My children: Ben, Megan, David, Dylan, & Griffin. They are my heart, soul, and inspiration, each one proof that my life, should it end tomorrow, has been blessed beyond any man's dreams. I also enjoy writing, old Harleys, fishing, and wandering wilderness areas.
Music
Guns N Roses. Aerosmith. Kansas. Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks. Van Halen. REO. Elvis Costello. Rush. Matchbox 20. Toni Braxton. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Marty Robbins, Charlie Daniels. CCR. AC/DC. Metallica. Bob Seger. Cindy Lauper. Blackfoot. Peter Gabriel. Styx. Too many more.
OH--And anything by Captain Geech and The Shrimp Shack Shooters!
Movies
Cool Hand Luke. From Dusk Till Dawn. Kung Fu Hustle. Army of Darkness. I Am Legend. The Quiet Man. Phantasm. The Untouchables. Biloxi Blues. Gladiator. Colors. Kung Pow. The Fly (original). A Bronx Tale. Dumb and Dumber. The Shootist. Ferris Bueler's Day Off. Glory. Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Vision Quest. The Natural. Young Frankenstein. SlapShot. The Road to Perdition. Big. The Professional. The Alamo. Man On Fire. A Fish Called Wanda. Risky Business. The Lost Boys. Vacation. The Great Santini. Young Guns. The Pink Panther. Galaxy Quest. Fletch. Aliens. Sling Blade. The Jerk. Clerks. True Grit. Saving Private Ryan. Napolean Dynamite. The Great Escape. Uncle Buck. What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Jeremiah Johnson. The Great Waldo Pepper. Dawn Of The Dead. An American Werewolf In London. Taxi Driver. Cool World. The Last Samurai. Lemony Snicket, A Series Of Unfortunate Events. Letters From Iwo Jima. Paper Moon. Groundhog Day. Bonnie and Clyde. Tombstone. Lonesome Dove. Colors. That Thing You Do. The Sand Pebbles. Gran Torino.
Television
The Shield. Married With Children. NYPD Blue. The Andy Griffith Show. MAD TV. UFC. The Ultimate Fighter. Hill Street Blues.
Books
Shogun, Tai-Pan, King Rat, S.O.G., Lonesoome Dove, Dracula, Lord of the Rings. The Dark Tower. The Talisman. Frankenstein. It. Christine. Point of Impact. Dirty White Boys. Tom Sawyer. Anything by George R.R. Martin, John Sandford, Angus Wells, Stephen Hunter, Christopher Newman, James Clavell, Tom Clancy, Jack Higgins, W.E.B. Griffin, Louis L'Amour, James Lee Burke, J.K. Rowling, J.R. Tolkien. More books and authors than I can list here.
Heroes
My Dad. My Mom. My Grandfather.
Every man and woman who dons a uniform in the service of this country. The brave firefighters, police officers, and civilians who gave their lives September 11, 2001 while attempting to save those trapped inside the World Trade Center.
Folks who ignore their fears and better judgment to venture out onto the thin limbs in pursuit of ambitious goals and evasive dreams!
Who I'd like to meet: Mark Twain. Buddy Holly. Abe Lincoln. Ma Barker. Crazy Horse. Chesty Puller. Marylin Monroe. Patton. Erwin Rommel. Dennis Hopper. Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Forrest Whittaker. Bat Masterson. Audey Murphy. Wyatt Earp. Louis L'Amour. Anne Frank. John Paul Jones. Al Capone. Chief Joseph. John Wayne. Dillinger. Leonidas. Ned Kelly. William Wallace. Melvin Purvis. Alvin York. My maternal grandfather.
Hey the little cemetary was between Gainsville and Ocala. It was so friggin creepy. I need to go back so I can get better pics. It's a scary little pet cemetary.
You may like to check out my recently released book - 100 Great Albums. It's a 220 page review of the best music recorded during the period 1965-08 featuring the Beatles,Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, U2, Nirvana, Radiohead, the Strokes and many more! Also, 500 vital album tracks are spotlighted (split between five categories... pre-1970, the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000-08).
My aim is to prolong the existence of something close to my heart, something currently under severe threat from the download generation - The Album! With the modern world increasingly more interested in cherry-picking individual tracks, it seems to me a great shame that the sacred long-player is losing its importance. I'm on a mission to save the album before it's too late. All musicians, whether new or old to the scene, can appreciate the importance of that.
