bach, buzzcocks, bartok, basie, coltrane, costello, the possum, willie nelson, los panchos, ray charles, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, scarlatti, lee scratch perry, billie holiday, romy kaye, the moonglows, joe williams, jimmy lunceford, stan kenton, charley parker, chris connor, miles davis, tony bennett, kenny dorham, the ramones, the clash, SLF, spoon, wilco, dead kennedys, gang of 4, 999, fear, circle jerks, black flag, germs, undertones, zeros, van morrison, the jam, wire, minor threat, the specials, the selecter, X, richard hell & the voidoids, the damned, beatles, beach boys, sonic youth, run dmc, anita o'day, bob wills & the texas playboys, gilbert castellanos, a.j. croce, dengue fever, chavela vargas, matt pond pa, detroit cobras, ted leo, james brown, motown, hank williams, tammy wynette, howlin wolf, ultramagnetic mc's, roy orbison, redd volkaert, lee wiley, lester young, the delfonics, jimi hendrix, jack teagarden, toots & the maytals, lee scratch perry, big star, the autumn defense, santogold, lila downs, irma thomas, al green, detroit cobras, kraftwerk, blonde redhead, tribe called quest, bowie, the shins, the cure, the distillers, turbonegro, pixies, minus 5, psychedelic furs, street dogs, X27, syl johnson, the chi-lites, the danleers, the penguins, misfits, crass, uk subs, the exploited, causey way, scarlatti, big joe turner, little richard, iggy pop, cornelius, ligeti, vernon duke, perez prado, oscar de leon, vicente fernandez, tom waits, Gladys Knight & The Pips, susannah mccorkle, june christy, elmore james, my dog singing when we get close to balboa park, andre previn, vernon duke, connie smith, louis jordan, wynonie harris, gene krupa, elliot carter, eric satie, betty everett & jerry bulter, antonio carlos jobim, messaien, pernice bros, zumpano, XTC, le mystere des voix bulgares, dead boys, king tubby, charles ives, stravinsky, sibelius, debussy, shostakovich, haydn, lygeti, the man in black, ennio morricone, bernard herrman, monk, blakey, betty roche, the 5 satins, los tigres del norte, nick lowe, the blue note catalog, the peele sessions, anything played by glenn gould, mahalia jackson, skeeter davis, allen toussaint, lee dorsey, alvin robinson, whistling, blues harmonica, birdsongs, playgrounds, carnaval, celebration, my dog singing when we get close to balboa park,
Movies
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN! the silence, faces, shadows, l'aventurra/la notte/l'eclisse, alice, high & low, the birds, nxnw, psycho, underworld, round midnight, criss-cross, barton fink, murder by death, jaws, la dolce vita, dr. strangelove, neighbors, bugs bunny/roadrunner movie, the sacrifice, and now for something completely different, alien, double indemnity, leopard man, king of comedy, the killing, discreet charm of the bourgeoisie, ikuru, kiss me deadly, close encounters, therese, naked, witness, the eyes without a face, the great pumpkin, land without bread, l'argent, pickpocket, miller's crossing, duck soup, arsenic & old lace, the pink panther, the omen, raw deal, t-men, the man from laramie, gloria, roger & me, sunset blvd, the in-laws! night of the living dead, dawn of the dead, alphaville, spirited away, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, thunderball, dreams, real life, lost in america, the shining, hiroshima mon amour, secrets & lies, contempt, bullitt, the getaway, il desierto rosso, being there, cape fear (both), raising arizona, spider baby, rock & roll highschool, rude boy, end of the century, a taste of cherry, the color of paradise, crimes & misdemeanors, broadway danny rose, young frankenstein/fronkensteen, flashback, playtime, harvey, a touch of evil, taxi driver, lolita, the producers, belle de jour, the dead zone, la promesse, the edge, white hunter/black heart, repulsion, house on haunted hill (castle!), the tingler, a fish called wanda, crossfire, boys from brazil, the paradine case, the odd couple, faust, unforgiven, the searchers, network, murder my sweet, secret ballot, they drive by night, the great santini, defending your life, quadrophenia, halloween, his girl friday, dog day afternoon, le samourai, mean streets, mystic river, rebecca, shock corridor, scent of green papya, cyclo, elevator to the gallows, wonka, t-men, faust, vertigo, etc. etc.
