I AM A NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FAN....and now it's MY TIME to brag!!! Go, Saints, Go! I spend a lot of my time on my motorcycle....there's nothing like it! I love to go out and see live music. Some of the best local Austin bands are Boombox, Vallejo, Stephen Bruton, Malford Milligan, The Scabs (everything Bob Schneider touches turns to gold!) and Monte Montgomery. I love art....some of my favorite artists are George Rodrigue, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Edvard Munch and Vincent Van Gogh. I love to travel. I'm planning a trip to Jamaica next! The place I want to visit most of all : PARIS! C'est Si Bon, 'Che !!
FROM THE PRESENT (in no particular order): Prince. Lenny Kravitz. Stevie Wonder. Dave Navarro. Matthew McConnahey. Anne Rice. Tommy Lee. Peter Gabriel. Andy Garcia. David Byrne. Stephen King. Tom Wolfe.PEOPLE WHO I WOULD LIKE TO MEET FROM THE PAST: George Burns, James Dean, John F. Kennedy, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra. I would like to meet Fred Astaire and dance with him!!
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!! I love all things Prince(his royal Purple Highness!), Audioslave (and Soundgarden!), Lenny Kravitz, Robert Randolph and his awesome Family band, Stevie Wonder, Arc Angels, Marvin Gaye, Velvet Revolver (and Stone Temple Pilots!), Doyle Bramhall II, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, the Beatles, Rage Against The Machine, David Bowie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown (Papa don't need a brand new bag...I like the old one just fine!), the Neville Brothers AND Dumpstaphunk (serious "phunk"), Neil Young, Maceo Parker, Foo Fighters, Tower Of Power, Al Green; did I mention Prince?!?!?......I love all the great soul and funk bands from back in the day....the Meters, Earth, Wind and Fire, Ohio Players, the Isley Brothers, Rick James, Parliament, Cameo....ALL THAT FUNKY STUFF! As James Brown once said, "Make It FUNKY!!!"
MOVIES......Wizard of Oz, Reservoir Dogs, ANYTHING with Al Pacino (he's my favorite actor - INTENSE!), Pulp Fiction, Finding Neverland, the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Easy Rider, A Beautiful Mind, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?, A Perfect Storm
TELEVISION (Please don't kill MY tv!) Love the Simpsons (DOHHHH!), Family Guy, stuck on ALL MY CHILDREN!!! (you go, Erica Kane, with your bad self), the Food Network, COPS (don't like cops, just the show), Judge Judy (yeah, you heard me) and KING OF THE HILL, of course (Mike Judge is a god)! Bring back BEAVIS + BUTTHEAD !!!
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A READER.......Some of my favorite books are Prayer for Owen Meaney, The Catcher in the Rye (I'd like to be that guy!!!), all of the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice (Lestat...what a cool dude!) and all things Stephen King. I enjoy books on art - Peter Max and Andy Warhol are two favorites....I really love POP art! I also collect children's books and cookbooks...mainly on baking. I love poetry...Edna St. Vincent Millay, Oscar Wilde, and e.e.cummings are a few of my favorites.
HEROES! FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY DAD IS MY HERO. I LOST HIM IN 1998 AND STILL MISS HIM DEARLY. HE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT LIFE AND HOW TO LOVE LIFE! (Just a note to all of you: If you still are lucky enough to have your parents in your life, cherish them now....later is too late)