Music(playing, listening, writing, attending concerts & shows).
Shooting pool & hanging out with good friends.
Sports...Hockey- RANGERS, Baseball- METS, Football- All NY teams are cool, just get me in that weekly pool! I'm into astronomy also. Viewing the stars is great upstate. Not so in NYC, although it does have the Hayden Planetarium.
Music
I've always been a big fan of the blues, and the acoustic Mississippi Delta style of the 1920's & '30's has influenced me greatly. Robert Johnson is the obvious starting point, but there are many others.
My Top 10 Favorite Bands of All-Time are:
The Who...
Rolling Stones...
Led Zeppelin...
The Pogues...
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Radiohead...
Lucinda Williams...
X...
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Warren Zevon...
Bob Marley...
and it all started as a wee lad listening to The Beatles!
My Top 10 Guitar Inluences are:
Pete Townshend(The Who)...
Keith Richards...
Jimmy Page...
Jorma Kaukonen(Hot Tuna)...
Brian May(Queen)...
David Gilmour(Pink Floyd)...
Rory Gallagher...
Doug Pettibone(Lucinda Williams)...
Chuck Berry...
Robert Johnson.
Movies
I'm quite old-fashioned when it comes to movies. Guess I grew up watching all those late-night movies on tv...before there were 500 channels..and it stuck. Don't get me wrong, I still go to the movies. The last three movies I've seen are 'If I Should Fall From Grace' the Shane Macgowen Story, 'Sweeney Todd', the Johnny Depp bloodbath, and 'Fido', a zombie comedy starring Billy Connelly. A few of my all-time favorites are: 'To Kill A Mockingbird'(..1), The Thin Man, Saving Private Ryan, North By Northwest, Taxi Driver. Comedies like: Young Frankenstein, My Man Godfrey, and ALL the Marx Brothers. My favorite music-themed films are: A Hard Day's Night, The Last Waltz, & School Of Rock.
Television
I watch a lot of sports & news on TV. Not really into the 'prime time' schedule.
Two shows I watch faithfully are 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'(i've gone to 6 studio tapings), and 'The Colbert Report'(just went to a taping july 26...first row!!). 'The Soup' is pretty cool too. Joel McHale is spot on as the host.
The one new show I've become a fan of is 'The Riches', starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. Weird show! Looking forward to the return of 'Rescue Me'in the summer. The whole cast is fantastic, and I've always been a Dennis Leary fan.
'Monk' is cool too...just wish it was a little easier to find, and more were produced. Like 'Everybody Hates Chris', the Chris Rock-produced comedy about his childhood growing up in Brooklyn, as well.
I also really enjoy 'Futurama' & 'The Simpsons'. I'm a big fan of Britcoms. Blackadder(..1), Monty Python's Flying Circus, Keeping Up Appearances, Fawlty Towers, Bean, and my new/old fav 'The Young Ones'. Right now none of the Britcoms are airing on my cable service. Damn you, Time-Warner...but Netflix has been a godsend! And man, I miss MST 3000. Especially the ones with Joel Hodgson. Was in the fan club back in the day. For some reason I also love 'Green Acres'. It's like an acid trip, I think!! Last, but not least, is the 'Weather Channel'. Not very rock&roll, but hell, I spend part of my time in upstate New York....just the occasional snowfall to check on!!
Books
The latest book I'm reading is 'The Wordy Shipmates' by Sarah Vowell. Recently finished 'Physics of the Impossible' by Michio Kaku, and 'Team of Rivals' by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Most of the stuff I read is non-fiction. A lot of history. Plenty of biographies.
And I still read the newspaper every day.
I really think the word 'hero' is very over-used and diminished today. Anyone who saves a cat out of a tree is a hero on the 6 o'clock news. Strictly musically speaking, I admire people like the following: John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, Pete Townshend, and Jimi Hendrix.
They made tremendous contributions to the music I love.
I'm the guitarist for the 'Suicidal Poets', a rock band based in the NYC area.
steven aloyisus i wanted me those old-school Mod striped pants again, Santa. didn't i leave you the right kind of cookies??!!! :( Posted 22 hours ago view more
About me: ...I GOT A NEW BLUES BAND IN THE WORKS! MORE INFO & A BAND PAGE COMMING SOON!!!
AS IN PREVIOUS BANDS, I'LL BE PLAYING ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITARS, WITH SOME BOTTLENECK SLIDE THROWN IN AS WELL.
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MY LONG-TIME FORMER BAND, SUICIDAL POETS, IS NOW ON HIATUS.
WE'VE KEPT THE MYSPACE PAGE UP & RUNNING, SO YOU CAN STILL DROP IN FROM TIME TO TIME.
To listen to our full original catalog, just click:
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I know them- I went last year to "try out" and they were DICKS to me. Said I can't sing (I sang Oh Darling and because someone else they know had signed up for it before me, suddenly I couldn't sing). Not cool. Roger was a total PRICK to me. The English guy was ok; Roger can go to hell.
Online Now!
i see i lost my spot on your front page. 
i'm not sure how to take it. 