Playing guitar, keyboards, and bodhrán
Listening (every sound is music...)
Spending time with my dogs
Yoga
Contemplative practices of any culture, faith or tradition
Being vegan
Buddhadharma
Finding the mystic chord...
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Just about anyone with a measure of sanity...but just a measure...
Robert Fripp's guitar tech
Arvo Pärt
Donnchadh Gouch
Tony Rice
Pema Chödron
Brad Warner
Rachel Ray
David Gilmour
Bob Dylan
Leo Kottke
Ani DiFranco
Dougie MacLean
OK...Yeah, I'm an old hippie. Get over it... Grateful Dead, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, yadda yadda yadda. BUT, having worked in a record store for over a decade (jeez...) I've become quite eclectic as well as eccentric in taste as well as form. I've spent twelve years discussing Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet then turning to the next person so they can ask about C-Murder or something and well, it's done something to my conceptions about what's worth a listen and what's not. I'll listen to anything...but my judgment...well, that's reserved for me...
Having said all of that...here is a list of artists on my iPod; all of which have at least two songs that have been played at least three times which I have given a five star rating (last updated early am 5/19/07...):
.38 Special
'Til Tuesday
A Silver Mt. Zion
Anton Bruckner
Antonin Dvorák
Arvo Pärt
AC/DC
Aimee Mann
Air
Albert Collins
Albert King
Alison Krauss
Altan
Aretha Franklin
Art Blakey
Atlanta Rhythm Section
The Be Good Tanyas
The Beatles
Béla Fleck
The Beta Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Bill Evans
Bill Frisell
Bill Laswell
Billie Holiday
Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Brian Eno
Cannonball Adderley
Chet Baker
The Clash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crowded House
Danú
David Bowie
David Grisman Quintet
The dB's
Doc Watson
Donovan
The Doors
Dougie MacLean
The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Dwight Yoakam
Earth, Wind & Fire
Echo & The Bunnymen
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Flatt & Scruggs
Frank Zappa
George Jones
Grateful Dead
Hank Williams
The Iron Horse
Iron Maiden
J. Geils Band
Jah Wobble
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Jackson 5
Jackson Browne
James Brown
Janis Joplin
Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
Jerry Garcia
Jimmy Smith
John Prine
Jorma Kaukonen
Keren Ann
King Crimson
Lama Tashi
Leadbelly
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Lisa Loeb
Lúnasa
Marvin Gaye
Michael Hedges
Miles Davis
Mississippi John Hurt
The Morwells
Neil Young
Nicky Skopelitis
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Old And In The Way
Otis Redding
Pantera
Parliament-Funkadelic
Pat Martino
Pat Metheny
Paul Simon
Pedro The Lion
Philip Glass
Phish
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Riley Lee
Robert Simpson
R.E.M.
Rage Against The Machine
Ravi Shankar
Richard Buckner
Riley Lee
Robert Johnson
Shakti
Shuggie Otis
Sleater-Kinney
Solas
The Stanley Brothers
Stevie Wonder
Sting
Syd Barrett
The Teardrop Explodes
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
Uncle Tupelo
Van Morrison
Wes Montgomery
The Who
Wilco
Woody Guthrie
The Yardbirds
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What Hindu God or Goddess are you like?
You are closest to the Lord Ganesha. Althogh he has an interseting feature of looking like and elephant, his power makes him strong and faithful. Lord Ganesh is the God to remove all obstacles in life. And because of his unique figure, one of his forces is that he looks beyond one's outer apearance. You are most like this Great God because you are strong and not all that judgemental but, you are human and it can be something in you like all the rest of us. Well Lord Ganesh like many other gods and goddess are just all incarnations of the one almighty god.
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The Big Sleep
Heathers
Murder My Sweet
Office Space
The Killing
Touch Of Evil
Casablanca (yeah, I know...)
"Out Of The Past"
Kiss Me Deadly
The Big Lebowski
GoodFellas
Betty Blue
Nosferatu
Scarface
Schindler's List
Thief
The Great Escape
The Maltese Falcon
Apocalypse Now
Metropolis
Blade Runner
Five Deadly Venoms
It's A Wonderful Life
Dr. Strangelove
Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Dune
The Shawshank Redemption
Full Metal Jacket
High Fidelity
Fist Of Fear
Scarlet Street
Army Of Darkness
M*A*S*H
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Pulp Fiction
Lord Of The Rings (I know, I know...)
Star Wars (again...I know, I know...)
Shaun Of The Dead
Children Of Men
Young Frankenstein
The Great Race
I do not watch television. I'm not angry about it or anything, it's just that if I've got some time to waste, I'd rather fill it with something other than inert mindless drivel. I prefer my mindless drivel to be active...
The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (minus the Freudian stuff at the start...)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Alcoholics Anonymous by well...Anonymous...
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The Path Is The Goal by Chögyam Trungpa
How To Practice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
being zen Bringing Meditation to Life by Ezra Bayda
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me by Richard Fariña
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (if you've read this far, please read this book...)
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William L. Shirer
and the list goes on forever, and the party...wait...this is books...
Joseph Campbell
Before I could ever claim to be on any path other than that of an alcoholic, the books of Joseph Campbell opened my eyes and heart to the possibilities inherent in spiritual practice. Any connection I make, any realization I have...all started with his explanation of the Great Seal of the United States.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The mysteries shrouding the emotional/political/etc... aspects of his life are overshadowed only by the sheer genius of his compositions.
Jimmy Carter
Even though I do not share his faith, Jimmy Carter is the last president whose faith was not mere political window dressing.
Robert Fripp
"The Owlish One" could out shred anyone on the planet, yet always chooses to serve the music. His business philosophy is the paradigm needed in the music industry if it is to survive and actually produce art.
Martin Luther King Jr.
"For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal." --The Dhammapada
Marc Chagall
My favorite artist...
Ansel Adams
He showed us what a beautiful country we live in...Why are we so hell bent on destroying that beauty?
Jimi Hendrix
There was no filter, no difference between what was going on in his head and the sound he produced.
EW1 Washington
I never even knew his first name. He was a Vietnam vet on my ship who could never advance past First Class Petty Officer due to something that happened in Vietnam. He taught me how to trust someone with my life. When he spoke, I listened...
Robert Simpson
Easily my favorite late 20th Century composer. His music is dynamically modern yet wholly grounded in the entire history of western art music.
J.S. Bach
There was music before Bach and music after Bach. His music is the fulcrum.
Alan C.
The best sponsor this pigeon could have had...
Jerry Garcia
My favorite guitarist. Listening closely to any given show can give one a perfect picture of living life with one's heart on one's sleeve.
any member of the Tibetan diaspora
Tibet has been raped by communist China since 1959. These people have chosen to respond with faith.
single mothers
I am constantly amazed at how the single mothers I know balance everything in their lives while raising children.
and most importantly my father, Gordon Bondurant and my brother, Bill