The creative endeavor of any kind is something I admire greatly about our species. Acoustic music is my favorite kind. The Shamin, The Great Wisdom, and the Calling of the Universe are the source of all green things. Music is for me the truest form of prayer.Bluegrass, Newgrass, Blues, Jug Bands, Jam Bands, Reggae, Ethnic traditional music, Estatic Trance,
This world is abundant with Prophets of the Universe in all of the beautiul forms that humans have come to know it; these are the beings who shine.Visual artists, musicians, poets, writers and performance artists are almost always one of these.It seems to me these days, that the human race is determined to drift further apart in some very self destructive ways. I wish to see that not happen. Instead, I would very much like to hear more laughter, more kind words, more music. I would like to see more patience and generosity for others. Perhaps we could look each other in the eye and shake each others hand in a peaceful and meaningful way.Either you believe that harmony within our species is possible, or you do not.I am one of those who believes.
Danny Schmidt, The String Cheese Incident, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Railroad Earth, Phish, Push Stars, Tom Waits, Humphrey McGee, Neil Young (of course), Dylan (of course), Cash (of course) etc etc. Townes Van Zandt, Talking Heads, Tony Furtado, Scott Law, Widespread Panic, Split Lip Rayfield, Tea Leaf Green, Cowboy Junkies, New Monsoon, Iron & Wine, Ben Harper, Shawn Mullins, Dar Williams, Ani DiFranco, Josh Ritter, Old and In The Way, Calexico, Doc Watson, The Duhks, Old and In the Way, Del McCoury Band, Gillian Welch, Martin Sexton, Spoonshine, Chistopher of the Wolves, Widespread Panic, Anouska Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Beattles, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Inkwell Rhythm Makers, Sassparilla, Blues Traveller, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Carbon Leaf, Jeffrey Foucault, Chris Smithers, Spoonshine, Drive By Truckers, Chris Thile, Railroad Earth, The Bottle Rockets, Nick Drake, BB King, Ralph Stanley, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lincoln Crocket, David Grisman, Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Nelson, Shawn Mullins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Orville Johnson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Los Lonely Boys, Sam Bush, The Carter Family, John Lennon, Blues Travelers, Van Morrison, Blue Rodeo, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Otis Taylor, Simon and Garfunkle, The Shins and those are just the folks I know about!
All Marvel Comics Movies, La Femme Nikkita, Tim Burton's anything, Empire of the Sun, Last Temptation of Christ, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Empire of the Sun,
None for me, thanks, I'm driving.
Brief History of Time (Steven Hawking), The Unconquerable World (Jonathan Schell), Green Eggs and Ham (God), A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein,) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, Tom Sawyer,
My Mom, My Life Partner Heather, my Sister Ruth, Dennis Kucinich, Scott Law, Jerry Garcia, Mahatma Ghandi, Amy Goodman (Democracy Now), Danny Schmidt (Singer-Songwriter), Lord Buddah, all people who work for social justice and human rights, Madame (Vyvyn) Lazonga-Tattoo artist of the Greek Gods(www.vyvyn.com), Mark Twain, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Vincent Van Gogh, Alex Grey, Larry Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Noam Chomsky,