a mix of things........Astrud Gilberto,
Alice in Chains,
Concrete Blonde, the Zombies, Portishead,
Parliament Funkadelic, Marshall Crenshaw,
Dean Martin, Roberta Flack, James Bond movie music, the Stylistics,
Tom Waits, Dusty Springfield, the Seekers,
Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Vic Mizzy, the Smithereens,
Franz Waxman-(the Bride of Frankenstien:Soundtrack), Berlin,
the Smiths,
Prince, the Cramps, the Ramones, Todd Rundgren,Tori Amos, the Clash, Stevie Nicks, RadioHead, Queen, Everything But the Girl,
XTC__( the Dukes of the Stratosphear ),
Brian Wilson,
Arthur Lee and LOVE,
Al Green,
Nickelback, Spirit, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, the Temptations, the 4 Tops,
R.E.M.,
TOOL,
Chaka Chan and Rufus,
Annie Haslam and Renaissance,
the Moody Blues,
the Ventures,
the Stray Cats,
Marvin Gaye,
ELP,
Alice Cooper,
Harry Nilsson,
Steely Dan,
Toad the Wet Sprocket,
Traffic, Split Enz/ Crowded House, NIN,
Blind Faith,
Queen,
King Crimson,
Dexter Gordon,
Bow Wow Wow,
Kate Bush,
Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones,
"the Sound Of Philadelphia",
Roxy Music,,
Nirvana, vintage Genesis and Peter Gabriel,
Elvis Costello,
the Beatles,
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Stevie Wonder-(mid 60's-early to mid-70's),
Bush,
Stone Temple Pilots,
Classic Motown,
Classic R&B ,
.......tons of Soundtracks.......
Movies
Film Noir, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Fritz Lang, Buster Keaton, Hayo Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, John Woo, Tim Burton, David Mamet, Billy Wilder, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Walter Hill, George Lucas, Barry Levinson, Universal Monster Movies.......and 2 early 80's movies.....Excalibur by John Boorman-(stunning film & soundtrack) & the Natural--( about learning how not to corrupt a "gift" )
Television
some..............Nova-(PBS).....Science Channel... and Tennis---( yeah--really )
Books
....Brad Meltzer, Ayn Rand, Bernard Malamud,
Saul Bellow, Martin Amis, James Baldwin, Tom Friedman, Stephen Hawkin's (a brief History of Time), Robert Anton Wilson (Cosmic Trigger), and articles by Christopher Hitchens,.....a mix of interests
Heroes
Hillel the Elder..............................................
"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And when I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? (Pirkei Avot 1:14)
That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor".
About me: I'm an artist working in the comicbook field.
Credits include......Identity Crisis with Brad Meltzer & Rags Morales,
also.....Wonder Woman, Vampirella, X-Men, Batman, Catwoman-mini-series, Spider-man, the JSA, Hawkman, JLA:Year One, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Ghost Rider, Alpha Flight....and the list goes on & on.
Outside of comics I've done work for Def Jam Records-(various promos), & backcover art for Public Enemy's "Muse Sick-N-Hour" CD ......................................................................................................................................................................
Let's see........my Father was 1st generation Mexican/Indian--( my grandparents traveled up from Mexico on the railroad cars in the 1920's and learned their English from the old Bluesman riding them ), & my Mother is German, Jewish, and Scottish. For anyone who knows me....
Bair isn't the "legal" name,....
but it appears to work okay for professional reasons.............
I seem to be too tall to be living in Brooklyn, but once out of the city everything goes back to normal--( whatever the hell that is ).........
oh.........
I don't have a Cat, but please don't hold that against me.____________________
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