sea, The Sun Also Rises, In Our Time - Earnest Hemmingway. Stranger In A Strange Land, Farnham's Freehold, The Cat Who Could Walk Through Walls - Robert Heinlen. Lamedeer Seeker Of Visions - John Lamedeer. The Teachings Of Don Juan, Tales Of Power - Carlos Casteneda. Black Elk Speaks - Black Elk. Ironweed - William Kennedy. Ishmael - Daniel Quinn. Still The Mind - Alan Watts, Be Here Now - Bhagavan Das, Living The Mindful Life - Charles T. Tart. Oh, The Places You'll Go, Cat In The Hat, Green Eggs + Ham, Fox In Socks - Dr.Seuss, On The Road, Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac, The Art Of Happiness, Anything by Blake, T.S. Elliot, Stephen King, Shakespeare, 1984, Animal Farm - George Orwell.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, BB King, Duane Allman, Ben Harper, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Derek Trucks, Steve Howe, Warren Haynes, Henry David Thoreau, Alan Watts, Dr. Seuss, Magic Johnson, Dalai Lama, William Kennedy, Russel Banks, Daniel Quinn, Jelaluddin Rumi, Herman Hesse, John Steinbeck, Jimmy Stewart, Paul Simon, Charlie Hunter, Levon Helm, Cole Porter, John Lame Deer, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Mcferrin, Daniel Lanois, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Robbie Robertson, Jerry Garcia, Neil Young, Steve Kimmock, Joe Torre, Derek Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Jim Henson, Peter Jenkins, Ghandi, Ravi Shankar, Robert Nesta Marley, Ziggy Marley, Baaba Maal