Street Sociology; The fine art of hanging out---exploring the social landscape for fun, community, truth and meaning. Healing, spiritual activism: respect the body, protect the beach, honor all living beings, Reiki the planet, keep it green!
Anyone with a rock & roll heart--Bad boys, wild girls, catheads, surf junkies, aquaholics, sociologists, Mopar fiends, dirt bikers, 12 steppers, energy healers, mystics, soul rebels, light warriors and the unholy ghost of Johnny Thunders.
SLUGS, Johnny Thunders, Rachmaninov, Ramones, NY Dolls, Rimsky-Korsakov, CorpseGrinders, Puccini, Zep, Berzerkers, Black Sabbath, John Taverner, Metallica, Gershwin, Johnny Cash, Bullys, Waldos, Lenny Kaye, Blackfire, John Hammond Jr., Daniel Rey, Ronnie Spector, Shangri-Las, Joan Jett, Flipper, Buttholes, Laura Nyro, Clash, NutJob, Chrissy Hynde, Sleater-Kinney, Independents, Palestrina, Pat Benetar, Big Black, Black Flag, Blackfire, Betty Bradley, DK's, Jesse Malin, IGGY, Dictators, Dylan, Dick Dale, Grateful Dead, Suffocation, MDC, S.O.D., Agnostic Front, Sea Monster, Furious George, Sabbath, Saints, Rufus Wainwright, Stranglers, Coltraine, NIN, Tinariwen, NWA, Morrissey, Pyrexia, Creed, Dylan, Slayer, Phil Hummer Band, Bobby Sichran, ISM, Lou Reed, Nellie McKay.
Mail Order Wife, Cache, Frailty, City of Ghosts, Five Easy Pieces, Junebug, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Ramones: End of the Century, City of God, Road Warrior, Alice, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Trocadero, New York Doll, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Gray Gardens (Broadway)
Like sniffing glue--kills ya brain cells.
Saturn by Liz Greene, Neptune by Liz Greene, Healing of Memories: The Inner Voice of Love by H. Nouwen. Confession by L. Tolstoy, Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids by Donna Gaines, The Color of Water by James McBride, Suicide by Durkheim, Greedy Institutions by Lewis Coser, The Sociological Imagination by C.W. Mills, Pluto by Jeff Greene, the Psalms, Dry by Augusten Borroughs, Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp, Astrology, Karma & Transformation by Stephen Arroyo, The Gospel According to Jesus by Stephen Mitchell, the Psalms, The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon, Awakening Loving-Kindness by Pema Chadron, As Bill Sees It, the "Big Book" and the "12 & 12."
John the Baptist, Lenny Bruce, Raymond Jalbert, Surfrider.org, Ronnie Spector, Joey Ramone, Johnny Cash, Bar Kochba, Lauren Nicole Zussman, Stanley Aronowitz, NYC FF John Heffernan, John Lennon, Mister Rogers, Edith Stein, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Al Gore, Charlotte "Mama Ramone" Lesher, Antonio Gramsci, Ellen Willis, Rosa Parks, Johnny Thunders' hair, Pamela Anderson of PETA, Yoko Ono, Lois Wilson, Tina Turner, Sojourner Truth, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Brian Wilson, Father Mykal Judge and my mother, Betty Bradley.Our nation's proud youth for surviving this dark moment in history; Any drunk who died sober; every light warrior from Nazareth to Stonewall who stood up and slammed truth to power. The men and women fighting in Iraq, and veterans everywhere. May the sword of St. Michael protect you, may your nation honor and care for you with steadfast love and gratitude.