Music, guitars, mandolins, banjos, slide guitar, steel guitar, the physics of sound... reading, writing, theater, improv, sketch comedy, beat poetry, poetry slams, Heart Gets Monkey, mind expansion, Religion and Philosophy, performance, ending the search.
I'd like to meet:
There is no limit, I'd like to meet all sorts of people, aliens, animals, ghosts, pilots, homeless people...people that aren't people, but actually psychological constructs...hmm...
Music:
I love music, and I have a lot of friends who are musicians, besides the fact that I play music with a lot of folks. Music is a pretty big part of my life!
Bands I play in currently or have played in at some point:Heart Gets Monkey, The Bourbon Specials, Brown Chicken Wow-wow, Stark Nekkid and the Car Thieves, Ain't No Picnic, Jeremiah Prophett Band, Jeremiah Prophett & The Reverend Bill, Jiles Corey, Almost 7, The Dearly Deported, Subject to Change.Here are some bands I have shared a bill with/ or have seen play (A lot come from playing @ SPAGHETTIFEST or WXJM Live!!):Six Day Bender, Jimi Smooth and Hittime, Charlie Parr, The Black Twigs, The Honeydew Drops, Bluestone Sky, Trees on Fire, BC (Barling & Collins), Red River Rollercoaster, These United States, Moneypenny, Midnight Spaghetti and the Chocolate G-Strings, Lost Friday, Sol Tribe, Stepanian, 17 Dead, The Stabones, No Hay Banda, The Pietasters, The Afromotive, Jimi Beck Blues, The Unfortunate Sons, Murphy's Kids, Lori Infeld, Troublesome Creek, Dan Easley, The Hound Dog Hill Boys, Tribalations, Lucid Dreaming, The Downriver Band, Dangus Khan and the Tornadoes, Jim Waive and The Young Divorcees, Alex Albrecht, Slingblade, etc. (I could go on a long, long time.)Bands/ Artists I love:Neil Young, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkey, The Driveby Truckers, Guster, Weezer, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, THE BEASTIE BOYS!, Ween, Phish, Keller Williams, Dan Bern, Carbon Leaf, Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, John Scofield, Todd Snider, John Prine, The Beatles, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, The Seldom Scene, David Allan Coe, The Charlie Daniels Band, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elvis Costello, Rachel Austin, Darren Ralston, Brian Setzer (Orchestra and Stray Cats!), Hank Williams (1-3), Poe, Beck, Jurassic Five, Aesop Rock, Mr. Lif, etc. (again, a long list!)Bands that have a member who I am related to:My Grandmother, Edith Knott (not a band, but she taught me how to play, and she is my biggest influence!) Windfall, Bill and Lorraine Harrouff, Jeremiah Prophett, The Cinnamon BandSupport Local Music!
Movies:
Again, this list could be VERY long, but I will hit the highlights:High Fidelity, Empire Records, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Swingers, Super Troopers, Wet Hot American Summer, Snatch, Fight Club, Psycho (original), Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Heathers, Oceans Eleven (remake), Good Morning Vietnam, Half Baked, The Wall, Slam, Farenheit 9-11, I Heart Huckabees, ALL CHRISTOPER GUEST MOVIES, EVER! I love all of the Broken Lizard movies, and all of Wes Anderson's movies. Bowling for Columbine, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Garden State, SLC Punk, Scratch, most worthwhile comedies, etc.
Television:
I don't have access to cable,so I watch A LOT of movies but if I did have TV I would probably get caught watching it way too much. Generally speaking, though, I like sketch comedy shows, i.e. Mr. Show with Bob and David, The State, Kids in the Hall. Family Guy, That 70's Show. I would watch the Daily Show...Wait, no, NO TV! TV will eat your brain!Kill your TV!
Books:
The Moviegoer- by Walker Percy (EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK). On The Road, Queer, Junky, House of Leaves, Ishmael, Housekeeping, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, High Fidelity, Truth in Comedy, The Alchemist, etc.Currently reading:
a collection of articles about the American Indians from Mankind Magazine.
Heroes:
My heroes are generally artists, or radicals, or radical artists, or my grandma.
