Theatre acting art poker cooking painting wine vodka tonics traveling chunky peanut butter Basquiat makin love with my ipod on bull fighting soccer warm sand coca-cola gummie bottles tennis mountain biking karokee YANKEE BASEBALL deepsea fishing run on disjointed sentences and being a dumbass.
Let's see if I can narrow my taste down to a few artists. Aesop Rock, Doseone,Saul Williams, Frank!,Rolling Stones, The Small Stars, DJ Shadow, Jeff Buckley, Frank Black, Bjork, Jimmy Scott, Miles Davis, Subtle,Why?,Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Ben Folds, Arcade Fire, El-P, David Byrne, Joanna Newsome,Tom Waits, Blackalicious, My Morning Jacket, Loretta Lynn, Damien Rice, Themselves, Bright Eyes, Fela Kuti, Explosions in the Sky, Cash, Modest Mouse, Gorillaz, GZA, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Maria Callas, The Shins, Roy Orbison, NIN, Prince, Radiohead, Neil Diamond, most ALL DEFJUX and ANTICON artists,...don't forget Hall and Freaking Oats!
Jimmy Scott
Best Vocalist most people have never heard of.
Films are so important to me, it's hard to list just few.Let me first say this. Taxi Driver changed my life. It was what made me want to be actor. SCARFACE IS OVERRATED!!! Here are a few films and performances that continue to give me inspiration and make me fall in love with acting and the art of cinema all over again. Shame more people don't see or are familiar with theatre, because I would riff on that as well. Here I go...just a few:Philip,Philip, Philip Seymore Fucking Hoffman. Thank God he is finally getting recognition for his brillance. He's the best thing in all his movies. Watch out for Terrance Howard, he's on his way.Anything Paul Thomas AndersonAll Stanley Kubrick(Thanks Cary for that one.)Scorsese-When he's good he's amazing!Cohen BrothersMost Edward Norton (come on Ed...let's not do crap)Early Deniro-Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Bloody Mama, Bang the Drum Slowly,...of course, Raging Bull and GoodfellasEarly Pacino- Scarecrow, Panic in Needle Park, Dogday Afternoon, Godfather II(II is much better than original)...Yes, ScarfaceDustin Hoffman-enough saidGeoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchette, Jeffery Wright,Brando,DANIEL DAY LEWIS! SEAN PENN!Also watch out for Peter Scarsgard (Watch Jarhead, He's fantastic)-Raising Arizona -Bicycle Thief -Apocolypse Now -High Fidelty -Whale Rider -Sexy Beast -Happiness -Dogville -The Celebration -Last Tempation of Christ -Magnolia -Squid and the Whale -Bottle Rocket -Requiem for a Dream -Do the Right Thing -Very Long Engagment -25th Hour - ))(( (If you've seen this movie you would know it) -Frida as well as Titus(love you Julie Taymor) -Hedwig and The Anrgy Inch -Splash (Young Tom Hanks...fantastic) -Field of Dreams (sorry) -Rudy(come on, gotta love Rudy) -Top Gun( it's the little boy in me. Was Maverick for halloween when I was 8) -SpaceBalls (Sorry...again)Just too many to name .Love Forgein as well as Docs. Rent something you've never heard of. You might be suprised.
Hemmingway, Miller, Kundera, Hawking, Ellis, Eggers, Sedaris...
My Grandfather...I miss you. Anyone who fully appreciates life.