Einstein. Al Green, Afrika Baambataa. Beethoven. Hendrix, the Floyd Beck Hanson, the man in black, Zepplin. Biggy Smalls. Willy Wonka. Leary. Ravi Shankar, Gilmore and Waters. Mary Shelley, Fritjof Capra, James Brown. Hunter S. Thompson. Jesus. Sidhartha. Salvador Dali. Faulkner. Marx. The Mayans. Nietsche. Al Capone. Ginsburg. Martin Luther the King, Abraham, Richard Linklater, the Beatles, Van Gogh, peasants, Richard Linklater
I mean... come on. Fucking TUNES!
If you're in Atlanta, come check out Kudzukazi In the CD player - Nada Surf, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Elliott Smith, Pink Floyd, Notorios BIG, Apostle of Hustle, Hammertorch, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Bjork, Mos Def, Herbie Hancock, Rachmaninov, Dylan, Black Sun Empire, Tech Itch, Karate, Adam Freeland, Luda, Bubba Sparx, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Tchaikovsky, Chili Peppers, Hendrix, Tortoise, Massive Attack, Y O U, Ghostfinger, the short lived Bhodi Tree, Debussy, respect to local bands... PLEASE, don't support MTV Network channels if you value the evolution of music/art/intelligence in general. This includes MTV, VH1, BET, even NICKEFRIGGENLODEON (!). The evil conglomerate Viacom is secretly trying to take over your brains with a Sixth Grade Level Drama Beam coming from YOUR VERY TV! This is your warning...Oh man... I think I've seen all of them. Big Labowsky, Waking Life, Pi, Fear and Loathing, ReAnimator, Vacation, the Godfather, Raging Bull, Rocky, Casino Royale, The Departed, Ghost in the Shell, School of Rock, Zodiac, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Trainspotting, Pootie Tang, Goonies, Office Space, Spinal Tap, Scarface, Idiocracy, Royal Tenanbaums, Kids, Gummo.... . . . etc... etc....
It's just gotten so ridiculous. Sometimes there's cool stuff on History and Discovery. I don't have the time any more. So much cooler stuff out there...
I'm currently reading medieval legend. I dig: Zephilim lore, book of Giants, book of Enoch, and other apocryphal books conveniently left out of Jewish and Christian cannon. The Tao of Physics and Web of Life by Fritjof Capra, the Universe in a Nutshell and a Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking, anything Nietzsche or Kierkegaard (I like existentialism), the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching (Taoist philosophy), Buddhist and Hindu Sutras, works by Hunter S. Thompson (the Fear and Loathing books), E.E. Cummings, Tim Burton poetry (Stick boy and Match girl, Edward Scissorhands), on and on....
Everyone is oneself...