dark places. dark bars. the darker the better. public school architecture. pizza. sleeping. thinking about spending lots of money. the open sea. working out. smoking. yelling. being frustrated. banging my fist on desks and walls. making people feel uncomfortable. shaking hands. and making money!
Marlon Brando, Werner Herzog, the original Jack Johnson, Lenny Bruce, Roman Polanski, casual devil worshipers, Sebastian Bach 2, Richard Pryor, John Malkovich, Malcolm X, 2Pac, Chuck D, Matt Doo, Serge Gainsbourg, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Sting, Prince, Kim Gordon, Parker Posey, and Kathleen Hanna who is a total babe. Here are a few of the kinds of people I DONT want to meet: fake models, fareweather friends, unintentionally bad dressers, people wit bad bref + big moufs, fake documentarians, people who didn't pay dues and got on outta nowhere, cats who don't know the worth of a hard days work, people who read too much and then accendentally got stupid, DJs that mess up a house party wantin to juggle records and playing played out indie-crap, and mash-ups, and weird party-rock-rave-records. fuck i'm mad at the world.
Weather Report, Yes, Mahavishni Orchestra, Traffic, John McLaughlin, Return To Forever, Idris Muhammad, the "Last Tango In Paris" soundtrack, CTI, Vanilla Fudge, Deodato, Gabor Szabo, George Benson, Hank Crawford, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, Miles Davis, The Youngbloods, Willie Nelson, Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Kathleen Hanna (total babe), Sonic Youth, Faith No More, Defacto, Subtle, why?, sole, alias, sixtoo, Anticon, Moka, Kirby Dominant, Swollen, CP, Count, Mike Patton, Gary Numan, Men At Work, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Gary Wilson, Grand Buffet, 3rd Bass, Shapeshifters, OMD, CVE, HHK, Awol, Circus, PUTS, Lexicon, DJ Spinna, Wajeed, Four Tet, Ge-ology, Prince Paul, J Dilla, Mike Zoot, Z-Man, Nice & Smooth, P.E., The JB's, Stet, BDP, LONS, Whodini, X-Clan, Brand Nubian, Organized Konfusion, Powerule, Kurious, G.M. Grimm, Godfather Don, Above The Law, NWA, The DOC, 2 Live, Rodney O & Joe Cooley, King Tee, Ras Kass, Project Blowed, Acey & Ab's "Maskaraid pt. 1&2", Hieroglyphics, Ganja K's "Harvest For The World" album, The Dereliks, Dooley, Dante Ross, Gametightelectro (one of my favorite groups of all time), Travis from Gym Class (he's doin it!), Green Milk From The Planet Orange, DMBQ, Motley Cru, The Foster Kids, The Sin Men, Spencer Doran, Bobbyhatchskiffleclatch (RIP Robb: u were my friend), Professor Mojo, The Hitch (fav band from Humboldt), Zombie Kore Allegiance, Suicide, Negativland, DNA, Guns N Roses, Ween, Ben Allen, Chuck, CJ Stewart, my brother when he used to jam on gituar
Color Me Kubrick, The Missouri Breaks, Last Tango In Paris, Fitzcarraldo, The Tenant, Serpico, Rosemary's Baby, Straw Dogs, On The Waterfront, Lenny, The Godfather, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, Fly by Night, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Grizzly Man, Crumb, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Fata Morgana, Bamboozled, The Shining, We Jam Ecno, Punk Attitude, The Ten, Bottle Rockit, Culturama Series, Weeds, Oh In Ohio, Dead Poets Society, Mo Betta Blues, Thumbsucker, Dog Day Afternoon, Idiocracy, The Jerk, Happiness, Rogue Male (Peter O Toole tv movie that was dope), The Black 8, all Spike Lee joints (that's my foundation - particularly School Daze when it used to be on TNT), Juice, King of New York, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, my unreleased/incomplete documentary For Lack of a Better Word (1998-2002), 60's-70's movie trailors. Music videos by my friends
my brother, my parents, all mothers, my girlfriend for her tenacity and no nonsense tude, any immigrant family that raised children in the U.S., Scorpios, indie record label owners, people who really love sports, dedicated librarians, people who work hard to make rent. good public speakers. nice assholes, nice hobo's. ricky powell, dante ross, ego trip dudes, athletes from the old days. jerry heller, honest car mechanics like my dad. airplane pilots, thurston moore, oldtimey bartenders, kathleen hannah (love her), non-hippy environmentalists, non-hippy hikers, non-cliche music video directors, serious people. loyal friends/true friends.old friends of mine that i lost touch with that i'd admire from a far but never got the chance to let them know that i loved them. and denzel washington - i wanna go to a knicks game with him.