Bicycling, Photography, the conjugating of subjects and predicates, Bonsai gardening, jazz music, roots music, travel, cooking, wine, bourbon, film, live performance
Music
MeShell N'Degeocello, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Olu Dara, Allison Moorer, Neko Case, Louis Jordan, Susana Baca, Orchestra Baobab, Ozomatli, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Sam Cooke, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, Cassandra Wilson, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Cash, Kelly Hogan and the Wooden Leg, Del McCoury, Coltrane, Miles Davis
Movies
Classic Universal horror films, Marx Brothers films, Clouzot's original Diabolique w/ Simone Signoret, Dr. Strangelove, Dead Man, Lost In Translation, Bad Santa, American Splendor, Ghost Dog, Bubba Ho-Tep, Night of The Hunter, Chaplin's "Limelight", The Bad Seed, My Little Chickadee, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Bull Durham, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Television
Simpsons, 24, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Barbecue U. I really miss "Arrested Development."
Books
Bridges of Memory: Oral Histories of Chicago's Black Migration, Bastard Out of Carolina, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, Maus, Giveadamn Brown, American Gods, Mr. Vertigo, Watchmen, The Soul of a Chef, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, The Brewmaster's Table, Oxford American Magazine, The Sun Magazine, anything by Michael Chabon (the man can do no wrong after Spider-Man 2), Hunter S. Thompson circa "The Great Shark Hunt."
Heroes
Charles Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Steve Earle, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Spider-Man, W.C. Fields, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and most anyone who isn't a Republican. Oh, and Mom.
I am a man of mystery. I am mighty. I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the moon; as warm as bathwater. I'm a superhero, man. I don't have time to be charming. The boots of evil were made for walking. I'm watching the big picture, friend. I know the score. I am a public service, not a glamour boy. I'm not a captain of industry, or a maker of things. Keep your vulgar monies! I am a justice sandwich. No toppings necessary. Do you catch my drift?
Do you dig?
Who I'd like to meet: Well, since you asked, I'll lay it out. I don't want friend requests from webcam "girls", bad white boy hip-hop acts (too many of you around these parts), jam bands, dirty south rappers, and Tila Tequila types. I'm sure you think your music is the proverbial shit when you're on high on hash, you may need to work your way through college by posing in a thong, you may have always had a beauty mark shaped like an arrow there, roll bounce with a fistful of Remy, and have unresolved issues with Daddy that causes you to exhibit way more than I'd like to know about you. I'm more of a "don't come to me, I'll come to you" person, alright?
Whoever you are, just be cool. Cool?
where tha hell were u saturday nite...shyt wuz stupyd!! i'm gonna put my happy bday in now bcuz i might forget tomorrow. btw, if you're doin sumthin lemme know, d.chavez sent me a txt about the sub-t for june 6th (his bday also).
When the parade ended, I was completely dehydrated and pouring sugar cookie crumbs down my throat. Certainly, I was in no condition for Koda. But, I will have to check it out one of these days soon. Looks good!
