Politics, music, surfing, snorkeling, hiking, golfing, USC football, cooking delicious vegan food, fine ales and red wines.
Just keeping in touch with friends...
Anything except rap and country, provided that it is good. Here are some faves:
Black Sabbath,
Ozzy,
Metallica (first three albums only),
Slayer,
Pantera,
Lamb of God,
Queensryche,
Megadeth,
Type O Negative,
The Jimi Hendrix Experience,
The Beatles,
The Doors,
The Rolling Stones,
Van Halen,
Infectious Grooves,
Primus,
Fishbone,
Parliament,
White Zombie,
Static-X,
Monster Magnet,
Hanzel und Gretyl,
Shadows Fall,
Led Zeppelein,
Aerosmith,
SRV,
The Who,
Morphine,
Iron Maiden,
Leatherwolf,
AC/DC,
Corrosion of Conformity,
Rush,
The Cult,
Danzig,
L.A. Guns,
Bang Tango,
Betty Blowtorch,
Burning Brides,
Dirty Looks,
Electric Boys,
Fastway,
Ratt,
Tool,
Metal Church,
Ministry,
Marilyn Manson,
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Murderdolls,
Motley Crue,
The Dead Kennedys,
Sex Pistols,
Michael Hedges,
Bach,
Bella Fleck and the Flecktones,
The Asylum Street Spankers, Spinal Tap,
The Folksmen,
The Main Street Singers,
Spongy Muphins,
The Phalanges,
Mother England,
etc., etc., etc...
Mostly political/nature documentaries, and foreign/indie films. Here are some: The Empire Strikes Back, This is Spinal Tap, Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Planet Earth, Control Room, OutFoxed, Berkeley in the '60s. Movies are OK, but I prefer reading.
I rarely watch TV, but when I feel the need to subject myself to the government mind control box, I'll watch Family Guy, American Dad, Simpsons, Futurama, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and USC football games. Everything else is pretty much assinine.
Politics, politics, and more politics. I also like science fiction and biographies (especially presidential bios). Hunter S. Thompson is a definite fave. Yep, big-time nerd.
Politics: Gandhi, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill Moyers, Bill Hicks, Nelson Mandela, Noam Chomsky, Michael Parenti, Amy Goodman, Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, Cesar Chavez, and Ralph Nader when he is not running for President.
Bass: Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, Steve Harris, Robert Trujillo, Les Claypool, John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Kyle Kyle, John Entwistle, "Shorty" Blue Augustine, Bootsy Collins, Charles Mingus, Victor Wooten, Doug Wimbish, Derek Smalls.
And all my cool vegan/veggie friends who lead by example and know better than to preach at carnivores!