Exploration and a great meal!
I travel a bit and have very little fear of seeing and trying lots.
I like classic cars, ethnic foods...and definitely eating up. Cool friends and hang out as often as possible. I cook well and have friends over all the time...sometimes is just a couple of musician or poet buds..just digging deeper into the human condition, fixing world hunger and arguing of Merlot and Sideways. I'm defending Merlot. Staunchly so.
Collect art and have about 110 paintings on my walls. Various periods and styles.
Totally get into the smaller space of granduer. I'll drive across the country every now and then just to see things and hang out with the locals....and hear magnificent stories with simple people with fantastic spirits. Just way too cool.
Great poetry. Well thought out of stuff...unless you're a genius, then just the instantaneous work.
The sincere embrace.
Music
For beginners, I do front U2 tribute bands occassionally. Used to be my main gig..now I'm an impersonator for the Man himself(great man). But otherwise my choices in music varies upon my moods. Sometimes some great Rock and Roll..contempory and classic....other times is symphonic Classical...and other periods Ella Fitzgerald hits it right.
But these days....since fronting a couple of U2 tribute bands....listening to all the millions of songs U2 has written.....man..like 400 or so. What's up with that?
Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, Ella, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, Coltrane, Chopin...ma fav.....lots of international stuff.
Flamenco, Paco De Lucia, Paco Pena, Mexican Rancheras, Gypsy Kings...and other gypsy styles.
Some older Dylan and his epic songs, Damien Rice, Frank Drennen, Snowpatrol, Jimmy Eat World, the Pogues, The Eels, Oasis, old Elvis, Sweet Honey In The Rock...and other negro gospel.
Beethoven .. 9 and Mozart's Requim, Chopin's No 1 Concerto adagio.
Movies
The Shawshank Redemption...my all time fav, Tso Tsi, The Sixth Sense, Austin Powers, Napoleon Dynamite, In America, The Commitments, anything from Ron Howard, The Lion King..."I just can't wait to be king".
Then there's Silence of the Lambs.....yeah, what a great love story.
"It rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again."
I'm a cinema lover...so the list could take 5 or 6 pages.
Television
Simpsons and 60 Minutes..that's it--if it happens. I don't own a tv and haven't for a few years. Lots of news online..and some youtube....Chopin and other goodies of the sorts.
Books
The classics and some great poetry...especially Pablo Neruda(have almost all his works in 1st Ed). On The Road, Angela's Ashes, the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, anything from Neiborh, Leaves of Grass, Poe's collection, The Closing of the American Mind, anything Dave Barry....Steinbeck, Tom Robbins, Camille Paglia, Marina Tsevtayeva--and other Russian novelists.
Heroes
All the peacemakers and great contributors of this world...of all walks.....in big and small elements.
Jesus Christ, Stradivarius, Pablo Neruda, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, Gershwin, Chopin, Leonard Cohen, my old man....the apostle Paul and John, Abe Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Nicola Tesla, Bono, Anton Susmyer, Grandma Moses. That's just on Mondays....and of course, my father Vasa Willy Sfera(God bless his soul)
About me: Some of my professional work(Mexico City April 1 2009)
Ciao,
Welcome to my small little page of organized ramble.
Been a man of faith and fault for awhile and seeing the journey of recognizing the differences between the twain. Home spun and loving life....I've broken it down.
Involved a bit in music and arts world and digging it. Hanging on the comical, spiritual side of my waking hours..........that and a bag of Cheetos! All just magical and remedial in its small deeper sense of happiness
Into exploring and seeing the world. Traveled a bit and
speak a few other languages. Turkey and Agean Sea rocked. Man, one doesn't know didly about world history till you go somewhere and people older than Moses walked on the same beaches.
I spend an inordinate amount of time in a couple of rooms in my house....but I am one who knows his way around the kitchen.........and not afraid to throw in a couple of extra spices. Wanna see what comes out.
Always cool to meet interesting people with great perspectives.
A bit of a news junkie...Gots to know what's happening all over the world..not just in my neighbor's backyard. Haha. Feel free to drop me a line and say hello...
Who I'd like to meet: Just like me! ....how funny is that?
Musical, aritistic...and otherwise creative spirits need apply. The world is too small not to say hello. Suppose the poet spirits of the world and those of faith and without. Anyone with a great opinion...especially one's that compel me to be a better man.
I'm a bit of a traveler and love the spirit often folks bring in my path. Some face to face, others in a small passing by kind of way. Wishing a deeper plain speak folk....fact based opinionated commentators...those comfortable in their own skin. The artist within and expressed out. The gardner in perpetual blossom. The child ready to play.
I'm up for coffee of so with anyone interesting. Poets a plus. Always willing and ready to learn...as I'm reminded daily of how much life is ready to teach.
Hello, just letting everyone know that my first Demo with Tree Records 'Open up your mind' is on my page now. I hope you can find time to have a listen and leave a comment, I'd love to know what everybody thinks. all the best andy
HI,THERE! HOW ARE YOU DOING? HAVE YOU SEEN A MOVIE CALLED AUGUST RUSH? IT'S ABOUT A KID WHOSE A MUSICAL PRODIGY, ROBIN WILLIAMS IS IN IT AS AN OLD ROCKER, HE LOOKS ALOT LIKE BONO IN IT! WHICH IS AMAZING! I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT HIM, BONO LOOK ABIT ALIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? HERES A PIC OF ROBIN...
Sorry I have been out of touch for awhile, but now that I no longer have two jobs, I will try to say hello more often. Hope you have an awesome weekend and please do stop by to say hello and comment. Hugs and happiness. Marjorie a/k/a Shydoe
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