I love music. Listening to it. Writing it. Playing it.
Music
By decade (artists may appear more than once if they were good in more than one decade):
60's: the Beatles; the Beach Boys; The Soft Machine; LOVE; Strawberry Alarm Clock; the Velvet Underground; The Stooges; the Flying Burrito Brothers; The International Submarine Band; The Byrds; the Bee Gees (pre-disco); Chicago; Cream; Crosby, Stills, and Nash; Creedence Clearwater Revival; The Who; The Zombies; Antonio Carlos Jobim; The Left Banke; Simon and Garfunkel; Tim Buckley.
70's: Led Zeppelin; Black Sabbath; the Beach Boys; Dennis Wilson; Kevin Ayers; the Velvet Underground; John Cale; The Stooges; the Flying Burrito Brothers; Gram Parsons; the Allman Brothers Band; the Bee Gees (pre-disco); Chicago; Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; Jethro Tull; Yes; XTC; Colin Blunstone; Meat Loaf; Steely Dan; Todd Rundgren; Big Star; Neil Young.
80's: XTC; Tears for Fears; The Police; Van Halen; Toto; the Violent Femmes; AC/DC; the Pogues; the Vaselines.
90's: Jeff Buckley; XTC; Sunny Day Real Estate; Beck; Starflyer 59; Joy Electric; Death Cab for Cutie; Eels; Nirvana; Stone Temple Pilots; Mother Love Bone; Screaming Trees; Gin Blossoms; King's X; Blind Melon.
00's: The Fire Theft; Steel Train; The Thrills; Starflyer 59; Joy Electric; Richard Swift; Frank Lenz; Nickel Creek; Eels; The Darkness; Flogging Molly; the Dresden Dolls; the Tiger Lillies; Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan.
Movies
Bottle Rocket, Almost Famous, Donnie Darko, Rushmore, Zoolander, the United States of Leland, Tommy, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, Led Zeppelin's DVD, Saving Private Ryan, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ray, The Boondock Saints, The Ninth Gate.
And of course, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and Bubba Ho-Tep. Bruce Campbell is awesome.
Television
The Young Ones, Sledge Hammer!, The Office (U.K.), Extras, That 70's Show!, Arrested Development, Ghost Hunters, The Big Bang Theory.
Books
music biographies of my favorite bands/artists.
I just finished The Chosen Rejects, Nirvana's biography.
Heroes
Andy Partridge, Gram Parsons, Jeff Buckley, and Mark Lanegan.
Happy St. Patrick's Day Jonathan!! Andrew enjoyed his green eggs this morning, and I have some fun stuff planned for Jacob later! Any fun plans for you guys? Well, have a great day!!
The recession indeed! it was great meeting you guys also. I had a blast and we'll have to do it again! We should all get together sometime when I'm out In Cal and destroy fruit with a shambok or however you spell it!! Never forget the Dark Wizard Abishag, my friend. Never Forget!
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Happy New Year Jonathan! ... it's been so long since we last spoke ~ LoL
Tonight we are spending New Years Eve at a party, but not super late, as our boys will be with us. I don't care to stay out that late anyway... don't know if I'd make it since I usually go to bed before 9:00 ~ hehehe
That graphic was just for fun. I was planning on sending out a more personal comment on Christmas, but I can send yours now...
MERRY CHRISTMAS Jonathan!!! I am so glad you are on my friends list so we can keep in touch over the years :) My family and I are well. We got dumped on, so we are enjoying a very white Christmas here in Michigan :) I hope you are doing well and that your holidays are extra special this year. Warm wishes, Joanna :)
Yes, we took our boys out Trick-or-Treating and now we are at a friends house and I'm taking advantage of his high-speed. So much better then dial-up by far :) Hope you enjoyed your party.
