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phil

So here we are tonight you and me together. The storm outside, the fire is bright. And in your eyes

About Me

"Life without Limits" is our catch phrase. FREE Magazine embodies everything we are all about. Life, Luxury, Music and making the impossible possible.

My Interests

Music, politics, philosophy, travel, living life.www.freedmc.com

I'd like to meet:

Music lovers, musicians, artists, writers, creative people of all types who have a voice and the courage to use it. Those who are open minded and challenge life and themselves rather than just get by. In short, no blue pills allowed. Let's all see how far the rabbit hole goes together....

Music:

Dave Matthews Band, Incubus, Jay-Z, B.I.G. Tupac, Mos Def, The Roots, U2, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, Bloc Party, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Editors, Elbow, Zero 7, Anita Baker, Alicia Keys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wu Tang, Omar, Jamiroquai, Radiohead, Common, O.A.R, Portishead, Guns & Roses, Van Halen, KRS- One, Dwele, Stevie Wonder, Prince, D'Angelo, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Mingus, Monk, Bird, Sonny Rollins, Frank Sinatra, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Seal, Sting, Rage Against the Machine, Nick Drake, Fat Joe, John Mayer, Living Colour, Frou Frou/Imogen Heap, Beanie Sigel, Bob Marley, Chet Baker, Sade, Eric Roberson, Little Brother, M.O.P, Maroon 5. The Doors, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Wayne Shorter, Mobius Band, SureFire, Goapele, Franz Ferdinand, The Gorillaz, Mary J. Blige, Under The Influence of Giants, Young Love, Snow Patrol, The Killers, TV on the Radio, The Rapture, The Dears, Yo La Tengo, The Epochs, Fall Out Boy, 30 Second to Mars, Arcade Fire, Mikel Paris, Interpol, The New Pornographers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Stars

Movies:

Star Wars Trilogy, Matrix Trilogy, Garden State, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Fight Club, LOTR, GodFather pt 1 and 2, GoodFellas, Jerry Maguire, Scarface, The Notebook, Carlito's Way, Motorcycle Diaries, Top Gun, Fog of War, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boomerang, Love Jones, Serendipidity, High Fidelity, American Beauty, Closer, Ocean's 11 & 12, OldBoy, Alfie (the Jude Law version), Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, The Corporation. The Iron Giant, Love Actually, An Inconvenient Truth, Why We Fight and too many Anime series to name

Television:

24, Smallville, The Simpsons, RR/RW Challenge (any season), Deadwood, Rome, The Sopranos, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiam, Love Monkey (it should not have been cancelled)

Books:

Invisible Man (ellison), The Fountainhead, The Power Elite, LBJ books by Robert Caro

Heroes:

My Dad, Frank Sinatra, Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, Howard Roark

My Blog

New Music to Live To....

If you listen to the radio (yeah right) or see the occasional..and I do mean occasional video on MTV or god forbid BET...its easy to think that the music scene is pretty wack. Actually just the opposi...
Posted by phil on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:00:00 PST

Ticketmaster is evil...

Anyone who goes to concerts will understand what I am saying. Ticketmaster has a monopoly on the distribution of tickets at most medium sized to large venues around the country. Chances are if you wan...
Posted by phil on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST

This is a song about love, sex and death

That was the theme for the weekend for the two DMB shows at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was a great weekend of music and a great chance to meet new friends...all of you know who you are b...
Posted by phil on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:16:00 PST

All You Need is Love

Went to see the Cirque du Soleil show Love which is based on the music of The Beatles. It was spectacular to say the least. Of course, I am a fan of the Beatles so I am biased from a muscial perspecti...
Posted by phil on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST

Vegas Chronicles weekend #1

Well this is my first chance to recap my first weekend in Vegas in what will be a 10 day visit through the west coast. For the record, let me say I am happy just to be here because I was leaving from ...
Posted by phil on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:37:00 PST

"Eat, Drink and Be Merry....."

Words to live by. I can't take credit for that phrase but it's used in one of my favorite DMB songs "Tripping Billies" and it perfectly fits my mood. Sometimes we get so busy that we don't take a mome...
Posted by phil on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:13:00 PST

You Know How We Do in the Club.....

Finally the weather is changing on the east coast. A young man's vision begins to set itself on the same thing it did in the winter. That's right....going out, having a good time, living a good life a...
Posted by phil on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:52:00 PST

Life in Stereo....or rather surround sound

This is the first in what will be an ongoing series examining the the ups and downs of my life. Now that sounds dramatic and full of activity. That's because it is. There is full blown activity going ...
Posted by phil on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:33:00 PST