Movies, music, art, crafts, shopping, baking, cooking, wining, dining, dancing, gettin' dolled-up, theater, museums, antiques, americana, pin-up girls, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s & 60s pop culture, concerts, flea markets, dive bars, car shows, motorcycles, hot rods, tattoos, beer, bowling, roller skating, aerobics class, pumping iron, swimming, SCUBA, fishing, hiking, camping, and searching for the meaning of life.
Some genuine, honest, true-blue friends with mad senses of humor, a bowling buddy, and a kick-ass dance partner. Is that too much to ask for?
Classical, blues, jazz, great American composers, swing/big band, classic country, rockabilly, roots r&b, doo wop, oldies, singers/standards, lounge, surf rock, 60s garage, 60s & 70s soul, ska/reggae, classic rock, classic r&b, 70s & 80s punk, 80s rock ballads, metal, pop & new wave, alternative, brit pop, world music,...list goes on. Just to name a few artists: Beethoven, Motzart, Chopin, Vivaldi, Berlioz, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Fats Walker, Billie Holiday, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Henri Mancini, Dorsey Bros., Andrew Sisters, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk, Chick Corea, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Blossom Dearie, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Bill Haley & his Comets, Big Bopper, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, The Platters, The Drifters, Sinatra, Dino, Sammy D, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Dick Dale, The Trashmen, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, Martha & the Vandellas, The Temptations, The Four Tops, James Brown, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, The Commodores, Neil Diamond, Desmond Decker, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, The Stones, The Yardbirds, The Beatles, The Who, The Guess Who, Velvet Underground, Iggy&the Stooges, AC/DC, Queen, CCR, David Bowie, The Clash, The Ramones, Blondie, The Cramps, The Pogues (the original Flogging Molly--thanx Brett), Depeche Mode, Devo, Pet Shop Boys, Joy Division, Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Stray Cats, Oingo Boingo, Billy Idol, Pat Benatar, The Go-Gos, The Cure, Madness, The Smiths, Oasis, Stone Roses, Suede, Stereolab, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Reverend Horton Heat, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Deke Dickerson, SCOTS, The Chop Tops, Stellar Corpses....
The Thin Man, It Happened One Night(Clark Gable&Claudette Colbert), Duck Soup(any Marx Bros.), Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein & other classic horror, The Philadelphia Story(Cary Grant&Katherine Hepburn), Casablanca(Bogie&Ingrid), anything w/ Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, big fan of Esther Williams, Bringing Up Baby/ His Girl Friday/ Ball of Fire(Barbara Stanwyck)/ The Big Sleep(Bogie&Bacall)/ Monkey Business/ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(Marilyn&Jane Russel--wowzas!)(Howard Hawks), any Abbott & Costello, The Caddy(Martin&Lewis), Sabrina(Audrey&Bogie!)/ The Seven Year Itch(Marilyn)/ Some Like It Hot/ The Apartment(Billy Wilder), Rebel Without A Cause, Funny Face(Audrey&Astaire!), Vertigo/ North by Northwest/ Psycho(Alfred Hitchcock), Pillow Talk/ Send Me No Flowers(Doris Day&Rock Hudson), Breakfast At Tiffany's(Audrey&Blake Edwards), Charade(Audrey&Grant!), Barefoot in the Park, 20 Million Miles To Earth/ Jason and the Argonauts(Ray Harryhausen), monster movies, creature features, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Time Machine & other classic sci-fi, 50s & 60s B sci-fi horror flicks(ie Plan 9.., Brain That Wouldn't Die, etc.), Creature from the Haunted Sea(Roger Corman), 60s teen beach party movies(ie Beach Party, etc.), 50s & 60s teen delinquent movies(ie Girls' Town, Ray Dennis Steckler flicks, etc.), Dr. Strangelove(Kubrick), Good, the Bad, and the Ugly(Sergio Leone), The Graduate, The Party(Peter Sellers&Blake Edwards), Take The Money And Run/ Small Time Crooks/ Curse of the Jade Scorpion(Woody Allen), Monty Python & the Holy Grail/ Time Bandits/ 12 Monkeys(Terry Gilliam), Foxy Brown, Enter the Dragon(Master Lee), Taxi Driver/ Goodfellas(Scorsese), Star Wars trilogy/ American Graffitti(George Lucas), Grease, Paper Moon, The Jerk/ The Lonely Guy(early Steve Martin), Blazing Saddles/ Young Frankenstein/ Spaceballs(Mel Brooks), The Goonies/ Indiana Jones trilogy(Spielberg), Lost Boys, Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, UHF, Three Amigos, Pretty In Pink/ Sixteen Candles/ Breakfast Club(John Hughes), One Crazy Summer(John Cusack), Heathers, Back 2 The Future trilogy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Revenge of the Nerds, 80s high school movies(ie Fast Times.., etc.), Cry Baby/ Hairspray(John Waters), Great Balls of Fire, Amadeus, Labrynth, Stand By Me/ The Princess Bride(Rob Reiner), Legend/ Blade Runner(Ridley Scott), Pee Wee's Big Adventure/ Edward Sissorhands/ Nightmare Before Christmas/ Mars Attacks!/ Ed Wood(anything Tim Burton), Evil Dead trilogy(Sam Raimi), Tombstone, Trainspotting, The City of Lost Children, The Wedding Singer, The Big Lebowski(Coen bros.), Pulp Fiction/ True Romance/ Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2(Tarantino), Swingers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Lock, Stock & 2 Smokin' Barrels/ Snatch(Guy Ritchie), Amelie, A Mighty Wind, Napoleon Dynamite, Shaun of the Dead/ Hott Fuzz(Simon Pegg&Nick Frost), Life Aquatic, Kung Fu Hustle, Sin City, Ray, Walk The Line, Little Miss Sunshine, Borat.....
Miami Ink, American Chopper/ Monster Garage/ Mythbusters (Discovery Channel), Blue Planet/ Naked Science(National Geo.), CSI Las Vegas, Sex & the City, Ab Fab, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, SNL, Daily Show/ Colbert Report/ Chapelle Show/ South Park/ Sarah Silverman Show(Comedy Central), It's Always Sunny.., HGTV(love it!), History Channel, Turner Classic Movies(yay!), The Beverly Hillbillies/ The Munsters/ I Love Lucy(TV Land), Happy Days, The Little Rascals,old skool Star Trek and Next Generation, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits--really, I don't watch that much TV!
History, art history, bios, pop culture, true crime, classic mystery(ie Agatha Christie, Sir Doyle), classic sci-fi(ie Brave New World, 1984, Stranger In A Strange Land), poetry(ie Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost), The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird...there are so many books I have to read.
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