Performing Improv-Comedy, taking Melodica lessons, and mostly spending time with my beautiful wife and raising my three amazing and beautiful kids up "proper". And I love obscure references. Also enjoy seeking rare, out-of-print, or imported music. All things West Virginia University. To re-unite The Style Council and dance around with Dee C. Lee
I'd like to meet:
Ceux qui m'incitent à secouer mon âne
Ceux qui me font le sourire
Endroits où ceux qui m'incitent à secouer mon âne et ceux qui me font le rassemblement de sourire
Music:
Cottonbelly, Sweetback, SADE, Chocolate Genius, Angelo Badalamenti, Lee Scratch Perry, Bumcello, Everything But The Girl / Tracey Thorn, Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry, Bjork -Sugarcubes, The Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller, Si*Se, Cibo Matto, Erlend Oye / Kings of Convienence / Whitest Boy Alive, Arto Lindsay, The (English) Beat, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Todd Rundgren, Cheap Trick, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Eg and Alice's 24 Years of Hunger, Beth Orton, Olu, Shuggie Otis, SADE, Parliament-Funkadelic, Isaac Hayes, Prince + Jimi + J.B. (the holy trinity of groove), The Who, Elvis Costello, The Police / Sting, Stevie, Brand New Heavies, Bob Marley, Thievery Corporation, Santessa, Aya, Ivana Santilli, Koop, Les Nubians, Suba, DJ Spooky, Mad Professor, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, SADE, kd lang, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Gil Scott-Heron, Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones + The Dap Kings, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cat Power, Corey Harris, MeShell Ndegeocello, and once again, SADE. All things ADU-MATTHEWMAN-DENMAN-HALE. Most anything british (or otherwise imported) from the "video-era", seventies soul/funk music, dub. Anything and everything Stuart Matthewman and/or Marc Anthony Thompson have their hands on - man I could go on forever (on and on til the break adawn)- all over the map. To quote TSC, "My Ever Changing Moods". And, might I add, that nothing makes a good thing better like the vocal stylings of Ms. Vinia Mojica.
Movies:
Any Scene with Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Gries, or Gary Cole in it. Annie Hall. Woody Allen films. Polish Brothers movies - in particular Jackpot! Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Badalamenti's score!)+ David Lynch - Lost In Translation, The Station Agent, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, The Big Lebowski, Dirty Pretty Things, Shaun Of The Dead (in the face of death would be the only time to toss a 12" Diamond Life LP), Dwight Yoakam in SlingBlade + Jon Gries in Napoleon Dynamite. Jim Jarmusch + Christopher Guest. Revenge of The Nerds! And hey, it's 2008 - can a brother not get The Whoopie Boys on DVD already!
Television:
Yes..as a matter of fact (not to brag), we have 2. Cash-Cab. My favorite commercials are the Twin Peaks Georgia Coffee ads and, of course, the Scratch Perry Guinness spots. 30-Rock (Yay Tina Fey) and Strangers With Candy (Yay Amy Sedaris). Newhart. Twin Peaks. Lost. Spongebob. Reaper. Flight of the Conchords.
Books:
Patient by Ben Watt. Assorted Music Magazines and CD Liner Notes (especially those of DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid). Roald Dahl + Shel Silverstein books with the girls.
Heroes:
Stan Gable. How does he balance being an All-American QB for Adams College Atoms, President of Greek Council, and still find time to occasionally tap Betty Childs ace...Impressive.
