Art, Thinking, Traveling, Sailing, Surfing, Movies, Books, DDR
You!... Yes, you! I respond to messages and I like chatting so lets chat. No getting messages from complete strangers doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Are you ready for this? I am going to hit it in A-Z order… 303infinity, A Flock of Seagulls, AC/DC, Arosmith, Afro Cuban All Stars, Alan Lover Orchestra, Alan Moorhouse, Alfredo De Angelis, Alice in Chains, Alien Ant Farm, Allison Brewster Franzetti, Amado & Mariam, Amazon II, Andy C, Aphex Twin, Aphrodite, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Ashanti, Astor Pizzolla, Audioslave, The Avalanches, Bad Man, Balkan Beat Box, The Beach Boys, Beck, Benny Goodman, Beyonce, Big Boss Man, Billy Holiday, Biosphere, Bjork, Black Eyed Peas, Black Sabbath, Blackalicious, Bloc Party, The Bloodhound Gang, Blue Man Group, Blues Brothers, Bob Marley, Bobby Hughes Experience, The Bollywood Brass Band, Boozoo Banjou, Bostich, Brasil, Breakestra, Bud Powell Trio, Budbrain, Buddah Bar, Butthole Surfers, CAKE, Camille, Candlebox, The Cardigans, Carlos Di Sarli, Carlos Gardel, Cars, Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlo, The Chemical Brothers, Chet Baker, Cibo Matto, Cirque du Soleil, Clarence William’s Blues Five, Clint Mansell, Clorofila, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Crystal Method, The Cynic Project, Cypress Hill, Daft Punk, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Mathews Band, David Bowie, David Grey, Dead Dread, Death Cab for Cutie, Death in Vegas, Delfins, Delroy Wilson, Dextrous, Dirty Vegas, Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, The Doors, The Dream Team, Droppin Science Vol. 3, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Eiffle 65, Emanuel Ax, Enrique Alessio, Enya, Era, Ethel Waters, Eve 6, Flecher Henderson, Foo Fighters, Frankie Trumbauer, Franz Ferdinand, Freeland, Frou Frou, Fussible, Ganja Vol. 4, George Krupa, Ghost in the Machine, Gimicks, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Godsmack, Goo Goo Dolls, Gorrillaz, Groover Armada, Guns N’ Roses, Gwen Stefani, The Hives, Hootie and the Blowfish, Hopa & Bones, Hugo del Carril, Incubus, Indian Vibes, J- Lo, Jack Johnson, James P. Johnson, Jan Johnson, Jane’s Addiction, Jelly Roll Morton, JET, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, K.M.F.D.M., The Darminsky Experience, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Kinky, Kristy MacColl, Kittie, Korn, Krome & Time, L Double, Layo & Bushwacka!, Led Zeppelin, Lemon Grass, Lieut. Jim Europe’s 369th Infantry Band, Los Lonely Boys, Louis Armstrong, Ludacris, Ludwig van Beethoven, M, Macy Gray, Madonna, Major Force, Major Mehran, Mambo Loco, Mana, Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Marvelous Cain, Machbox Twenty, Maynard Ferguson, Meat Beat Manifesto, MELON, Miles Davis Nonet, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Moby, Motorhead, Nelly Furtado, Nivana, No Doubt, Ohos De Brujo, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Outkast, Panic! At The Disco, Panjabi MC, Panoptica, Paradigm Mind (you rock Derek! :-* ), Paul Cooper, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Whiteman, Peace Orchestra, Pearl Jam, Photek, Placebo, Plankton Man, The Police, The Postal Service, Primus, Prince, Prodigy, Puffy AmiYumi, Queen, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Ramones, Re-flex, Recycler, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Rus De Tox & Teebone, Sade, Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio, Sean Paul, Sexteto Carlos Di Sarli, Shakira, Sizzla, Smash Mouth, Sneaker Pimps, Soundgarden, StereoLab, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble, Sting, The Strokes, Sugar Ray, Superbus, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Swami, System of a Down, Tenacious D, Terrestre, Thalia, Thelonious Monk, Thievery Corporation, Third Eye Blind, Thunderball, Tito Puente, Tom & Jerry Vol.9, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Tool, Tosca, Toxic Kiss, Trouble Makers, U2, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, The White Stripes, Yo La Tengo, Yurac Malki, Zero 7, Ziggy Marley & The Whalers, ZZ Top… Now next time I say I don’t know what I listen to maybe you will leave it at that. ;p
Project Runway, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Invader Zim, Trigun, Cowboy-Bebop, Full-metal Alchemist, Family Guy, Futurama, and a couple of others I can't think of at the moment.
'Picture of Dorian Grey' by Oscar Wilde, 'Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within' by Kenny Werener (I suggest this book for anyone who is in the arts as the topics discussed apply no matter which art you are in), 'Zen in the Art of Archery' by Eugen Herrigel (another good one for the arts), 'Anatomy for the Artist by Jeno Barcsay' (a must if you enjoy drawing people), 'Bridgman's Life Drawing' by George B. Bridgman, 'The Acrylic Artist's Bible' By Marylin Scott, 'The Oil Painter's Bible' by Marylin Scott, 'The Complete Watercolor Artist: Materials Techniques, Color Theory, Composition, Style, Subject' edited by Sally Harper, 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden, and 'Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown.
The-Riley-San