I am the founder, creator, editor in chief of RIVOT RAG MAGAZINE which is based out of Tampa Bay Florida. RIVOT RAG MAGAZINE is an underground, non corporate, extreme Metal magazine that covers national, international and primarily local unsigned Metal bands in the Tampa Bay area. www.rivotragmagazine.com My interests include listening to music, playing guitar, writing, weightlifting, drinking good beer, going to the beach, (drinking good beer at the beach).
Myself. Not for any vain reason. Just to see if I am offending as many people possible.
METAL: Old Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, Deicide, (basically Thrash / Speed Metal, Death Metal and some Black Metal)................ I also listen to a TON of up and coming unsigned Metal bands in the Tampa Bay area..............HARD ROCK: Old Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, old Scorpions, old Aerosmith.GUITAR MUSIC: Satriani, Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc..CLASSICAL: Christopher Parkening, Segovia, Isaac Albeniz, Itzak Perlman, etc..............................BLUES: Stevie Ray Vaughn
Scarface, The Godfather series, Goodfellas, Casino, A Bronx Tale, Donnie Brasco, GlenGary GlenRoss, A Clockwork Orange, Shaw Shenk Redemption, Dead Poets Society, Saving Private Ryan, HEAT, Devil's Advocate, and some more that I can't think of just right now...
Frazier, Seinfeld, Southpark, American Chopper, History Channel, Modern Marvels, etc...
Books? I read that crap back in highschool. Yawn. I'd much rather listen to music. It is more cerebral. Music makes you think, question, and create. Books make you follow. Just look at The Bible. Seriously, that is by far is the most misleading crock of crap ever written. Yet it has lead billions of blind sheep down a ridiculous road of "It's gotta get better then this!" crap. That being said, I must say I do appreciate the works of Isaac Izimov. I also love The Clockwork Orange. As much as I love the movie, the book is indeed better.
I wouldn't call them heroes, but celebs that I admire: Eddie Van Halen, Walter Payton, Michael Jordan, Sammy Sosa, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, Robin Williams and George Carlin.