Playing and listening to music, reading and collecting books, stimulating conversation, spiritual anatomy, dog behavior, critical thinking, jewelry design/creation, perfumery/aromatherapy, alchemy, dance/choreography, human sexuality, shopping, travel, drawing, knife-throwing, martial arts, and lots more ...
Rumi, Joseph Campbell, Noam Chomsky, Martha Graham, Pablo Neruda, William Gray, Israel Regardie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Lou Reed, ...tbc...
The Velvet Underground, The Band, Nina Simone, Drive By Truckers, Townes Van Zandt, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Calexico, Neil Young, Crazy Horse, The Devil's Own, Madera Road, Miles Davis, Gillian Welch, Faces, The Flatlanders, John Coltrane, Sparklehorse, Patsy Cline, Pink Floyd, Waylon Jennings, Fu Manchu, Whiskeytown, Sarah Vaughan, Merle Haggard, The Rolling Stones, Tom Waits, Journey (pre-Steve Perry), Jimi Hendrix, Willie Nelson, David Bowie, I Can Lick Any SOB In the House, Michael Dean Damron, Jason and the Scorchers, ZZ Top, Pantera, A.J. Roach, Trailer Bride, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, George Jones, The Stooges, X, Slim Harpo, Anne McCue, Sly and the Family Stone, Hank Williams (Sr., Jr., & III), The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, The Jayhawks, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, MC5, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, John Doe, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Brian Eno, Billy Joe Shaver, Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, Tom Petty, Jesus Lizard, Shirley Horn, Motorhead, Television, Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Wilson Gil and the Willful Sinners, Robert Johnson, Southern Bitch, Neko Case, The Ramones, Big Star, Billie Holiday, Jenny Kerr Band, R.L. Burnside, Wilco, Tammy Wynette, Bessie Smith, Royal Trux, Lucinda Williams, Cream, Cowboy Junkies, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, Sheryl Crow, Mojave 3, Screaming Trees, The Lazy Stars, The Snake Handlers, Shurman, The Nerve Meter, Om Attack, Red House Painters, Laughing Stock, Son Volt, Morphine, Patti Smith, Loretta Lynn, Jessie Colter, Boss Hog, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Tindersticks, Janes Addiction, Leonard Cohen, Mark Insley, Dave Insley, Trophy Husbands, Apocalyptica, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Chet Baker, Lithium Milkshake, Dolly Rocker, Dolly Varden, Flaming Lips, Supersuckers, Camper Van Beethoven, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Heart, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Speedealer, Last of the Blacksmiths, Slobberbone, Etta James, The Descendents, Metallica, PJ Harvey, The Who, The New York Dolls, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Black Flag, The Dead Kennedys, Primus, Tool, Carolyn Mark, Cowboy Nation, Fleetwood Mac, T Rex, Duane Jarvis, Talking Heads, Pixies, King Crimson, Yes, ...to be continued ...
Microcosmos, The Big Lebowski, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Paris Texas, Cabaret, The Man who fell to Earth, Year of the Horse, The Last Waltz, Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Walk the Line, Live Nude Girls Unite!, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy, ...tbc...
The Valkyries, Jesus' Son, Angels, American Gods, Pharmako Trilogy, The Tree of Life, Dreams of Being Eaten Alive, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Like This, The Book of Questions, Little Essays on Truth, Still Life with Woodpecker, Sarah, Ariel, Jung and Tarot, Manufacturing Consent, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Siddhartha, ...tbc...
My parents, my grandparents, Jane Brown (my dance teacher), Mr. Fischer (my high school English teacher), Kim Gordon, Patti Smith, Martha Graham, Nina Simone, George Carlin, Noam Chomsky, Iggy Pop, Scott Davidson, Jeff Lucas, Hank (my dog)