OK...Yeah, I'm an old hippie. Get over it... Grateful Dead, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, yadda yadda yadda. BUT, having worked in a record store for over a decade (jeez...) I've become quite eclectic as well as eccentric in taste as well as form. I've spent twelve years discussing Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet then turning to the next person so they can ask about C-Murder or something and well, it's done something to my conceptions about what's worth a listen and what's not. I'll listen to anything...but my judgment...well, that's reserved for me...
Having said all of that...here is a list of artists on my iPod; all of which have at least two songs that have been played at least three times which I have given a five star rating (last updated early am 5/19/07...):
.38 Special 'Til Tuesday A Silver Mt. Zion Anton Bruckner Antonin Dvorák Arvo Pärt AC/DC Aimee Mann Air Albert Collins Albert King Alison Krauss Altan Aretha Franklin Art Blakey Atlanta Rhythm Section The Be Good Tanyas The Beatles Béla Fleck The Beta Band Big Brother & The Holding Company Bill Evans Bill Frisell Bill Laswell Billie Holiday Blind Willie McTell Bob Dylan Bob Marley Brian Eno Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker The Clash Crosby, Stills & Nash Crowded House Danú David Bowie David Grisman Quintet The dB's Doc Watson Donovan The Doors Dougie MacLean The Dukes Of Stratosphear Dwight Yoakam Earth, Wind & Fire Echo & The Bunnymen Elvis Costello Elvis Presley Eric Clapton Flatt & Scruggs Frank Zappa
George Jones Grateful Dead Hank Williams The Iron Horse Iron Maiden J. Geils Band Jah Wobble The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy Johann Sebastian Bach The Jackson 5 Jackson Browne James Brown Janis Joplin Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan Jerry Garcia Jimmy Smith John Prine Jorma Kaukonen Keren Ann King Crimson Lama Tashi Leadbelly Led Zeppelin Leonard Cohen Lisa Loeb Lúnasa Marvin Gaye Michael Hedges Miles Davis Mississippi John Hurt The Morwells Neil Young Nicky Skopelitis The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Old And In The Way Otis Redding Pantera Parliament-Funkadelic Pat Martino Pat Metheny Paul Simon Pedro The Lion Philip Glass Phish Pink Floyd Pixies Riley Lee Robert Simpson R.E.M. Rage Against The Machine Ravi Shankar Richard Buckner Riley Lee Robert Johnson Shakti Shuggie Otis Sleater-Kinney Solas The Stanley Brothers Stevie Wonder Sting Syd Barrett The Teardrop Explodes The Temptations Thelonious Monk Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott Uncle Tupelo Van Morrison Wes Montgomery The Who Wilco Woody Guthrie The Yardbirds Yes
What Hindu God or Goddess are you like?
You are closest to the Lord Ganesha. Althogh he has an interseting feature of looking like and elephant, his power makes him strong and faithful. Lord Ganesh is the God to remove all obstacles in life. And because of his unique figure, one of his forces is that he looks beyond one's outer apearance. You are most like this Great God because you are strong and not all that judgemental but, you are human and it can be something in you like all the rest of us. Well Lord Ganesh like many other gods and goddess are just all incarnations of the one almighty god. Take this quiz!
The Big Sleep Heathers Murder My Sweet Office Space The Killing Touch Of Evil Casablanca (yeah, I know...) "Out Of The Past" Kiss Me Deadly The Big Lebowski GoodFellas Betty Blue Nosferatu Scarface Schindler's List Thief The Great Escape The Maltese Falcon Apocalypse Now Metropolis Blade Runner Five Deadly Venoms It's A Wonderful Life Dr. Strangelove Monty Python's Life Of Brian Dune The Shawshank Redemption Full Metal Jacket High Fidelity Fist Of Fear Scarlet Street Army Of Darkness M*A*S*H Monty Python and the Holy Grail Pulp Fiction Lord Of The Rings (I know, I know...) Star Wars (again...I know, I know...) Shaun Of The Dead Children Of Men Young Frankenstein The Great Race
You Are From Neptune
You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability.
You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea.
Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion.
You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone.
If you don't get carried away with one idea, your spiritual nature will see you through anything.
I do not watch television. I'm not angry about it or anything, it's just that if I've got some time to waste, I'd rather fill it with something other than inert mindless drivel. I prefer my mindless drivel to be active...
Books
The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (minus the Freudian stuff at the start...)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Alcoholics Anonymous by well...Anonymous...
