playing pool. fishing. value. lurking hard, hardly lurking. talking. smoking. sleeping. escapism. writing at the keyboard (emails, dummy). instruments. figuring out art. driving.
Music
guns n' roses, nas, tom waits, otis redding, big L, hoover, leonard cohen, wu tang, peter green's fleetwood mac, neil young, the staple singers, defari, jimmie rodgers, metallica's first 3 albums, skip james, M.O.P., the replacements, the band, freddie foxxx, bongzilla, mississippi john hurt, joy division, dj babu, creedence, brand nubian, nick drake, micheal jackson's Off the Wall, hawaiian hula music, gang-gang dance, mikey bones and lucero's memphis record.
Movies
Raising Arizona, Country Man, My Best Fiend, PeeWee's Big Adventure, style warz, Rocky, Deliverance, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Television
NY1, The Simpsons, the History Channel, Kids in the Hall, The Sopranos, The Family Guy, Saturday Night Live, Trading Spouses, Growing Up Gotti, The Office
Books
J.P.Donleavy's The Ginger Man, David Sedaris, any Flannery O'Connor, Sir Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler, Paul Bowles's A Distant Episode, Deschooling Society, Richard Farina's Been Down So Long, Looks Like Up to Me.
Heroes
jesus - a fisher of men who took a lot of crap with gentle, good humor.
my close friends - they're amazingly talented, and extremely patient to remain my friends.
j.p. donleavy (finally met him) - he lived it, and somehow found the time to write it down.
my dad - the old man is jersey city's combination of willie loman & archie bunker.
ben franklin (my man invented the bi-focal, the harmonica, and the mail-order catalogue!)
About me: just minding my F's and U's. i talk too much. deaf in left ear. no sense of smell. and i've got plenty to be ashamed of, but nothing to hide....sweep the leg, johnny.
Who I'd like to meet: people i already know, but for the first time, again. bill murry. pretty girls. people smarter than me. angus young. the elderly who ride the bus with lots of stories. jews. Nas. amy sedaris. paul bowles. myself, 1 year before i die.
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