Music, Music, and more music, Indie Films, Heavy Metal, Guitars (whenever I plug in), Collecting Vinyl Record LPs, Fooling around with Vintage Stereo/Audiophile Equipment (everybody make a run for it!), Traveling, Boating, Trains/Railroad Memorabilia, Reading, Writing, Music Literature/Bios.
Sanity!!!!
Damn The Machine (feat. Chris Poland) - "The Mission"
Mondo Rock - "Primitive Love Rites"
This 80's video has it all, a concept of some sort, painted bodies, token sax player, and a keyboard guitar - but I always liked the song.
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, AOR, Hair Metal, Melodic Rock, Classic Punk (i.e. Rhino's "No Thanks" Box Set), 80's College Rock (think "Left of the Dial"), New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and some Extreme Metal. Iron Maiden, Rush, Dream Theater (earlier records!), Metallica (the first three - and that's it!), Blind Guardian, King's X, Savatage, Journey, Queensryche (earlier stuff), AC/DC, Fates Warning (ditto on the early stuff!), Kiss (especially from 'Creatures...' to 'Revenge'), T-Rex, Hammerfall, Triumph, Symphony X, Boston, Black Sabbath, Toto, David Bowie, Porcupine Tree, Saga, Thin Lizzy, Webb Wilder, Jason & the Scorchers, London/Decca-era Rolling Stones, Big Star, Stratovarius, Rage, The Clash, Steelhouse Lane, Running Wild, Husker Du, The Doors, Rainbow, The Rave Ups, Glenn Hughes, Bad Brains, Evergrey, Yes, Judas Priest, etc., etc. Just about anything on the Avalon/Marquee, MTM (R.I.P.), Frontiers, Locomotive, Escape, Z, Lion Music, Inside Out (heavier stuff) record labels, early Shrapnel, Enigma, Metal Blade Records releases, not to mention many releases on many sadly now defunt Japanese AOR/Melodic Rock labels (remember Brunette Records? People, we need to start supporting some new AOR/Melodic Rock-Metal blood out there), XM's "Bone Yard," "Big Tracks," "Deep Tracks," "80's on 8" (guilty pleasure), & "Fred" (in moderation) Channels and Live 365's "Melodic Rock N' Rarities" Station - you get the picture.
Favorite Guitarists; Steve Hackett, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoads, Alex Lifeson, Tim Donahue, Steve Howe (too many Steves??), Zakk Wylde, Jake E. Lee, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Gary Moore just to name a few.
Casino, Goodfellas, Caddyshack, Porkys, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clerks, Animal House, This is Spinal Tap, The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years, Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Scarface, The Blues Brothers, etc. I once tried my hand at produceing films with some friends of mine, the most notable was "River Reflections," but as the writing gig took off, so did I.
VH1 Classic!!!!
But Yet Unlike Most People, I do not worship my TV Set
Favorite authors; Rev. Keith Gordon, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Popoff, Lester Bangs, Tommy Womack (for "The Cheese Chronicles), Randal Patrick, and Chuck Klosterman among others.
Gene Simmons - the guy is fucking brilliant!