Eddie Condon, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Chick Webb, Fats Waller, Frank Sinatra, Gene Krupa, The Ink Spots, Ray Price, Buddy Holly, George Wettling, Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, and other old stuff.
Movies
The Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Casablanca, The Third Man, It's A Wonderful Life, The Wolfman, The Godfather 1 and 2, D.O.A. (the original), Angels With Dirty Faces, The Big Lebowski, Citizen Kane, Superman 1 and 2, The Invisible Man, The Bride Of Frankenstein, Yojimbo, Harvey, Somewhere In Time, Singin' In The Rain, Dr. Strangelove.
Television
Not for me (except The Honeymooners).
Books
Walden, Dear Theo, The Doors Of Perception, We Called It Music, Zen In The Art Of Archery, and anything by Alan Watts, P.G. Wodehouse, and Raymond Chandler.
About me: I'm a full-time jazz drummer and native New Yorker. Modern music doesn't really do it for me. I play 1920s and '30s jazz. I've always been into old stuff for some reason. I'm also a huge old movie fan. So I guess I'm kind of a nerd. I'm very passionate and focused about music. I can also do a fairly decent Jimmy Stewart impression.
Who I'd like to meet: Passionate and strong-minded people who are not completely opposed to watching a black and white movie.
The Moonlighters have a new release, Enchanted, which is out this week. Click this link for a free download of one of our new songs: http://www.worldsound.com/free/moon.
Are you on the Birdland gig tomorrow with Osti? If so, can we please play Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap? You can't tell me you've never played it.... rock on!
Birthday is out:( Adam's summer camp performance is on the 24th. I feel like my puppy just died! Will I ever see you again? I love you and you should come to Meadville instead.
On this day in 1862, Henry David Thoreau died of tuberculosis. He was 44. His aunt asked him if he was at peace with God. Thoreau said, "I was not aware that we had quarreled." The last clear thing he said was, "Now comes good sailing," and then two words: "moose" and "Indian."
Hey Kev- Thinkin about you today while I'm sitting in my hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. I'm really looking forward to seeing you at the sessions next week.
