Music*** Politics *** Sports*** Cahhs *** Movies with Mrs. H. ***All of the Henry Girls *** Chasing Rainbows *** Doing backround work for Novel based on the ongoing shenannigans at Diamond Chevrolet
My Guardian Angel to say thanks for keeping me out of harm's way for the past Fifty plus years *** The guy who invented potato chips so I can punch him in the nose*** Ben Franklin to discuss anything and everything *** My Great Great Grandfather to ask him why he really jumped ship in Nova Scotia *** Frank Pepe of Wooster Street New Haven to thank him for inventing the world's best pizza***Wookubus to see how he always seems to knows what's coming next*** The bastard who stole Bridget's bike with the penguin dingalingy so I can give him some Diamond justice****
Deftones ***Tool *** Cave In*** 311*** Boy Sets Fire*** Rage*** S.O.A.D.*** Offspring***SKINDRED!*** NIN ***Soulfly*** Cypress Hill*** NWA** Ice Cube*** Faith No More (and all the other crazy Mike bands)*** Beatles*** Kinks*** Stones (1965-75)*** The Who*** Jimi*** Zeppelin*** Traffic*** Cream*** Yardbirds*** Jeff Beck *** Animals*** Young Rascals ***Alvin Lee and Ten Years After***Jethro Tull***Bob Dylan***The Band*** The Byrds*** Little Feat*** The Flying Burrito Bros*** Jerry Garcia*** Grateful Dead*** New Riders of the Purple Sage*** George Thorogood and the Destroyers*** The Clash***Elvis Costello***Bob Marley (and Ziggy)***Peter Tosh***Jimmy Cliff***Toots and the Maytalls***Taj Mahal*** Steely Dan***Allman Brothers***Neil Young***Tommy Makem***Guns and Roses***Lou Reed*** Velvet Underground***Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers***Moulty and the Barbarians***NIGHTFLIGHT*** THE 4 TEENS***Orpheus***John Mayall (and the Bluesbreakers et al.)*** Johnny Winter***BB King*** Willy Dixon*** Wilson Pickett*** Muddy Waters*** {Groups that should have stopped after the first album(probably) second album(definitely): Korn***Limp Bizkit***Slipknot***}{Groups that Bridget introduced to me: Refused*** Bad Brains***De La Soul***Failure*** Converge*** Dredg*** Indecision/Most Precious Blood} Radiohead***Sublime*** The Prodigy*** Vast***Fuel***Filter***P.O.D.***Sevendust***Reveille***GENUF LECT***Godsmack*** Joe C with K R in the good old days of firing one up behind the shed***ESCAPE TO EVERYTHING ( but only if Andy is playing!)***
Solid Gold Icons: Godfather I Godfather II*** Lawrence of Arabia*** Casablanca***The Searchers***The Quiet Man*** To Kill a Mockingbird*** From Here to Eternity***Shane***The Man Who Who Would Be King***High Noon***Apocalypse Now***A Bronx Tale*** Full Metal Jacket*** True Romance***Tombstone***The Seven Samurai***Bridge on the River Kwai***The Producers(1968 Zero and Gene version)***Animal House***Blues Brothers***Caddyshack***Office Space***Napoleon Dynamite***Dogma***On the Waterfront***Braveheart***The Usual Suspects***In Harm's Way***The Guns of Navarone***American Beauty*** Lord of the Rings Trilogy***Mister Roberts***THe Maltese Falcon*** The Guns of Navarone***Field of Dreams***The Natural***North By Northwest***The Verdict***The Philadelphia Story***Last of the Mohicans***Goodfellas***Gangs of New York*** Rudy*** The Boondock Saints***.......2006 updates ***THE DEPARTED***NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN***There Will Be Blood***
Way too many shows over the years to make a list*** One exception is my favorite comedy series:Taxi*** Not a big TV Drama fan but I'm a talking heads freak*** Tim Russert's show stands out among the crowd*** I probably spend more time reading, on the web and listening to talk radio***
Still working on a Format *** Tentative categories: Most recently read and reread)*** Books that I claim to have read but never got past page ten***Books that challenged and/or changed my view on life......Most recently read: The Education of a Coach- David Halberstam *** Chronicles-Bob Dylan ***Charlie Wilson's War- George Crile***Lyra's Oxford-Philip Pullman***Ecclesiazusae- Aristophanes***Mandragola-Niccolo Machiavelli***The Constant Gardiner-John Le Carre(originally slated to be on my list of never getting past page ten but one of his best efforts although not being well represented by the film i.m.h.o.)
Winston Churchill***Joshua Chamberlain***Saint Paul***Bobby Orr*** Abraham Lincoln*** Sister M Ursala (Earle) SSJ The BEST teacher I ever had... Requiescat in Pace