My Fiance,- It may take a lifetime to figure this one out... music, plays, poetry, minor repairs, grand inventions, enlightening discourse, remote-controlled UFOs, creek swimming, rock skipping, whistling, recycling, good wine, good vodka, neighborhood bouquets, pumpkin carving, paper-mache, duct-tape and kinkos art (master level), longboards, circuit bending, organic food, aesthetic advice, insane antics, quiet appreciation (earplugs)...
Sympathetic Souls, Everyday Bhuddas, Unabashed Geniuses, Sporty Introverts, Adventurous Readers, Dedicated Nerds, Walking Encyclopedias, Understated Revolutionaries, Leaders-By-Example, Intrepid Trippers, Literature Hounds, Sensitive Bastards, Smelly Supermodels, Expert Chefs, Satanic Mechanics, Aesthetic Artisans, Silent Fashionistas, Retired Brawlers, 12-step Hookers, Charitable Massueses, Real People, Punk-Rock Royalty, Ocean Lovers, Patient Teachers, Radical Thinkers, Altruistic Philanthropists, Worldly Simpletons, Lifestyle Connoisseurs, Merciful Gods, Holistic Healers, Serious Stuntmen, Righteous Dentists, Winos, Greenthumbs, myself in a dark alley.
bob marley, bob dylan, jimi hendrix, john coltrane, charles mingus, sun ra, miles davis, louis armstrong, dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, theolonius monk, parliment funkadelic, poison idea, willie nelson, turbonegro, passout kings, NWA, public enemy, beastie boys, flaming lips, ween, pixies, melvins, nirvana, screaming trees, mudhoney, soundgarden, crash worship, blind lemon jefferson, robert johnson, the beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, mood area 52, t rex, captain beefheart, de la soul, tribe called quest, wu-tang, snoop dogg, dr. dre, hieroglyphics, white stripes, django, beck, sublime, outkast... so many more, so many amazing bands in this crazy LA scene... mostly i listen to KCRW- nic harcourt turns me on to tons of new music everyday, plus constant contact with NPR, PRI, BBC, pacifica radio news, etc., very necessary in my post-9/11 world...
Holy Mountain, La Dolce Vita, The Holiday, Down By Law, Every Man for Himself and God Against All, The Golden Fortress, City of God, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Sid and Nancy, The Yellow Submarine, The Red Balloon, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Polyester, Any Spaghetti Western or Bruce Lee Film, ... more to come...
More of a NPR guy, but I have specific television likes--- Showtime at the Apollo, SNL, The Simpsons, Conan O'Brien, Sports Machine with George Michael, and the news, news, news... we don't have cable, just rabbit ears.
Anything by: Shakespeare, Kesey, Burroughs, Camus, Salinger, O'Neill, Shaw, Chayefsky, Shepard, Edrich, Dickens, Cummings, Beckett, Brecht, Sedaris, Vonnegut, Bukowski, Rimbaud, so many more to read!
M.L.K. Jr., Ghandi, Malcolm X, Mother Theresa, Dalai Lama, Oprah, Zapata, Red Cloud, Cheif Joseph, Jesus, Bhudda, Krishna, Kali, My Grampa- Charles Allen, Col. (Ret.)