The 36 years (and counting) of futility I have felt as a Knick fan, the ever increasing importance of family and friends, strong drinks, serious fiction, quality investigative journalisim, progressive politics, the method, emerging cultural trends, New York nitelife, models who act, actresses who model, waitresses who serve, women's volleyball, independent cinema, funky beats, hot loops, rare grooves, mad flows, soulful vocalists, hotties who roll, great food that's well prepared and presented, imported cigars, high stakes blackjack, intensely competetive backgammon, great lyrics, important dialogue, heart felt, improvisational performances, erotic art, travel, Yankee pitching, digital distribution and networking, solid stock tips, innovative thinking, hot spots, people who understand how well rhyme pays, hustlers who win, pimps who love, hookers with hearts of gold and all of the other outsiders looking for a way in.
...see interests...
Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Sly, James Brown(RIP), Aretha, Carlos Santana, Gil Scott Herron, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Biggie, MFSB, John Coltrane, Eric B and Rakim, Run/DMC, Slick Rick, The Beasties, EPMD, Maxwell, Sade, Astrud Gilberto, Airto, Flora Purim, Gladys Knight, Teena Marie, Rick James BITCH, The Police, John Mayer, Beck, Joni Mitchell, The Temptations, John, Paul, George and Ringo, A Tribe Called Quest, Laura Nyro, U2, Thomas Dolby, Massive Attack, Minnie Ripperton, Latifah, The Emotions, En Vouge, Blackstreet, Van Morrison, The Crusaders, War, LL COOL J, Public Enemy, De La, J Dilla(RIP), D'Angelo, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Prince, Parliment, Bootsy, Mandrill, L Boogie, Rahsaan Patterson, Kindred The Family Soul, Jodeci, Loose Ends, Wally Badarou, Gwen Gutherie, Weather Report, Blastmaster KRS-1, Stetsasonic, Lord Finesse, Al B. Sure! Common, Dre, Outkast, Joss Stone, Big Daddy Kane, 50, Ice Cube, The Lox, TLC, Corine Bailey Rae, George Michael, Luther Vandross, Nas, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holliday, Leela James, Anthony Hamilton, Al Green, Bobby Womack, The O'Jays, Mary J. Blige, Talking Heads, Chick Corea and RTF, Sting, Curtis Mayfield, Clapton, The Stones, The Staples, Gangstarr, G-Unit, Kanye, Lupe Fiasco, Al Jarreau, AWB, Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Wes Montgomery, Jose Feliciano, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Funkadelic, Janet Jackson, R. Kelly, Jigga, Diggin' In The Crates Crew, The Great Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five, Raphael Saadiq, Tupac, Jill Scott, BB King, Mo Dee, The Prentenders, The Smiths, Donny Hathaway, Eumir Deodato, Kool and The Gang, The Blackbyrds, Floetry, The Roots, Mos Def, Bill Withers, Jaguar Wright, Thievery Corporation, Macy Gray, Schooly D, Patrice Rushen, George Benson, Bobbi Humphrey, Steely Dan, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Isaac Hayes, The Isley Brothers, The Black Eyed Peas, and Guy. I gotta go now 'cause I think I hear something new that I like.
Herbie Hancock - Butterfly
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Reds, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, The Sting, Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather I and II, American Gangster, The Getaway, Bullit, Three Days Of The Condor, The Parallax View, Shampoo, $, Heaven Can Wait, Bugsy, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Mack, The Hustler, The Cincinati Kid, The Apartment, Lawrence of Arabia, My Favorite Year, Dr. Strangelove, The Apostle, Heat, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Twelve Chairs, All The President's Men, Tootsie, Rain Man, The Little Big Man, Wag The Dog, JFK, The President's Analyst, On The Waterfront, Apocolypse Now, Marathon Man, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The War of The Worlds, I Am Legend, The Minority Report, Munich, Babel, 21 Grams, The House of Sand and Fog, Requeim For A Dream, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Good Night and Good Luck, Quiz Show, In America, Michael Clayton, In The Valley of Elah, No Country For Old Men, The Fugitive, The Shape of Things, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Spanish Prisoner, Heist, Spartan, 4 Little Girls, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Blue Collar, Lady Sings The Blues, Which Way Is Up?, Hit, The Way We Were, What's Up Doc, Paper Moon, Little Miss Sunshine, The Treasure of The Siera Madre, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Cassablanca, Citizen Kane, All That Jazz, Cabaret, Chicago, Straight No Chaser,'Round Midnight, Sparkle, Claudine, Patton, The Flim Flam Man, In The Heat of The Night, To Kill A Mocking Bird, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Set It Off, Juice, Boyz In The Hood, Menace II Society, Gladiator, Braveheart, The Road Warrior, 28 Days Later, WATTSTAX, Rize, All We Are Saying, Searching For Debra Winger, The Contender, Norma Rae, Silkwood, North Country, The French Connection, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Klute, Coming Home, The Horse Whisperer, Dirty Harry, Million Dollar Baby, Bowling For Columbine, Farenheit 9/11, The Aristocrats, Shaft, Superfly, New Jack City, The Conversation, Birdy, Alien, Purple Rain, Krush Groove, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, After Hours, The Last Seduction, The Front, Run Lola Run, Ponet, Diva, Le Femme Nikita, Like Water For Chocolate, Cinema Paradiso, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Closer, Alfie, Layer Cake, Syriana, Leaving Las Vegas, The Usual Suspects, 3 Days In The Valley, Glengary Glenn Ross, Save The Tiger, The Taking of Pelham 123, Across 110th Street, Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Casino Royale, Hustle And Flow, Crash, Traffic, Hotel Rwanda, Network, Chinatown, A Few Good Men, An Officer and A Gentleman, American Gigolo, 9 1/2 Weeks, Unfaithful, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Body Heat, Iron Man, Batman Forever, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, Double Indemnity, Resevoir Dogs, True Romance, Kalifornia, A New Leaf, The Sweet Smell of Success, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Eight Men Out, Hoop Dreams, Soul In the Hole, Monster's Ball, One False Move, The Front Page, It's A Wonderful Life, His Girl Friday, The Third Man, and on and on and on.....
The L Word, Weeds, CNN, C-SPAN2, Tell Me You Love Me, In Treatment, Brotherhood, Damages, Charlie Rose, VH-1 Soul, BET J, Inside The Actor's Studio, ESPN, NBA basketball, Major League Baseball and the various Law And Order shows.
The Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Stranger In a Strange Land, Honor Thy Father, Our Game, A Man In Full, The Children, The 50's, Summer of '49, October '64, This Business Of Music, Hitmen, Stiffed, Money For Nothing, Divided Soul, Holler If You Hear Me, Race Matters, The Souls of Black Folks, Jazz, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Bonfire of The Vanities, The Plot Against America, A Moveable Feast, Oliver Twist, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, The Man in My Basement, Native Son, The Genius of The System, Fade To Black, Final Cut, Soul On Ice, Six Easy Pieces, Worse Than Watergate, The Agency, Presumed Innocent, The Fire Next Time, Never Drank The Kool Aid, Showman, The King of The Cats, The Hounorable School Boy, Big Bad Brawley Brown, and Glamorama are just a few of the titles that have illuminated our path along the way.
Malcolm X, Paul Robeson, Gordon Parks, Cesar Chavez, Bill Russell, Jane Fonda, Billie Jean King, Frank Wills, single parents everywhere, and the few who continue to sacrifice for the many.