| General | Exploring new places, people and things. Music and playing the drums for both a jazz big band and an acoustic pop-type act. Thai Food. Making a night of it in some dark corner of a stale fermented club, listening to live jazz and relaxing my mind to the soothing vibrato of a contemplative trumpet. Hiking. Summiting Mountains. Drinking hot peppermint tea. Exploring with friends. Photography. Rollerblading. The internationally ignored frisbee sport, Ultimate. Movies. Enraging the locals. Waterskiing (though it's been too long!) Testing different Gin while playing cribbage with my buddy Poest. And if I haven't mentioned it yet, just friggin EXPLORING something new! | | Music |
Top Ten Pop Favorites of All Time (Includes all Albums):
Sting, Tom Waits, Seal , Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, Peter Gabriel, Natalie
Merchant, Prince, Beck, Tori Amos
Other Pop/Top 40 Favorites:
Smashing Pumpkins, Five For Fighting, Maroon Five, John Cougar Mellencamp
(yes, it's true!), Fountains of Wayne, P.J. Harvey, Marc Broussard,
Enigma, Portishead, AudioSlave, Edie Brickel, Massive Attack, Simply Red, Ween, Bruce Springsteen,Crowded House (Neil Finn), Chris Isaak, Allyson Krauss, Tenacious D, Air,
Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Elvis Costello
Jazz Favorites:
Al Di Meola, Brad Mehldau, Jamie Cullum, Miles Davis, Jane Monheit, Jeff
Beal, Diana Krall, Dr. John, Art Tatum, Uri Caine, Michel Camilo, Little
Jimmy Scott, Holly Cole, Erin Bode, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Chick Corea,
The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman, Pat Methany, Harry Connick Jr., Randy Waldman,
Karrin Allyson, Patricia Barber, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones,
Astrud Gilberto and anything Getz or Jobim.
Old Classics:
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Captain Beefheart, The Monkeys, The Beatles, Tower
of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, The Dixie Dregs, Randy Newman,
Kenny Rogers, Queen, Toto, The Bee Gees (Yes, The Bee Gees!), The
Eagles, Billy Joel, Elton John, and of course Stevie Wonder!
The Indies:
Hem, Starlight Mints, Brassaville, Wovenhand, Dresden Dolls, Sylvie Lewis,
Jaqui Naylor, The Bourbon Princess, Leona Naess, Juliet Turner, Tracey Bonham,
Makana, Devics, Golden Smog, Jesse Sykes, Lori Carson
World:
Djelem, 17 Hippies, Jennifer Cutting, Llewellyn, Ariella Ulliano, L'art de
Passage (with Helmut Lipsky), Orra Chan, Larla O' Lionaird
What I grew up on and actually still listen to from time to time (...but
look how I've grown?!?)
David Lee Roth (don't hate me!), L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, Bon Jovi, Mind
Bomb, Queensryche, Megadeth, Poison, Winger (don't underestimate the power
of Kip)
Classical:
Shostakovich, Beethoven, Chopin, Olivier Messiaen, Rachmaninoff, Willy Schwartz,
John Cage, Michael Torke, Schnittke (eerie, scary), Sweelink (The Choral
Stuff).
Local:
Dan Balmer, Mel Brown, Tony Pacini, Ed Bennett, Randy Porter, Alan Jones,
Dave Friesen, Stolen Sweets, The Dimes, Chris Mosely Trio, Storm and the
Balls
Other: ...and anything retro/cocktail lounge.
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