I grew up in Heavy Metal when that meant Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Judas Preist...I even had patches on my denim jacket. Then I found punk and "matured" into Echo and the Bunnymen and The Jam. I morphed with the 80s in an uncomfortable, pubescent way but was anchored by early REM and The Police. I played in bands all along the way and covered them all. I had my hippy days in Vail where I once spent three days straight at Red Rocks for Phish and I then played my share of acoustic grunge in the mid 90s when I shook the THC from my gaze (well, maybe not all of it). I settled into the driving Power Pop of Buffalo Tom and always integrate the blues of the Masters with the varieties of Big Head Todd, Los Lobos and the lovely Susan Tedeschi. Did I mention Zeppelin? Never enough Zeppelin. Matthew Sweet, Sublime, the immortal Johnny Cash, Audioslave, Paul Weller, Arturo Sandoval, Manu Chao, White Stripes, Cameron de la Isla...whatever.
Movies
Cocktail (just kidding)
Television
I watch the news over breakfast (mostly for the weather) and flick between late night talk shows as I fall asleep (usually between 3 and 4 am). In between I catch sports at my bar. If I get a half hour on the couch, I check out Comedy Central, The Travel Channel, The Food Netwoork, The History Channel or Discovery...that's of course when there's nothing enthralling on MTV or VH1...
Books
The E-Myth Revisted; The Craft of the Cocktail; The Joy of Mixology; The Savoy Cocktail Book; Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails; The Bartender's Bible; The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book; Jigger, Beaker and Glass; The Bartender's Guide; The Stork Club Bar Book; The Barbary Coast; Harold and the Purple Crayon
About me: Busy, busy, busy. I'm always busy. But damn if it ain't all fun! Come have a drink with me on my blog: http://elixirsf.blogspot.com and SIGN UP FOR THE UPDATES.
Cheers,
H.
Who I'd like to meet: Fun, friendly people both in and out of "the business" that enjoy the richness and pleasures of how we, as friends and neighbors, acquaintences and strangers, share life over a drink.
Lou Dog Trio is back in San Francisco this Friday, August 15 at Broadway Studios in North Beach ! We’re headlining an awesome night of music including an awesome set of SUBLIME!You need to get advanced tix
Lou Dog Trio at Red Devil Lounge this Saturday night with Little Bitches a tribute to WEEZER. Plus Audiodub's CD release party (our original band) get there at 9 p.m.!
Happy 2008! LDT will be rocking Sublime at the world-famous Slim's in San Francisco this Saturday night (1/12) with Stung, a tribute to the Police. This is an all-ages show! Tix are available by clicking HERE. Cheers!
hey H, happy freakin new year! hope you had a good celebration, and here's to a big 2007. you should film yourself for the drinks contest chick, and take the $10k. salud, recliner
wait! whoa! slow down jr! what is this i hear? no spam? dont want the kooks er ahem i mean strangers as your pal? you are just not right. what the hell has gotten into you? that disclaimer in your intro ROCKS! in fact can i cut n paste on mine too cuz the creepies are starting to irritate the crap outta me! i like it and if u wont sue for plagerism may i?
and just for the record.......
shot of fernet pls. and on a NON working night i'll take a kettel citroen rocks with lotsa lemmon wedges and if we're talkin civilized social soiree i will take it like 007 - K1 up no vermouth ;)
I enjoy cocktails very much. I also admire your myspace admissions policy. I get a lot of marketing bullshit too (ie "Westcoast Computer"-DECLINED) but rather than bothering to listen to the music or check their site, I give them a probation period and if they bulletin less than twice, they can stay. I mean, we are all whores, right?
