Pretty much anything that has to do with music.... art, travel, poetry, vegetarian food, not vegetarian food, shit...all food really. Haven't met one that I don't yet like. Music: Live or on disc or wax or tape...well any form of media that sounds good. Camping....yeah I like camping too. Fire pits, hiking, swimming, relaxing. I like jumping also. Jumping here or jumping there jumping just about anywhere...
Alright....here it goes.....
afrodesia, afroskull, air, al green, al schnier, alan evans, alan holdsworth, alice coltrane, the allman brothers, amon tobin, anders osbourne, architecture in helinski, arrested development, astral project, atmosphere, baaba maal, the bad plus, the bar-kays, baraka, barney kessel, beck, the beach boys, the beatles, beck, bela fleck & the flecktones, ben harper, benevento-russo duo, bernie worrell, the big organ trio, bill evans, bill frisell, bill withers, billy cobham, billy preston, black sheep, blackstar, the blind boys of alabama, blind faith, blind spot trio, blood count, the bo keys, bob dylan, bob marley, brand x, brazilian girls, the brecker brothers, the brothers johnson, buddha bar, buddy guy, bugz in the attic, built to spill, cannonball adderley, the carribean jazz project, charles mingus, charlie byrd, charlie hunter (his trio, his quartet and all of his other projects), charlie parker, cheb i sabbah, chick corea, chris cassello (my original mentor), chris thomas king, the clash, conspirator, count basic, count basie, crosby stills nash & young, curtis mayfield, cymande, D-Smooth, Daz-I-Kue, daft punk, dave douglas, dave holland, de la soul, death cab for cutie, deep banana blackout, Del McCoury, deltron 3030, delta nove, derek trucks, dewey redman, digital bled, dimitri from paris, dirty dozen brass band, the disco biscuits, dixie dregs, DJ Aztech Sol, DJ Greyboy, DJ KFX, DJ Liquid, DJ Logic, DJ Shadow, DJ Seduce, DJ Spooky, Django reinhardt, don cherry, donovan, duke robillard, earth wind and fire, eddie hazel, elemental harmonics, elvis costello, eric dolphy, fareed haque group, fat mama, femi kuti, fela kuti, fine young cannibals, frankie bones, frank zappa, fred wesley, full, future jazz project, g love and special sauce, galactic, the gap band, gateway trio, gelatenous groove, george benson, george michael, gil scott heron, the gipsy kings, golden earring, gorillaz, gov't mule, the grateful dead, hamsa lila, HangedUp, happy apple, harvey mandel, hasidic new wave, hearing from the gap, helios jive, the herbaliser, herbie hancock, herbie mann, hot chocolate, huey lewis, ian kerner, inxs, jaco pastorious, james brown, james taylor (the folk legend), James Taylor (the UK acid jazz organist legend), jamie janover, jamiroquai, jan hammer, jane's addiction, jazzanova, jazzhole, jean-luc ponty, jeff beck, jim black, joe diorio, joe henderson, joe louis walker, joe pass, john abercrombie, john butler, john coltrane, john mclaughlin, john scofield, john zorn, johnny cash, johnny smith, joshua redman, jurassic 5, kaki king, karl denson (and his tiny universe), kenny burrell, kevin yost, king britt, kool and the gang, landslide, lara & reyes, larry carlton, larry coryell (solo and eleventh house), leftover salmon, leo kotke, les claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, lettuce, Listen., lotus, maceo parker, mahavishnu orchestra, mark elf, marting sexton, mas cabezas, massive attack, medeski martin and wood, men at work, michael jackson, miguel migs, mike elliot (one of my jazz mentors), ministry, miles davis (all eras), modern groove assembly, moe., morphine, mos def, the motet, motion for allliance, my life with the thrill kill kult, my morning jacket, neil diamond, neko case, netwerk:electric, the neurons, the new deal, nightmares on wax, nine inch nails, norah jones, north mississippi allstars, novelty, old and in the way, oliver mtukudzi, OM Trio, ornette coleman, OTO, oysterhead, ozric tentacles, Parliment/funkadelic, pat martino, pat metheny, paul oakenfold, perpetual groove, phish (1998 and earlier), poignant plecostomus, the police, poncho sanchez, primus, prodigy, project logic, propellerheads, quantic, the radiators, radiohead, random rab, rahsaan roland kirk, recycled future, rick james, RJD2, robert palmer, robert randolph (and his family band), robert walter's super heavy organ (& 20th congress), royksopp, schleigho, shakti, the shins, sidestepper, sphongle, Siamese, signal path, the slip, slum village, sly & the family stone, sly & robbie, the sneaker pimps, snoop dogg, sonny rollins, soul coughing, soulive, sound tribe sector nine, spearhead, the spinners, spoon, SquarePusher, st. germain, stanley jordan, the stereo mc's, steve kahn, steve morse, steve winwood, stevie wonder, stewart copeland, the string cheese incident, sun ra, supreme beings of leisure, talib kweli, the talking heads, thelonious monk, thievery corporation, tim berne, timo maas, T.J. Kirk, tom cochrane, tony rice, tony williams, tool, tortoise, tower of power, tribe called quest, trent reznor, trey, tricky, trio of doom, ub40, ulu, us3, vinyl, wang chung, war, wayne shorter, ween, wes montgomery, widespread panic, wolf parade, wynton marsalis, yes, yusef lateef, zero, zero7, zilla
Yeah, they're pretty good if nothing else is going on.
24, Lost, Jericho
DaVinci Code, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Dark Tower Series, The Book and anything by William S. Burroughs.... Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with; something better than political opportunist slamming hate horse shit in the public park. - Charles Bukowski
my folks, boba fett (intergalactic bounty hunter) and Dr. Timothy Leary (not necessarily in that order either).