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
The Path Is The Goal by Chögyam Trungpa
How To Practice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
being zen Bringing Meditation to Life by Ezra Bayda
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me by Richard Fariña
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (if you've read this far, please read this book...)
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William L. Shirer
and the list goes on forever, and the party...wait...this is books...
Heroes
Joseph Campbell
Before I could ever claim to be on any path other than that of an alcoholic, the books of Joseph Campbell opened my eyes and heart to the possibilities inherent in spiritual practice. Any connection I make, any realization I have...all started with his explanation of the Great Seal of the United States.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The mysteries shrouding the emotional/political/etc... aspects of his life are overshadowed only by the sheer genius of his compositions.
Jimmy Carter
Even though I do not share his faith, Jimmy Carter is the last president whose faith was not mere political window dressing.
Robert Fripp
"The Owlish One" could out shred anyone on the planet, yet always chooses to serve the music. His business philosophy is the paradigm needed in the music industry if it is to survive and actually produce art.
Martin Luther King Jr.
"For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal." --The Dhammapada
Marc Chagall
My favorite artist...
Ansel Adams
He showed us what a beautiful country we live in...Why are we so hell bent on destroying that beauty?
Jimi Hendrix
There was no filter, no difference between what was going on in his head and the sound he produced.
EW1 Washington
I never even knew his first name. He was a Vietnam vet on my ship who could never advance past First Class Petty Officer due to something that happened in Vietnam. He taught me how to trust someone with my life. When he spoke, I listened...
Robert Simpson
Easily my favorite late 20th Century composer. His music is dynamically modern yet wholly grounded in the entire history of western art music.
J.S. Bach
There was music before Bach and music after Bach. His music is the fulcrum.
Alan C.
The best sponsor this pigeon could have had...
Jerry Garcia
My favorite guitarist. Listening closely to any given show can give one a perfect picture of living life with one's heart on one's sleeve.
any member of the Tibetan diaspora
Tibet has been raped by communist China since 1959. These people have chosen to respond with faith.
single mothers
I am constantly amazed at how the single mothers I know balance everything in their lives while raising children.
and most importantly my father, Gordon Bondurant and my brother, Bill
What need have I for this? What need have I for that? I am dancing at the feet of my Lord...all is bliss...all is bliss...
At age three I was pulling pots and pans out of the kitchen cabinets to make drum sets...
When I was eight, my brother got a guitar for Christmas. It was two pieces of molded plastic, sure, but a guitar! By two that afternoon he had broken every string. I used fishing line to restring it and taught myself to tune the darn thing. And I've been a lost cause ever since...
Bill, Mom and Dad at my Gamma's graveside, Easter 2007
My earliest memory is moving to a new home on my third birthday. Three months after the move Neil Armstrong took that "one small step." Not realizing that it would take a few days to get there, I got livid at my mom for pulling me away from the television shortly after the launch.
When President Reagan was shot, I informed my class. No one believed me until we were all called into the gym to be dismissed.
The Challenger explosion happened at the exact moment I was being sworn into the Navy.
Being a Deadhead on tour was a highly creative way to starve...but a lot of fun!
Boomer and Bailey...my boys...
Some of my favorite things: Elixir Nanoweb Light/.012-.053 avocados hot water (yes, I am a Navy vet...) green tea the patterns made by Live Oak branches walking my dogs listening to the tide come in... people that know and care about music as much or more than I do, yet have radically different taste products that say(and really are...), "100% Vegan" really old musty books cirrus clouds seeing the dog poop before I step into it... ProTools always knowing what I did last night knowing musicians with more talent than me
Your results: You are Robin
Robin
79%
Spider-Man
75%
Superman
65%
The Flash
65%
Wonder Woman
62%
Supergirl
57%
Hulk
55%
Batman
55%
Green Lantern
50%
Catwoman
30%
Iron Man
30%
Young and acrobatic. You don't mind stepping aside to give someone else glory.
New Record "Mitchell Williams Fo Govena" featuring Erik Lawrence of the Levon Helm Band- out today on Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, and on JuniorLeagueBand. com. Tour to boot! cheers, Junior League Band
it would be funny if someone tried to do that on this system though they would have a hard time picking up a 650ton coil, and of course they would have to deal with the 10,000lbs of liquid anhydrous ammonia shooting at their face. i'm sure an airpack and a tight face mask would protect them....
Very well. I am almost finished with the book. Haven't been reading as much as I could be. Been distracted to say the least. I hope you are well as can be. I received a cd I ordered from FeedYourPlayer today and I thought warmly of you. Big love.
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