Music (live and recorded, preferably loud), high-quality beer and brewing, history (American and otherwise), crappy politics (dirty and clean), comedy (standup and otherwise), black coffee (fresh or “gas station” style), top-shelf reruns, classic boxing clips, plaid shirts, traffic. "Mildness is the very devil." — Gustov Holst, 1903
Music
Minutemen, The Who, Wire, Zeppelin, DEVO, The Coasters, The Jam, Tom Waits, The Beatles, The Rutles, Gene Krupa, Mission Of Burma, The Fall, The Pretenders, AC/DC, Wall Of Voodoo, Rush, The Jesus Lizard, Volcano Suns, Midnight Oil, Pylon, Dave Brubeck, R.E.M. (early), Huskers, The Kinks, Bailter Space, Spinal Tap, The Figgs, The Cramps (early), Tenement Halls, Black Sabbath, The Stooges, The Spinners, Sebadoh, ZZ Top, etc...
Movies
Dr. Strangelove, This Is Spinal Tap, Everyone Stares, The Odd Couple, Airplane, Lolita, Sling Blade, Raging Bull, Up In Smoke, Monty Python’s Holy Grail, Bad News Bears, When We Were Kings, Office Space, Fortune Cookie, We Jam Econo, Westway to the World, Down By Law, The Kids Are Alright, Short Cuts, Kill Bill, Caddyshack, Hard Day’s Night.
Television
Colombo, All In The Family, Cheap Seats, Good Eats, Law & Order: CI, The Simpsons, Muppet Show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Andy Griffith Show, Insomiac, M*A*S*H, Saturday Night Live, Barney Miller, Booknotes, COPS, King Of The Hill, Make it Grow (SC PBS), the "web gems."
Books
Crashing The Party (by Ralph Nader), Moon (by Terry Fletcher), Sleepwalking Through History (by Haynes Johnson), Our Band Could Be Your Life (by Michael Azerrad), Prague (by Sadakat Kadri), David Brinkley: A Memior (by David Brinkley), Ball Four (by Jim Boutin), The Day the Universe Changed (James Burke).
Heroes
David Brinkley, Brian Lamb, Helen Thomas, John Chancellor, Aquaman, Iron Man, Letterman, Telemann, Father Christmas, Mother Goose, The Brothers Grimm, The Brothers Johnson, Sister Sledge, Uncle Ernie, Aunt Peg, Son House, Kid Jersey, Baby Dodds, King Curtis, Queen Elizabeth, Duke Ellington, Prince Charles, Queen, King Crimson, Royall Hardware, regal Tip, Calvin Peete, Amanda Peete, Peter Alvanos, and Pete Townshend.
About me: Tall bespectacled dedicated fan of loud, noisy, out-of-the-ordinary music, alternative media, classic beer styles, classic TV reruns, and politics. Love The Onion. Love the City Paper. Love Sullivan’s Island. Very much dislike the Bush folks and their catastrophic behavior and policies. Got plenty of on-the-clock food-makin’ and servin’ under the belt. Got plenty of gigs played. Got three vintage drum kits, a Fender bass, a black Dan Electro guitar, and half an amp. Plaid button-down shirts aplenty. Nearsighted. Harmlessly sarcastic. Supposedly hard of hearing (although everyone I know seems to mumble). Overly polite. Sometimes clueless. Underly urban. Missing the good ones in Athens, Georgia. Diggin’ the oddballs on the coast. Totally wired. Always worried. Got my Mojo working.
Who I'd like to meet: Diligent and humor-filled local musicans and bands, decent-minded clubowners and barkeeps, clever radio personalities and do-gooders. And Johnny Bench, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Falk, Pam Dawber, Martha Quinn, Lux Interior, Billy Gibbons, Colin Quinn, Bruce Foxton, Peter Erskine, Julia Sweeney, Yogi Berra, and Colin Newman.
hey homie! how u doin? we just wanted to say hello! noticed you like the fall, great fucking band,and oh yeah of course the cramps! i got the worst cramps tattoo ever on my back. got it in a dentist chair inside my house from a dude who looked exactly like Ric Flair( you know the wrestler) weird huh? anyways lateskies. -motormouth ceeeeeejaaaaaaaay!
Hiyah!! Long time no see!! Obvi...anyway...did you know that I actually live in a place called Ballard...in Seattle...I need to take a pic of Ballard Ave and send it to you. Anyway...I'll be home Dec 16 to the 21st so gimme a call then. Talk to ya' soon!!
hey- BALLARD-how are you,where are you. i traded my love for music in to become an unsuccessful professional poker player, some feel it's foolish, yet i'm quit happy. CHEERS
