Live music, road trips, reading, history, microbiology, dogs, outdoor stuff (camping, hiking, paddling), and various spiritual, "countercultural" and 420-type activities.
I'd like to meet:
People, etc.
Music:
Grateful Dead and related, Beatles, Ramones, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Fishbone, Jonathan Richman, Skatalites, Blotto, The Clash, Talking Heads, the Doors, The Who, Sonic Youth, The Tragically Hip, The Dead Boys, Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Undertones, Green Day, Foo Fighers, Burning Spear, Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Hot Tuna, U2, Iggy Pop, Gene Vincent, Country Joe and the Fish, Blondie, The Band, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Tom Waits, Harry Chapin, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, The Tubes, Primus, Moon Boot Lover, Soulive, Yolk, Conehead Buddha, moe., Ominous Seapods, Maceo Parker, P-Funk, Donna the Buffalo, Hot Hot Heat, Phish, Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rancid, Madness, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd., Kudzu Kings, Jambay, Apollo Sunshine, Brothers Past, and various bands that I've been in, or jam frequently with ( Dr. Jah , Free Association, Brain Darts , Bootleg, Deadbeats ...).
Movies:
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Rock 'n' Roll High School, The Grateful Dead Movie, Harold and Maude , Repo Man, Kentucky Fried Movie, Star Wars (Episodes 4-6), Blank Generation, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, An American Werewolf in London, The Nasty Girl, Dr. Zhivago, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Roger and Me, Farenheit 911, Time Bandits, A Clockwork Orange, Real Genius, Superfly, Platoon, Stripes, Nosferatu, The Atomic Cafe, Up in Smoke, Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe, 8 Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate, The Last Waltz, Hair Spray, King of Hearts, The Great Race, Mystery Train, Brazil, Airplane!, Pulp Fiction, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Gone With the Wind, Sugarland Express, The Producers, Little Shop of Horrors, Paths of Glory, Animal House, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, Arsenic and Old Lace, Duck Soup, The Piano Movers, Reservoir Dogs, Yellow Submarine, Squeal of Death, True Stories, Young Frankenstein, The Concert for Bangladesh, Stop Making Sense, Punk: Attitude, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Pooty Tang, This is Spinal Tap, Shenandoah, A Boy and His Dog, The Last Temptation of Christ.
Television:
James Burke's "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed" ; The Simpsons; Babylon 5; The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell w/ Bill Moyers), The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "The Civil War" by Ken Burns, Get Smart, "The Rhythm of Life" with George Martin, 24, SCTV, The Daily Show, South Park, Drawn Together, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9), Farscape, Law and Order, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Book Notes, Campus Ladies, Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, Later...With Jools Holland.
Books:
Currently: "Blake's Poetry and Designs"
Heroes:
Mohandas K. Gandhi, Jesus, Nelson Mandela, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John Lennon, Joey Ramone, Jerry Garcia, Michael Miller, "Cousin Terry" Miller, Mike Hartnett (RIP-RFB) and the Rye Breaders, the Rainbow Family, Steve Hager, Jack Herer, Sts. Joseph and Francis, and many of my friends.
Brian's "Bass Pantheon": Paul McCartney, Phil Lesh, Dee Dee Ramone, John Entwistle, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Lloyd Brevett, Jack Casady, Rob Derhak, Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Bootsy Collins, Mark White, Mike Gordon, Oteil Burbridge, Les Claypool, George Porter, Harry Shearer, Dave Woolworth.
