Music , Astros , good tequila , words , laughter , politics , interesting things .
I'd like to meet:
Masters of hyperbole; scorners of derision; neo-schädenfreudeists, fire-starters, True Believers of all sizes and ability ...
Music:
Lately it's been all about the Austin/Texas Bands: Spoon , the Riverboat Gamblers , Black Angels , What Made Milwaukee Famous , Zykos , the Wannabes, Alpha Rev , Centro-matic , Cruiserweight , the Deathray Davies , Endochine , Ghostland Observatory , And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead, Grand Champeen , the Household Names , Black irish, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness , the Reivers, Kissinger , the Lemurs , Pong , American Analog Set, This Microwave World , Subset, and so on and so forth.
Movies:
The Forbidden Zone ,
Deathrace 2000 ,
Six-String Samurai ,
Sin City ,
Kill Bill ,
Casablanca ,
Basketball , Better off Dead, Office Space, LoTR, Spinal Tap, etc.
See 'em all at the Alamo Drafthouse .
Television:
Dumb comedy and dumb sci-fi ... I dvr The Daily Show , Meet the Press , and This Week with George Snuffalufagus .
Books:
Poly-sci/Founding Fathers kinda stuff, Sidaris, Heller, Heinlein, LoTR, interesting sci-fi/fantasy, and the harry potters (I know...). I also keep up with a few magazines: Texas Observer , CMJ, Magnet, and Maxim - just for the articles ;). Also trying to get back to wading through the complete works of Tommy Jefferson, a collection of gnostic spirtual texts (the Gnostic Bible), and a book about Steve Jobs. Enjoyed Kinky Friedman's "Jesus, Elvis, & Coca-Cola".
Heroes:
Revolutionaries, outcasts, misfits, and nerds who have a sense of humor.