Television
Countdown, Daily/Colbert, No Reservations, Mad Men, Good Eats, classic cinema, All In The Family, early M.A.S.H., Get Smart, The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, Warner Bros., Tex Avery, Scooby Doo, color bars and fuzzy sleepy noise in the a.m. . . .
Books
Leprechaun's Guide to Home Making, Collected Works of Wm. Butler Yeats, Ironweed, The Flaming Corsage, Underworld, Still Life With Woodpecker, Greasy Lake, Cannery Row, Travels With Charley, Love In The Time Of The Cholera, South Of No North, Post Office, The 4 Quartets, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Labryinth of Solitude, Turnabout, The Night Life of The Gods, Breakfast of Champions, Tortuga, The Silence of The Llano, Crazy Cock, Fiskadoro, The Day Room, The Bushwhacked Piano, A Confederacy of Dunces, A People's History of The United States, Einstein's Monsters, The Physicists, Clothes For A Summer Hotel, Goose & TomTom, Neruda, Beckett, Lorca, Snyder, Creely, Heaney, Rilke, Jeffers, Lowell, eecummings, & on & on...
Heroes
Dan, Opal, & Carolee Bodie, Me Brothers, Me Family, DK, The Original San Diego Crew, Groucho Marx, Marcel DuChamp, Declan MacManus, Shirley Allen, Joe Williams, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Sebastiao Salgado, Chuck Bukowski, Federico Garcia Lorca, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mañuel Alvarez Bravo, Pablo Neruda, Henri Cartier Bresson, John Coltrane, Akiri Kurosawa, Jan Svankmajer, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Bukowski, Luis Buñuel, Coen Bros., MLK, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Lumiere Bros., Space Shuttle Astronauts, Barbara Boxer, Dennis Kucinich, Thurgood Marshall, Alan Alda, Peter Sellers, Gene Wilder, John Stewart, Steven Colbert, Keith Olbermann, and my great friends - all of you
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Stay tuned for my next photo installation during the Casbah's 20th Anniversary Fest : Winter 2009
More About Me:
Menace of the Bog; Hoarder of Useless Gold Coins; Image Maker; Olympic Honors in Beer+Whiskey; Baja Taco Stand 3am; Church of John Coltrane, Joe Strummer, & Groucho Marx; Circus Dog Tricks; Can Touch Nose w/Tongue; King Of Leprechaun Bedlam; Photographer/Writer/Web Developer/Designer
Gut the Military Commissions Act of 2006-- Restore Habeas Corpus!
Tell your Senator that the Constitution is not "just a goddamned piece of paper," but something he or she swore to uphold. Click here to read more about this bill.
Hey Chowmain Meal, want to go with me this weekend to The Seeds show in San Diego? They're playing with The Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Electric Prunes, Canned Heat, Big Brother and The Holding Company (sans Janis Joplin) etc. It's a straight Grandpa fest but I'm VIP all the way. Backstage and shit, free drinks and I'm sure they'll be some birds there. I'll get you more info on it but it's the 4th coming up in SD.
Happy belated b-day darling! Took me 4 hours to get back from L.A. tonight (Ugh!), but luckily I tivo'd the debate. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Go Obama!!!
Hope to see you @ the Adams Ave St frolic tomorrow. My husband, Ron Dziubla will be blowin the sax, backing up the Hollywood Combo tomorrow @ 3pm and Big Jay McNeely at 7:45pm. Woul love to see you after all this time. Getting ready to watch the debates.....Ugh! Come find us tomorrow!!
