Traveling, writing, outdoors, liberal politics, restoration, music (of course), frisbee on a beautiful day, jazz records and good coffee on a rainy one, long rambling conversations, dogs, hiking . .
Writers, musicians, painters, sculpters, architechts, hikers, bikers, talking-likers, lovers, anyone with a bona fide passion, travelers, friends from the past & future, taxi-cab drivers, real cowpeople, anyone known by or affiliated with The Jawah, folks who understand the value of a bellyshaking laugh, TC Boyle, a good plumber, people interested in Tibetan folklore, Ras Codiferi, The Kollector, Shutterbug and the rest of that crew, pool sharks, regular sharks, tree climbers, and anyone who marches to the beat of their own drummer.
Simon Joyner, Lambchop, My Morning Jacket, Calexico, Van Morrison, Wilco, Head of Femur, The Bruces, Outlaw Con Bandana, Newgrass Revival, Giant Sand, Gram Parsons, Coltrane, Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo, Dylan, Ladyfinger, Lullabye For The Working Class, Southpaw Bluegrass Band, Gilberto Gil, The Fiery Furnaces, Bruce Hornsby, The Sea & Cake, Old Crow Medicine Show, Isis, Drive-by Truckers, The Faint, Hot Rize, The Replacements, The Band, Band of Horses, The Felice Brothers, The Allman Bros, Widespread Panic, Dinosaur Jr., Marvin Gaye, Aceyalone, The Ideal Cleaners, Donna The Buffalo, Drew Emmitt Band, Tortoise, Dead, Springsteen, Tom Petty, Del McCoury Band, Early Man, McCarthy Trenching, Unshut, Death From Above 1979, Sideshow, Trans Am, Matt Cox, The Weary Boys, Afghan Whigs, Black Lips, King Kahn & The BBQ Show, The Box Elders, Tony Rice, Rainer Ptacek, Karp, Bad Brains, Coyote Bones, Architects, Last of The V8s, The Heavy . . . etc
The Life Aquatic, Into The Wild, No Country For Old Men, The Squid & The Whale, The Ice Storm, The Devil & Daniel Johnston, Raising Arizona, The Motorcyle Diaries, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, I'm Not There, The Royal Tennenbaums, Darjeeling Limited, O'Brother, Anchorman, Walk The Line, Where The Buffalo Roam, Nebraska Supersonic, Giant, East of Eden . . .
was a good band.
Anything by TC Boyle, good creative non-fiction, travel writing, social commentary, The Grapes of Wrath, The Catcher In The Rye, Lolita, Tim Cahill, Jon Krakauer, Hunter S Thompson, Maureen Dowd, Brothers by David Talbot, East of Eden, Ben Mezrich, Chuck Klosterman, . . . .
Ghandi, Jesus, Buddha, Martin Luther King Jr, The good Dr Thompson, Miles Davis & Duane Allman, my son, my older sister, Bill Clinton, my neighbor's dog . . . .