parasailing, hangliding, basejumping, heliskiiing, crocodile wrestling and my personal favorite, shitfacing... also baseball, football, basketball, comedies, loud music, bourbon, ipas, classic cars, shooting under 65 on a 9-hole golf course...
jerry remy, neil armstrong, colin powell, carmen electra (but not dave navarro), jeff tweedy, bob barker, the girl next door, lebron james, arnold lang (whom i've already met, but i feel like we've grown apart) and more...
the local: TREE, scissorfight, honkeyball, give, sam black church, sticky, tim gearan, steve mayone, the sunday night blues band, hybrasil, jesse dee, jimmy ryan and christian mcneil, fancy trash, andrea gillis, the gentlemen, the irreverends, boris mccutcheon, todd thibaud, twinemen, dennis brennan, jake brennan and sarah borges, greg klyma, tom bianchi, danielle miraglia, dana price, ryan fitzsimmons, gretel, rose polenzani, david johnston, john cate and the van gogh bros., kay hanley, any band which features john sands on drums or johnny sciascia on bass and of course, morphine... the unlocal: wilco, my morning jacket, queens of the stone age, foo fighters, the beatles, tv on the radio, modest mouse, weezer, the rolling stones, soundgarden, ambulance ltd, elvis perkins in dearland, jeff buckley, velvet underground, led zeppelin, pink floyd, morcheeba, the cinematics, massive attack, spoon, talking heads, gomez, jane's addiction, beastie boys, the roots, a tribe called quest, dave matthews band, filter, pearl jam, jurassic 5, ben harper, ray charles, beck, nirvana, interpol, the killers, tool and a perfect circle, bowie, luna, the postal service, the beatles, the cure, marvin gaye, sly and the family stone, james brown, elvis costello, 311, bob marley, echo and the bunnymen, and so damn many more that will come to me in due time, surely...
ok, discounting porn, there's the godfather, psycho, the deer hunter, the shining, animal house, star wars and the empire strikes back, raging bull, blade runner, risky business, airplane, fletch, stripes, caddyshack, ferris bueller's day off, back to school, the karate kid, die hard, goodfellas, sex, lies and videotape, bull durham, the player, the crow, there's something about mary, swingers, billy madison and happy gilmore, bottle rocket, rushmore and the royal tennenbaums, zoolander, clerks and chasing amy, fear and loathing in las vegas, pulp fiction, reservoir dogs and jackie brown, super troopers, office space, crouching tiger hidden dragon, high fidelity, being john malkovich, adaptation and eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, boogie nights, magnolia and punch-drunk love, road trip and old school, lost in translation, garden state, anchorman, sin city, broken flowers, wedding crashers, the 40-year-old virgin, the departed, children of men, 28 weeks later, knocked up, the bourne ultimatum and anything directed by charles q. safron...
loved thursdays when i was a kid cause of cosby, family ties, cheers, whatever shit was on at 9:30 and l.a. law... now, in addition to seinfeld reruns, we have entourage, the o.c., arrested development, the office, 30 rock, deadwood, the daily show, the sopranos, curb your enthusiasm, chappelle, and of course, baseball tonight and the nfl network...
here's a few: moby dick, the catcher in the rye, the sound and the fury, on the road, fear and loathing in las vegas, the unbearable lightness of being, invisible man... lighter: life in hell and zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance... and of course, sports: ball four, patriot reign and the season...
bob ryan, tony kornheiser, bill simmons, buster olney, peter gammons