Jimdrum66

I'd like to meet:

Peter Gabriel, Carl Hiassen, Stephen King, the dudes from Blur...OK and Gorillaz, Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron, Janeane Garofalo, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs...more later

Music:

YES PLEASE!! Get ready for a Free-association brainstorm. I like a wide variety of music...Peter Gabriel, Midnight Oil, Blur, Gorillaz, James Blunt, Jack Johnson, U2, Whisper Garden (WE ROCK!), Wilco (Glen Kotche is a friend of mine), Tears for Fears, Spoons, Underworld, Bloc Party, String Cheese Incident, Nickel Creek, Weather Report, Osric Tenticles, Tchaikovsky, Satie, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Debussy, Art of Noise, Public Image Ltd., Ravel, Stravinsky, Aaron Copeland, New Order, Joy Division, Sono, XTC, The Violent Femmes, The Ramones, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, Particle, The Police, New Model Army, Brand X, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Modest Mouse, Kraftwerk, My Morning Jacket, The Magic Numbers, Marillion, King Crimson, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Joe Satriani, Joe Jackson, Wire, INXS, Genesis, Dave Matthews Band, Talking Heads, Kissing The Pink, System of A Down (esp. B.Y.O.B., Vicinity of Obscenity, Hypnotize), Metallica, Tenacious D (hilarious!), Shadowfax, Brazilian music, Cuban music, Tower of Power, Salsa music, Jazz, blues, classical, Romantic, 20th century, all kinds of African Music, Amon Tobin, Gamelon, World Music in general, Jaluka, Johnny Clegg and Savuka, Yassou N'dour, Ravi Schankar, Nelly, Ozomatli, Beck, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, The Bears, Bobby Matos, Supergrass to name just a few of the bands that I like to listen to on my brand new iPod! I haven't even scratched the surface, but if you are interested, check some of these groups out, some are well-known, others a little less so.Listen to some Samba Reggae here: http://www.abanda.dk/Babblefish/sambareggae.htm

Movies:

The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, A Beautiful Mind, Signs, Apollo 13, Whale Rider, War of the Worlds, Chocolat, A Room with A View, 50 First Dates, Groundhog Day, Jerry Maguire, Interview with a Vampire, the Incredibles, pretty much any Dreamworks movie I have ever seen, Somewhere in Time, Old School (Ha!), Van Wilder (Ha! Ha!), Austin Powers, Wayne's World, Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, American Beauty, Remember the Titans, Aeon Flux, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Nothing to Lose, Princess Bride, The Saint, Misery, Stand By Me, Dream Catcher, Silence of the Lambs, Hearts in Atlantis, Spinal Tap, O Brother, Where Art Thou, Star Wars, The Wedding Singer, Garden State, Vanilla Sky (a friend of mine is in the group Spacecraft, who had a song in the movie), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Forest Gump, The Man With One Red Shoe, The Terminal, Clay Pigeons, Fargo, Blood Simple, Deloris Clayborne. That should be plenty for now.

Television:

I don't watch much TV. When I do, I like the Discovery channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic and Public Television. Sorry, I grew up without a TV and never really crave it. OH, WAIT! I love Who's Line is it Anyway, the American Version w/Drew Carrey and Friends.

Books:

Oh boy, this could get long. I think I am only going to list a few of the books that I love...To Kill A Mockingbird, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Stand, Accidental Tourist, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter books, Chronicles of Narnia, Faery tales, The Dark Tower books (Gunslinger), Treasure Island, The Watchers. Novels are a great way to stimulate my imagination. Reading wakes me up in the morning and puts me to sleep at night!I like to read books by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Stephen Koontz, Jeffrey Deaver, Jonathan Kellerman, James Patterson, Alex Kava, Michael Crichton, & Carl Hiassen (off the top of my head). I have read Everything that I can get my hands on by Stephen King, the list is so long that I would bore the snot out of you! Let's just say that I have read everything by him except, Storm of the Century and some of his internet books. I have read SK voraciously since 1981!

Heroes:

My Uncle Quinn & Aunt Sherry.

So I typed my name into a Vampire Naming thing for fun, and somehow, it made the connection that I love the ocean...
Your Vampire Name Is...
Prince of the Great Oceans What's Your Vampire Name?

This is hilarious! I took that "What kind of rocker are you" test and got these results:

You Are a Punk Rocker!
When it comes to rock, you don't follow any rules
You know that rocking out is all about taking down the man
You've got an incredible stage presence and rock persona
You scare moms, make bad girls (or boys) swoon, and live life on the edge! What Kind of Rocker Are You?

The funny thing is...I DO have Punk Rocker tendencies!