First and foremost: Lily, my daughter. Music, duh. Also, vintage guitars, amps, mics and recording equipment; protools (the end of corporate control of recorded music); trail running; science fiction; bleeding heart liberal politics; evolutionary biology; fine tequila; rave dancing; wigs.
jesus, john lennon, jimi hendrix........your name here!
I like electric guitars!!!!! and strange evil grooves. also great lyrics....right now it's the black keys, the strokes, iron & wine, reindeer section, death cab, muse, the velvet teen----okay, so I'm emo. I will always love: radiohead, ray charles, lucinda williams, white stripes, elliott smith, miles davis, chrissie hynde, booker t. and the MG's, jeff beck, the rolling stones!!!!!!, bonnie raitt, jimmy reed, skip james, stevie wonder, neil young, jimi hendrix, taj mahal, laura nyro, creedence clearwater revival, rickie lee jones, steely dan, john coltrane, bill evans, egberto gismonti, the meters, NRBQ, liz phair, led zeppelin....
movies? watch them and promptly forget them. let's see---juno, the departed, sicko, lost in translation, napoleon dynamite, pan's labyrinth, children of men, dazed and confused, quadrophenia,the kids are alright..
TVzzzzzzzzz
I could fill this whole thing with books I love. ursula k. leguinn, t.c.boyle, tom robbins, william gibson, edith wharton, frank o'hara, mary oliver, charles bukowski, orson scott card, cormac mccarthy, octavia butler. tell me about others if these ring your bell!
My heroes: altruists,activists, amateurs.