Play/write music, travel abroad when I can, read and reread great books, being a history nerd and seeing locations with my own eyes, and always making family and friends an important part of my life.
I'd like to meet:
The people I already know or used to know...and of course, my daughter due April 10th!
Music:
Everything, but some favorites are Nanci Griffith, David Gray, Ani DiFranco, Patsy Cline, Neil Diamond, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and the Union Station, Howard Jones, Social Distortion, The Clash, Live, English Beat, XTC, The Replacements, The Wallflowers, Dharma Bums, The Corrs, The Cranberries, The Young Dubliners, Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Mazzy Star, Roxy Music, Camper Van Beethoven, The Ocean Blue, Shakira (the Spanish albums), Johnny Cash, Blondie, Townes Van Zandt, Kate Wolf, The Chieftains, and of course, The Waterboys.
Movies:
Waking Ned Devine, Secret of the Roan Irish, Strictly Ballroom, The World's Fastest Indian, Muriel's Wedding, Amelie, Chocolat, In America, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Merchant of Venice, Rory O'Shea Was Here, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Snatch, Stand By Me, The Boondock Saints, The Goonies, The Dish, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, On Moonlight Bay, Zepherelli's Romeo & Juliet, Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5...and many more.
Television:
Carnivale, Rome, Deadwood, The Office, Prison Break, Law & Order(s), Ed (I know it's long over, but it was so good!), but mostly...the History Channel, A&E, Discovery Channel, and occasional BBC America highlights - Keeping Up Appearances, Hercule Poirot, As Time Goes By, Midsommer Murders, etc...
Books:
Some favorites include..."Imagining Argentina" & "Naming the Spirits" by Lawrence Thorton, "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde, "A Child's Garden of Verse" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis, "Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma", and "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austin, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, "In Dubious Battle" and "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck, "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, "The Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl, "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, the meditations of Catherine of Siena...and many more. Including poets...Dorothy Parker, Shel Silverstein, William Wordsworth, Donald Justice, and especially..."The Eve of St. Agnes" by John Keats. In short stories/plays..."The Cask of Amantillado" and "The Tell-tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Tempest" by Shakespeare, "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, and various works by Mark Twain and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Heroes:
The collective amalgum of the many creative people and forces who have created my favorite music, art, books, and movies...notably C.S. Lewis, Catherine of Siena, and The Waterboys...and of course, my dear old Dad.
