First and foremost, traveling, especially in third world countries, meditation,writing, reading, dancing, politics, turntablism, photography, soccer,cycling cannabis sativa, surfing occasionally, cooking, laughing, romantic interludes even though one love is better, sex, the beautiful things that exist everywhere....I can't list everything because I'm open to pretty much anything that comes my way andI'm a shellback...Arr!
Good people. Sane people. Smart people. Interesting people.Wise people. Beautiful people. Other people who know how to find humor in the darkness of life. The woman I'm going to share my life with... And another worldly person whom I could model myself after. Prophets,past and present.
First and foremost,euphoric electronica, downtempo, hip hop,dub, drumnbass, breakbeats and reggae...then comes jazz, jamband junk, house music, brazilian samba, indie, zydeco, bluegrass, new orleans jazz, middle eastern, bhangrah, most latin, opera, yep opera..It's touching to see live.thievery corporation, smith and mighty, kruder and dorfmeister, jeru, tribe, roots, jurassic 5, thelonious monk, interpol, steel pulse, every marley, matisyahu, fugazi, massive attack, 311, eureka street jazz band, johnny cash, nervous cabaret, and all the new good shit that comes out. I'm getting to old to be listing my favorite bands.......My taste in music is better than yours....How about that?
I like movies, but if I have to list some, City of God, Amores Perros, Football Factory, Belly, Casablanca, The Beach, Baraka,Jack the bear, Sex y Lucia, Boondock Saints, Godfather II, the Jackass movies (sophomoric humor at it's best), documentaries
Sometimes I like to watch movies on TV.
The Torah, The Bible, The Koran, The Tibetan book of the Dead.....Anything Tao....Vonegut, Bukowski,Hitchens, Hemmingway, Hunter S. Thompson, as well as the hundreds of nonfiction, texts, guides, and manuals(if they count). I'm a sponge. I read it if it will teach me anything worthwhile or save me from getting lost.
Anyone who has given themselves wholeheartedly for a cause and never once asked for anything in return, my parents, Poppy,my uncle Rich- whose death has become the most significant marker in my life, my friend Todd, Richard Pryor, myself, my mentor James, and anyone else who influences me to do things the right way and Al Gore, for inventing the internet. Thanks Al.