Reading, writing, running, Chicago White Sox, Blues, Jazz, travelling, food.
Albert King, Freddie King, Luther Allison, Magic Sam, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Magic Slim, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Bo Diddley, Walter Wolfman Washington, Charles Earland, Jon Cleary, Count Basie, Johnny Adams, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey, Paul Butterfield, Little Milton, Charles Brown, Gene Harris, Art Pepper, John Hiatt, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Traffic, The Band (Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and -- I guess -- Robbie Robertson), Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Copeland, James Cotton, Duane Allman, Lonnie Brooks, Wilson Pickett, Rod Piazza, Duwayne Burnside, Sonny Boy Williamson, Joe Louis Walker, Elvin Bishop, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Jimmy McGriff, King Curtis, Ronnie Earl, Jack McDuff, Otis Clay, Norah Jones, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Arthur Prysock, Grant Green... Holy crap, did I forget Dinah Washington? Oh, and Dennis McMurrin of course -- play that banjo, Daddy-O!
The Right Stuff, The Last Waltz, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch, 2001, Fargo, High Fidelity, Adaptation, Lord of the Rings, Dr. Strangelove, Brazil, Pulp Fiction, Very Bad Things, A Clockwork Orange, Blues Brothers, All That Jazz (Fosse! Fosse! Fosse!), United 93, etc., etc.
Battlestar Galactica, South Park, Daily Show, Colbert, Simpsons, Star Trek, The Office, Hardball, Nova, 60 Minutes, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert A. Heinlein, Kim Stanley Robinson, Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Tom Wolfe, history and biography
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