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I've lived in (for at least 6 months and often longer):
Chicago, IL
Santa Cruz, CA
Buffalo Grove, IL
Eugene, OR
Portland, OR
Bend, OR
Milan, Italy
Adelaide, Australia
on the road
Torino, Italy
Bonn, Germany
Wiesbaden/Mainz Germany
Louisville, KY
(Ive visited tons of other places and lived in some of them for shorter periods of time.
Countries Ive visited and traveled in:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Belize
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
England
France
Germany
Gibralter
Guatemala
Holland
Italy
Laos
Mexico
Morocco
Poland
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
USA
I'd like to meet:
Barack Obama, George w. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, Bob Dylan, Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Scarlet Johansen, Muhammad Ali, an investor with 20 grand
Music:
Shows I've seen over the years
some I liked more than others some Groups I've seen more times than others...
George Clinton
JJ Grey & MOFRO
Sonny Landreth
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Lucero
Bobby Bare Jr.
Pat Metheny
Christian McBride
Antonio sanchez
Futureman's Black Mozart Ensemble
The Police
Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy
Antibalas
Zappa Plays Zappa
Wax Fang
Roger Waters
Kill Hannah
Jimmie Vaughn
Junior Brown
Elana James & The Continental Two
The Eels
Ryan Adams
Mute Math
Mix Master Mike
Gnarls Barkley
The Flaming Lips
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Thievery Corporation
Manu Chao
Andrew Bird
Pepper
Poi Dog Pondering
Melvin Seals
Bonnaroo
The Wood Brothers
Seu Jorge
Devandra Banhart
Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove
Ricky Skaggs
Buddy Guy
Medeski, Martin & Wood w/DJ Logic,G. Love
& Oliver Wood
Radiohead
Dr. John
GRAB
Sonic Youth
Phil Lesh w/Jon Scofield
Dave Matthews Band
Black Crowes
Belle & Sebastian
The New Pornographers
Tood Snider
Calexico/Iron & Wine
Derek Trucks Band
Keller Williams
Southern Culture On The Skids
My Morning Jacket
Victor Wooten
Matisyahu
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Jack Johnson
The Word
James McMurtry
Keller Williams
Trey Anastasio
George Porter Jr
Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
Rebirth Brass Band
Anders Osborne
Pixies
DJ Olive
The Duo
Critters Buggin
Jonathan Richman
Sex Mob
Medeski, Martin and Wood with Marc Ribot & John Scofield
Hives
The Darkness
Franz Ferdinan
Phish
John Scofield Trio
Tortoise,
David Murrary and the Gwo Kai Masters
DJ Krush
Cowboy Junkies
Stockholm Syndrom
Ween
Jay Farrar
Ratdog
Lucky Dube
The Dead
Bob Dylan
Allman Brothers
Karl Denson Tiny Universe
Camper Van Beethoven
Mars Mushrooms
Yo La Tengo
Tori Amos
Stanton Moore and friends (Skerik, Chris Wood, Dave Ellis)
Neil Young
Santana
Wilco
Natalie Merchant
Gomez
Jamiroquai
Suzanne Vega
Spearhead
Maceo Parker
Ani Difranco
Paul McCartney
Bill Frisell
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Tom Waits
Phil Lesh and Friends
Moe.
