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Gary

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About Me


I'm a simple guy with a simple plan, but simplicity is buried pretty damn deep and it's hard to find an efficient shovel.

My Interests

music, arts, travel, pool, live music, The Mets, reading, good beer, eastern philosophy, nyc, good movies, grooving, warm people, my nephews, dabbling, guitars, ebay, live music, bowling,crop circles, you tube sessions, dancing, good cognac, Yerba Mate, spicy food, conversation, dreaming, fine women, good coffee, genuine people, love.

I'd like to meet:



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Music:


For the month of Feb/march 08: Nick Drake, Mehldau, Debussy, Coltrane, chopin, Nina Simone
Jazz:
Thelonious Monk, Brad Mehldau John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Christian, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Clarke, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter,Wynton Kelly, Sal Mosca,Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Jack Dejonette, max roach, Bill Stewart, Pat Metheny,Gilad Hekselman, Ari Hoenig, John Scofield, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green,, Peter Bernstein, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sarah Vaughan, Ella, Billie, Chet baker, Dinah Washington, Bobby Mcfarren.
Soul:
Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Joe cocker, James Brown (funky soul) stevie wonder

Rock/reggae/singer-songwriter/other:
Pink Floyd,Elvis, Bob Marley,Nick Drake Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Doors, Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, Tom Waits, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Nirvana, Old school MArilyn Manson, Radiohead,
Blues:
Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Stevie Ray Vaughan, robert johnson, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, BB King, Albert Collins.
Composers:
Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Frederic Chopin, Debussy, Bach, Beethoven, Astor Piazzola,
Performers:
Glenn Gould, Artur Rubenstein, Segovia, Narcisso Yepes

Movies:

any recommendations?

Television:

youtube

Books:

mostly classics, philosophy, spirituality/psychology

Heroes:

tons..mostly artists and thinkers..

My Blog

For Brad

To embody the engine,The roar and flameTo propel from behindforwardly insane.To love without need,and to take without care,to eat and to feed,to tirelessly stare.Like a cobra in love,while hunting its...
Posted by Gary on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:46:00 PST

my dog died.. R.I.P Ping Pong

Ping Pong was his name.The strangest dog ever...he was like my personal guru.Also my most open friend..a true receiver..a cuddler..a sharer..a reciprocater...affectionate..sensual..obedient out of res...
Posted by Gary on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

good jazz and good lovin'

Touch, infinite nuance, celestial notes and phrases, in my touch, on you and of you your otherworldly answer, finding your tune, how you guide me..what your worth I'm finding..moment by moment.. until...
Posted by Gary on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:41:00 PST

my nephew teaches me......

Suddenly the video of my nephew has appeared on my home page here on myspace and it makes me think. I just hung out with him today, about a year after this video was made. Watching my nephew grow up i...
Posted by Gary on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:03:00 PST

7/14/06

---------------------------If I'm gonna saythat its beyond control,that there's a scapegoat for the soulI'll never keep it.I'll run it dirty all the time,dress it up and keep in time,I'll never feel i...
Posted by Gary on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:46:00 PST

A fictional dialogue/story I wrote last year ...

If anyone reads this whole thing, I give you tons of props......... Five Philosophers Take a Fieldtrip All animal life has been destroyed on earth due to the final war between all nations. H...
Posted by Gary on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:31:00 PST

Excerpt of a Joint interview with Pat Metheny and his hero Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman: In the Western world, whether it's American or European music, everyone uses the same 12 notes. And as people have been able to define their sensitivity through those 12 notes, callin...
Posted by Gary on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:18:00 PST

Hangovers are for the birds...

Hangovers suck. When you're sick, you really have nothing to regret. Not only is a hangover worse than being sick, it makes me feel guilty.It zaps all my motivation and dulls me out like a toy knife. ...
Posted by Gary on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:28:00 PST