my daughter, tiana, playing "Don't Wanna Leave You Blues" at her school talent show...jamming on guitar, drums, bass, and singing, trying to pick songs out or make stuff up on the piano, the local music scene of whatever city i'm in, working a recording session, collaborating with talented musicians and friends, going to live shows and good dance parties, music in frickin' general, any form of creative performance (theatre, opera, etc.), local movie houses, camping, the beach, Yosemite, Santa Cruz, Tahoe, nature (goulet!), NYC, SF, Austin, movies, roadtrips, travel, art, drawing, painting, writing, hiking, volleyball, going to any live sporting event (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, etc.), cooking, laughter, good make-out sessions, shenanigans, sushi, social gatherings, my daughter, scotch, whiskey, rum, red wine, and a banana cognac beeeyatch!
analog recording studios are the shit!
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beatles, wilco, andrew bird, elliott smith, (the) melvins, queens of the stone age, tool, the mars volta, mastodon, eagles of death metal, mr. bungle, tomahawk, fantomas, faith no more, any mike patton-involved project, any king buzzo-involved project, clutch, t.v. on the radio, rodrigo y gabriela, radiohead, portishead, black sabbath, kings of leon, soundgarden, slipknot, the black keys, the blacks, the white stripes, the fratellis, artic monkeys, beirut, the raconteurs, the detroit cobras, sharon jones and the dap-kings, the golden gods, elvis presley, the roots, mos def, talib kweli, a tribe called quest, jurassic 5, hieroglyphics, wu tang, medeski martin and wood, miles davis, john coltrane, thelonious monk, charles mingus, buena vista social club, ozomatli, ruben gonzalez, marc ribot (y los cubanos postizos), tito puente, the fania allstars, bebel gilberto, any charlie hunter-involved project, john scofield, galactic, stanton moore, greyboy allstars, the bad plus, stevie wonder, sly and the family stone, marvin gaye, sam cooke, james brown, otis redding, bill withers, jackson 5, motown, cody chestnuTT, parliament, jill scott, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, etta james, amy winehouse, sade, bob marley, peter tosh, blind melon, beck, ben harper, ben folds, brendan benson, gram parsons, wayne hancock, hank williams iii, hank williams, johnny cash, supersuckers, the reverend horton heat, the strokes, the police, sublime, gomez, fishbone
nearly anything directed by: stanley kubrick, wes anderson, christopher guest, paul thomas anderson, robert altman, coen brothers, quentin tarantino, jean-pierre jeunet, danny boyle, pedro almodovar, tim burton, alfred hitchcock, terry gilliam, mel brooks, kevin smith, spike lee, john hughes. anything starring jimmy stewart, gary oldman, sean penn, johnny depp, will farrell. anything edited by stephen mirrione. pan's labyrinth, the departed, sin city, lord of the rings trilogy, lock stock and two smoking barrels, garden state, y tu mama tabien, amores perros, motorcycle diaries, city of god, the bourne trilogy, dig!, i am trying to break your heart, a hard day's night, the goonies, the incredibles, alice in wonderland, the secret of nimh, monsters inc., finding nemo, beavis and butthead do america, southpark.
no time for tv. but i'd watch the following shows on DVD or Tivo: planet earth, the simpsons, chappelle's show, da ali g show, the daily show, seinfeld, the muppet show, those VH1 behind the music specials, and the history channel.
on the road, fear and loathing in las vegas, naked lunch, where the wild things are, dr. seuss, harry potter, hunter s. thompson, kerouac, steinbeck, hemingway, lord of the flies, the davinci code, stupid white men, dude where's my country?
Hugh Hefner and the Reverend Frederick McFeely Rogers