Paolo Conte
David Grisman
Ornette Coleman
Sonny Rollins
Elvin Jones
Laurie Anderson
String cheese Incident
Zero
Steve Kimmock
Janes Addiction
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Fishbone
Public Enemy
Sonic Youth
Jello Biafra
Lollapalloza
Furthur Fest
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Phish
The Band
Sting
Grateful Dead
Robert Cray
Huey Lewis & The News
Bryan Adamas
Michael Jackson
Movies:
Ghost World
Lost In Translation
Ghostbusters
Good Luck & Good Night
Syriana
Stranger Than Paradise
Zeitgeist
Loose Change
Star Wars original Trilogy,
Big Lebowski,
Kingpin,
The Pianist,
Doctor Strangelove,
Indiana Jones trilogy,
Matrix (the first one),
Blade Runner,
The Royal Tennebaums,
Something About Mary,
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
X-Men (first one),
Down By Law,
Mystery Train,
Night on Earth,
Citizen Kane,
O Brother Where Art Thou,
Mulholland Drive,
Blue Velvet,
Bittersweet Motel,
2001,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
Monty Python's Meaning of Life,
Time Bandits,
The Black Hole,
The Witches of Eastwick,
As Good As It Gets,
Easy Rider,
La Vita E' Bella,
La Voce Della Luna,
L'America,
Anything with Bela Lugosi,
Solaris,
Grosse Point Blank,
Being John Malkovitch,
Invasion From Mars,
Ali,
Malcolm X,
Do The Right Thing,
Bird,
Unforgivven,
Pale Rider,
The Aquatic Life with Steve Zissou,
Magical Mystery Tour,
Stop Making Sense,
The Last Waltz
Grateful Dawg
Television:
Land of the Lost,
Thunderbirds,
Star Trek,
Simpsons,
Ren and Stimpy,
Justice League Unlimited,
Yogi Bear,
Batman (60s show),
The Monkees,
O'Riley Factor (I love that dildo craving right-wing motherfucker - he makes me laugh),
Dr. Who,
Scooby Doo,
South Park,
BBC
Battlestar Galactica
South Park
The Muppet Show
Books:
Books I've read in the past several years... I don't read as much now as I did when I lived abroad
Thunderstruck - Eric Larsen
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Oklahoma City Bombing The Supressed Truth - Jon Rappoport
The Game Players of Titan - P.K. Dick
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories - edited by Michael Chabon
Eye In THe Sky - P. K. Dick
Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven - Alexi Sherman
The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings - edited by Scott Allie
Little Lit: Strange Stories For Strange Kids - edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly
Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night - edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly
The Fixer - Joe Sacco
Diary - Chuck Palanhiuk
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire
Mr. Nice Guy - Howard Marks
The Armies of the Night - Norman Mailer
Indian Killer - Sherman Alexie
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
A Reporter's Life - Walter Cronkite
Clans of the Alphane Moon - Philip K. Dick
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Lonley Planet: Morocco - various autors
Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life - Toby Cecchini
Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth
Lonley Planet: Andalucia - various authors
The Lost Tales Vol. 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien
Tripster Monkey his fake book - Maxine Hong Kingston
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
Other Worlds -Barbara Michaels
Lonley Planet: Thailand - various autors
Lonley Planet Unpacked- multiple authors
Issola - Steven Brust
The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho
Armadillos & Old Lace - Kinky Friedman
Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
Nature, Man and Woman - Alan Wats
The Story of O - Pauline Reagae
Look Up At Cambridge
Drop City - T. Coraghessan Boyle
The Price of Loyalty - Ron Suskind
Berlin City of Stones - Jason Lutes
Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades Revisited - Clinton Heylin
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
Fifty-Minuet Hour - Wendy Perriam
Sometimes A Great Notion - Ken Kesey
Reunion In Ropes and Other Stories - Eric Stanton
You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers
The Complete Prose by Woody Allen
Secret Soldiers Special Forces In The War Against Terror - Peter Harclerode
Taj Mahal: Autobiography of a Bluesman by Taj Mahal and Stephen Foehr
The Orchard - Drusilla Madjeska
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
Better Than Sex - Hunter S. Thompson
World's End - T. Coraghessan Boyle
Death: At Death's Door - Jill Thompson
Writing For comics - Alan Moore
The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkinen
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Palastine - Joe Sacco
Sailor Song - Ken Kesey
Safehouse -Andrew Vachss
Homestead - Rosina Lippi
Taliban Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism In Central Aisa - Ahmed Rashid
Fight The Power: Rap, Race and Reality - Chuck D & Yusef Jah
The Precious Present - Spencer Johnson M.D.
Rendevouz With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
Stupid White Men - Michael Moore
The Woman and The Ape - Peter HØeg
The Bridge Across Forever - Richard Bach
RIM - Alexander Besher
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
Fandom's Greatest Comics - edited by Bill Schelly
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
The Waste Land and other poems - T.S. Eliot
Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Continental Op - Dashiell Hammett
Poems All Over The Place - Mostly ´Seventies - Allen Ginsberg
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues - Tom Robbins
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The 13 & 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear - Walter Moers
Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carrol
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
Vurt - Jeff Noon
Time and Light - William Bornfeld
High Fidelity
God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert
Norwegian Wood - Murakami
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinline
If On A Winter´s Night A Traveller - Calvino
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates - Tom Robbins
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest - Ken kesey
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Lucifer
Dance, Dance, Dance - Haruki Murakami
The Fuck Up
A Long strange Trip - Dennis McNally
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish - Douglas Adams
Life, The universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
The Restaurant At The End of The Universe - Douglass Adam
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Sweet Thursday
Santaland Diaries - David Sedaris
The discovery of Heaven
Paperback Raita
Heroes:
Ken Kesey (met him),
Robert Zimmerman,
Abbie Hoffman (met him),
William S. Burroughs,
Muhammid Ali,
Malcolm X,
