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Phil G.

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About Me

Photo editor and photographer. Check out my web site at http://liboriogangi.tripod.com/ Or check out my series entitled "San Francisco - From the Taxi Driver's Seat." The address for these cool street scenes is http://philflash.tripod.com/

My Interests

Love the arts. I dig films and photography.I like hiking the Marin Headlands and Point Reyes.
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I'd like to meet:

Wild and Crazy People! Hey, no hard drugs! Well, maybe just a few.

Music:

I dig jam bands. I've been a Grateful Dead fan for many years. I've seen Phil Lesh and Friends a bunch of times. I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions band this month. I'm into Dylan and have all his albums.

Movies:

Has anyone seen the new X-Men? Special effects are fucking amazing!!! I don't want to ruin it, but I love what they do to the Golden Gate Bridge!!!

Television:

I don't watch American Idol. But I'm chill with "24," "Smallville," and "Law and Order SVU."

Books:

Has anyone read the greatest Civil War book "Battle Cry of Freedom?"

Heroes:

Popeye, The Three Stoogies, Mickey Mouse, Jerry Garcia, Indianna Jones, Hoody Doody, James Bond, Ansel Adams, Gary Winograd, Tom Seaver, Frankie Valli, Neil Young, Barry Bonds, Phil Lesh, Timothy Leary, Ray Davies, Batman and myself.

My Blog

Oh My God! It’s Been 30 Years (of Taxi Driving)

Marking The Occasion - Reflecting on 30 Years of Being A San Francisco Taxi Driver.    Thirty years ago I answered an ad in the San Francisco Chronicle - "Driver's Wanted - New Yellow Cab Co...
Posted by Phil G. on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:24:00 PST

Phil Gangi, Taxi Detective

The Mystery: My customer left the taxi to go into his house to get his bags. We were about to go the SFO. I glanced in the back seat after he left and noticed something. I picked it up. It was an I-Po...
Posted by Phil G. on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:02:00 PST

Academy Awards

..> The Academy Awards The Academy Awards Have Truly Become An International EventWhat started out in 1927 as an organization for Hollywood to promote it's own product and protect the movie indust...
Posted by Phil G. on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:46:00 PST

Bob Dylan and Modern Times Thoughts

  Hey Bob Dylan has a new album - Modern Times. This album rocks from the first track with "Thunder On the Mountain" with it's smooth guitar licks and popping vocals and progresses to country boo...
Posted by Phil G. on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:57:00 PST

New York State of Mind

That's right I'm back in that crazy state of California. After four weeks on the east coast I think I have what they call jet lag. In the morning I'm in New York and in the evening I'm back in Califor...
Posted by Phil G. on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:45:00 PST

Random Thoughts - Do I Have Two Lives?

  I grew up here. I should know the place. I should know what I need to do tomorrow. All of a sudden I am almost three thousand miles away from my house in California. I grew up he...
Posted by Phil G. on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:27:00 PST

It's A Mind Fuck

Some people think that it is just a job. But, it's not. I have to be on my guard for ten hours straight. I have to make sure no other car is going to hit me. I have to make sure all those fools talkin...
Posted by Phil G. on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:48:00 PST