Music, Music, Music....... NPR, Thunderstorms, Biking, Motorcycles, Muscle cars, Hiking, Art,Tattoos, Photography, Theatre, Comedy, Improv, Quiz shows, Culture, Literature, Inane humor, Irreverent Banter, anything enlightening.... Live shows and concerts, pub crawls, mullet hunting, museums, traveling, state parks, testing my abilities with the gee-tar, violin, & piano. I'm a total voyeur (in the harmless sense of course) and enjoy playing the wallflower; people fascinate me.
Fellow cynics, dynamic artists, inspiring musicians, eccentrics, intellectuals, sarcastic fucks, dirty old men, music geeks... anyone who can make me question my idea of reality. I'm seeking exposure to new cultures, ideas, music, literature, and last but certainly not least, the occasional bout of debauchery...
In no particular order... Nick Cave, Yacht, Mick Harvey, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Grizzly Bear, Doves, Cinematic Orchestra, Calexico, Zach Condon, Ali Farka Toure, Tori Sparks, Janove Otteson, Donovan Frankenreiter, Clogs, Elf Power, Maria de Barros, Kiran Ahluwalia, Los de Abajo, Albert Hammon Jr., Billy Joel, Pussy Galore, Lovage, Strangelove, Cornelius, Coldcut, Prince, Stereolab, David Bowie, Brandi Carlile, Sufjan Stevens, Alejandro Escovedo, Grant Lee Buffalo, Beach Boys, Reykjavik!, Arcade Fire, Blur, Damon Albarn, Explosions in the Sky, Gorrilaz, Graham Coxon, Love Psychodelico, Elvis Costello, I'm from Barcelona, Miles Davis, Lightening Bolt, Lylas, Everlast, Landon Pigg, David Mead, Black 47, Black Flag, 13&God, Iggy Pop, Dr Demento, Stakka Bo, Queen, Stars of Track and Field, Dead can Dance, Moloko, Tricky, Roisin Murphy, Wilco, Sigur ros, Elbow, Skinny Puppy, Revolting Cocks, LCD Soundsystem, Bjork, Stevie Wonder, White Stripes, PJ Harvey, MIA, The Twilight Sad, George Clinton, Elton John, Madonna, Tool, Damien Rice, Robyn Hitchcock, Sublime, Portishead, Cibo Matto, Radiohead, Lucious Jackson, Fantomas, De La Soul, Kate Havnevik, Soundgarden, STP, Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, Jurassic 5, Mr Bungle, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Gnarls Barkley, The Innocence Mission, TV on the Radio, Franz Ferdinand, Ozomatli, Prince Paul, Page France, Yakuza, Folk Implosion, Ocean Colour Scene, Hammock, Tortoise, Underworld, Melt Banana, Rage Against the Machine, Ray Charles, Louie Armstrong, Cypress Hill, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Tori Amos, Orb, Massive Attack, Poe, Dan the Automator, Cure, They Might be Giants, DJ Shadow, Janes Addiction, Slayer, Motorhead, DJ Logic, Mars Voltas, Ween, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, Whale, Ministry, Pigface, Deadweight, Les Claypool, Primus, Outkast, Delerium, Front Line Assembly, Intermix, Noise Unit, Nikka Costa, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Ella Fitzgerald, Dead Milkmen, Weezer, Pavement, Soundgarden, Elastica, Pantera, System of a Down, old Metallica, Belle and Sebastian, Aphex Twin, Johnny Cash, Funkdoobiest, Fishbone, Tossers, Dropkick Murphys, Operatin Ivy, Common Rider, Cramps, RL Burnside, MM&W, Fugazi, Mirwais, Har Mar Superstar, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Aimee Mann, Tenacious D, North Mississippi Allstars.... Indie, Afropop, Trip Hop, Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Acid Jazz, Metal, Drum n Bass, Latin, World music..... I encourage suggestions
Anything by the Coen Brothers, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton.....Buffalo 66, Clerks, Lock Stock and 2 smoking Barrels, Snatch, Crash, Fight Club, Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, The Opposite of Sex, Amelie, Bowling for Columbine, Memento, Rushmore, I heart Huckabees, In the Company of Men, Happiness, Pi, Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, Supersize me, Bottle Rocket, Half Nelson, Pan's Labyrinth, Your Friends and Neighbors, Swimming with Sharks, American Splendor, Requiem for a Dream, Top Secret, Hudsucker Proxy, Serial Mom, Pecker, The Last Dragon.... I also dig documentaries (Jesus Camp, Shoah, Crumb) historical pieces (Fog of War), & artsy bits, i.e. Baraka..... stunning! Or Cinematic Orchestra's 'Man with a Movie Camera'.
I'm more partial to radio ; Wait Wait don't tell me, 848, This American Life, Sound Opinions, Re:Sound, Story Corp, etc. As for the tele... Discovery, TLC, PBS, Bravo, Comedy Central, and WGN morning news (they're the bestest!)
Wally Lamb, Susan Jane Gilman, Sylvia Plath, David Sedaris, Carl Hiassen, Dave Eggars, Dan Savage, Bukowski, Hunter S, Kerouac, Diamond.... I regret to admit I read a lot of fluff as of late. Do comics count? I can't get enough of Calvin & Hobbes.
Jon Stewart, Peter Sagel, Tom Morello, Dan Savage, Maddox, Zach Braff cause he's so dreamy....... And these crazy folks: