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Music:
endless!...random order...here we go: _._._._ OutKast (andre always speaks my mind somehow)....Camp Lo....Buena Vista Social Club (+ anyone affiliated, like Ruben Gonzalez, Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Compay Segundo, etc)....DJ Quik....all sorts of traditional music from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, latin america, the far east, middle east, the caribbean, etcetera, etcetera....Prince (hell, Sheila E too)....Tribe Called Quest....Stevie Wonder....the Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Jill Scott, etc....Pete Rock....Bjork....Les Nubians....Paris Combo....Edith Piaf....Jimi Hendrix....Tryo....Jay Dee aka J Dilla aka The Ummah....Sade, Sweetback, Maxwell....Fugees (+ solos)....Isaac Hayes....Pharcyde (+ solos)....Neptunes/NERD (+ solos)....Steely Dan (+ solos).....Herbie Hancock....obligatory Pac and Biggie props...obligatory Nas and Jay-Z props....Nicolay & Foreign Exchange....Digable Planets (+ solos)....all sorts of jazz, like miles/coltrane/monk/gillespie/blakey/ella/etc (i can't claim to be a 'head' though)....Hi-Tek....Premo....Afu-Ra....Will I Am....Ghostface....rza....ski....Heavy D....DJ Jazzy Jeff....Redman....Jazzanova....Blackalicious....Stan Fortuna....Jack Costanzo....Curtis Mayfield's voice....Arrested Developement (+ Speech)....Timbaland....Dallas Austin....D'Angelo....Sting....Phil Collins....Yo-Yo Ma....John Williams....Tan Dun....Chopin....Vivaldi....Andres Segovia....Madlib....Shock G....LL Cool J....Brasil 66 (Sergio Mendes), Jao and Bebel Gilberto, all that lovely stuff....Mars Volta....Alicia Keys (even though everyone's scared to say it)....KRS-1 and Kanye West blow me away, then annoy me, then blow me away, then aggrivate me again (Saul Williams is the same thing)....obligatory Rakim and Big Daddy Kane shout....K-OS....Deltron 3030 was a wonderful thing....Jean Grae....De La Soul....J-Live....Eminem could have been so much more, but still makes the list....loving this song "Clair" by Singer Unlilmited that's playing right now as i type this....RJD2....Aceyalone (new fan)....Zap Mama....Angelique Kidjo....Sly Stone and them....Ray Charles....En Vogue....Janet and MJ....Mary J Blige....Perceptionists....Clapton....all that Parliament stuff (especially Bernie Worrell)....all those Marleys....even these DMBs (previously)....Dan Bedrosian....Mark Munoz....the future Maldy masterpiece....Joe B's guitar liks....Cesaria Evora....Barrington Levy....been getting into some Chinese Ehru music lately....Missy Elliott....Carla Bruni...El Debarge....Dr Dre/Snoop....Bomb Squad....John Forte....gza....Yanni when live....Soulive....Santana....Fiona Apple....Jon Brion...Johnny J....Erick Sermon....Scott Storch....Menelik....Slick Rick....the Fresh Prince....Baatin....Kweli....Paris Lounge....Berlin Lounge....Masta Ace....Mystic...Jamiroquai...Amelie Soundtrack....on and on....
Movies:
--- random order ----: Count of Monte Cristo (recent version), Amelie, Hero, What Dreams MayCome, 3 Musketeers/4 Musketeers (1975), Triplets of Belleville, the Mask of Zorro, Heat, Man in the Iron Mask, thePassion, Pink Panther series (WITHOUT Beyonce), Star Wars saga, Karate Kid, My Fair Lady,Jurassic Park, Gridlock'd, Bourne Identity series, Prince of Egypt, and i know i'm missing some great ones
Television:
Voltron, MacGuyver, House, The Practice/Boston Legal, Cosby (both series'), 24, Heroes, Lost, Sports, History Channel, C-SPAN (especially BookTV), 1980's Sesame Street, Everybody Loves Raymond
Books:
the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series (Douglas Adams), Blink (Malcolm Gladwell), Jurassic Park & Lost World (Michael Crichton), actually: my relationship with books is like...my living quarters are filled with them, i'll spend an entire day off at Barnes n Noble ... and yet...mostly, i read what i'm interested in and move on. i have had brief but amazing flings with too many books to count.