Reading autobiographies/biographies of people who have influenced the world in some aspect. Watching A&E, The Biography Channel, The Food Network and any major sporting event. Eating a great meal while watching "Deal or no Deal".
These are people who I'd like to meet or would have liked to have met:Norman Whitfield, George Martin, Leiber and Stoller, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Carole King, Kobe Bryant, Oliver Stone, Phil Spector(unarmed!), Smokey Robinson, Toni Braxton (fine as hell!), Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, Clive Davis, Geronimo, Redd Foxx, Rod Serling, Richard Pryor, Jerry Wexler, Gamble and Huff, Phil Jackson, Billy Joel, Spike Lee, Diane Warren, Cicely Tyson, Ed Sullivan, Dick Clark, Don Cornelius, Richard Branson, Sidney Portier, Morgan Freeman, Eva Longoria (fine as hell 2!), Bill Clinton, (too many to mention!).
Hip Hop, Classic Rock, Reggae, Salsa, Classic R&B. Blood, Sweat and Tears, Lovin Spoonful, Bob Marley, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Earth Wind and Fire, The Beatles, Nickleback, Chili Peppers, Lyfe Jennings, Prince, Hinder, Tito Puente', Three Dog Night, Five For Fighting, Mary J., Matchbox 20, Lupe Fiasco, Stax & Motown, The Fray, Enjoy Records, Marvin Gaye, John Mayer Trio, The Game, Tom Jones. Yeah that's right, Tom's a pimp!.
The Godfather I & II, Night of the living dead (the original!), Hoodlum, Crash, Any gangster movie with James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson, Any Madea from Tyler Perry, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, Coal Miner's Daughter, Buddy Holly Story, The Temptations, The Five Heartbeats, Wildstyle, X-Men.
PBS specials, 60 minutes, The First 48, Quite Frankly, Monday Night Football, CSI, Pardon The Interruption, Dateline, 106 and Park, CD USA, Investigative Reports, Biography, Entertainment Tonight, The Sopranos, The Wire, Espn Classics, Criminal Minds, TV One, Reruns of Martin, Twilight Zone, 7th Ave. Drop.
Hit Men - Frederic Dannen, A House On Fire - John A. Jackson, Inside The Record Business - Clive Davis and James Willwerth, Songwriters on Songwriting - Paul Zollo, The Craft and Business of Songwriting - John Braheny, Bloodletters and Badmen - Jay Robert Nash, The Art Of The Deal - Donald Trump, Natural Highs -Hyla Cass, Financing without Borrowing - Fred Horwin
My Mother, Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, Abe Lincoln, Joe Louis, Rosa Parks, Clive Davis, Berry Gordy, Russell Simmons, John F. and Robert Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, All past, present and future U.S. servicemen, Zygi Wilf (saved the franchise, lol)