Marillion, Fish, Fito Paez, Radiohead, u2, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Sting, The Cure, Pink Floyd, Rush, Queen, Genesis, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, The Killers, Evanescence, Alkaline Trio, There For Tomorrow, Augustana, Ours, Muse, Sleeping at Last, Fiction Plane, Him, Snow Patrol, NIN, Broadway musicals, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Kevin Gilbert, Glen Phillips, Indio Solari, Nina Gordon, Veruca Salt, Matchbox 20, Bush, Charly Garcia, Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Gavin DeGraw, Tim McGraw, Coheed and Cambria, and a ton more. In the classical realm : Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Handel.
Movies
Schindler's List, Jacob's Ladder, Angel Heart, anything by Pixar, Star Wars, 1941, Amadeus, Blade Runner, Deathtrap, Good Will Hunting, The Graduate, Office Space, The Odd Couple, The Others, The Pink Panther series, Titanic, What Dreams May Come
Television
Fawlty Towers, X-Files, The Simpsons, Futurama, King of the Hill, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Lost
Books
"King Lear", "Cien Anhos de Soledad" ("One Hundred Years of Solitude"), "La Sombra del Viento", "Angels and Demons", "O Alquimista" ("The Alchimist"), all the Sherlock Holmes short stories, "A Confederacy of Dunces", "El Eternauta", "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius", "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", "The Professor and the Madman", "Lolita", "Griffin & Sabine" series, "Girl Interrupted", "Cronicas del Angel Gris", "Hamster Huey and Gooey Kablooie"
Heroes
Natalie Portman - an amazing talent, a great heart and indescribable beauty. God gets REALLY inspired sometimes.
About me:
'Raptured' is now available on iTunes ... pretty happy with it, check it out :)
Hola - Me llamo Gustavo, vivo desde el año 88 en los Estados Unidos pero mi familia es cordobesa y es alli donde tengo a la mayoria de mis tios, tias, primos y primas. Mi hermano vive en Buenos Aires con su familia y trato de visitarlos por lo menos dos veces al año.
Escribo y grabo musica (acabo de terminar 'Raptured' en Estudios Ion ... leo bastante y me desvela el futbol.
Si queres saber mas, escribime y deci hola.
Abrazos,
Gus.
I am proud to have compiled the Abrazos CDs benefiting The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Please check them out :
www.cancerbenefit.org
ABRAZOS: 2007
Third 100% not-for-profit compilation CD benefiting The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation featuring Glen Phillips, Martin Page, Veruca Salt plus 15 other great artists.
ABRAZOS: 2006
Second 100% not-for-profit compilation CD benefiting The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation featuring Sleeping At Last, The Gufs (with Rob Thomas on additional vocals), Howard Jones plus 16 other great artists.
ABRAZOS: 2005
100% not-for-profit breast cancer benefit compilation CD featuring an exclusive Nina Gordon song plus 17 other great artists in an eclectic mix that comes together for a worthy cause .
I also make music so if you are curious, you can hear some of my stuff here : www.gustavolovato.com
An inspired debut album borrowing from a big spectrum of rock, from Marillion to The Police to Michael Penn; the theater of progressive rock condensed into a three minute quote. (Kevin Gilbert anyone ?) think : progressive pop.