Concrete trannies, Virgin powder bowls, reading history books and fiction, youth advocacy.
Skaters, talkers, thinkers, laughers, medievalists, pool-owners.....
Lewis and Clarke, Eno, Talking Heads, Guided By Voices, Clash, Roxy Music, 999, New Order, O'er The Ramparts, Amee Mann, Sonic Youth, JFA, Bad Brains, Daniel Lanois, Superchunk, DEVO, Secret Machines, Black Flag, Boston, Sweet, Who, Cheap Trick, Split Enz, Richard Thompson, Violent Femmes, Polyrock, Ultravox, XTC, Anniversary, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Cabaret Voltaire, T.S.O.L., Agent Orange, R.E.M.'s first couple, Wilco, so many other bands and songs I hear.........
Repo Man, Magnolia, Short Cuts, Mystery Train, Vanilla Sky, Blue Velvet, Kenny and Co., Dogtown and Zboys, Thrashin', Castaway, Down by Law, Roger and Me, Planet of the Apes(all of 'em!) Modern Times, Bladerunner, Barry Lyndon, any Monty Python, Brazil, Delicatessan.
Well, yeah, sometimes.
Yes please.
My Father, my Brother, and my Mother, my Sister, Messner, Pioneering skaters.