A li'l bit o' everything, from Miles Davis and John Coltrane to Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture. Particular faves, in no particular order (well, outside the top three): Jimi Hendrix, Gang Of Four, Bowie, The Doors, The The, VAST, early Genesis/Peter Gabriel solo, My Morning Jacket, Elton John, Joseph Arthur, NIN, Mother Love Bone, Temple Of The Dog, Jane's Addiction, Led Zeppelin, Sweet, U2, SOUL (early '90s Hollywood rockers), The Spores, The Lamented, Praying Hands, Slack Babbath, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, The Who, the Stones, Kinks, Allman Bros. Band, Traffic, GnR, The Cure, The Cult, The Smiths, Cracker, Gomez, Living Things, Frank Zappa, Remy Zero, Pink Floyd, BRMC, ProCon, Velvet Underground, Mayfield Four, Sam Mann and RAM, Lunatics On Parole and, of course, all the bands on my friends list...my tastes are all over the board....
Movies
A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, spaghetti westerns (esp. The Good The Bad And The Ugly), Hitchcock, Freaks, Night Of The Hunter, Touch Of Evil, Double Indemnity, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Slap Shot, Mother Jugs and Speed, Phantom Of The Paradise, Tommy, Apocalypse Now, Natural Born Killers, L.A. Confidential, Pulp Fiction, The Quiet Man (me Irish side comin' out), The Big Lebowski, Death Race 2000, Farewell My Lovely (Mitchum version), Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, among others....
Television
The Simpsons, Family Guy, old Bugs Bunny 'toons, Twilight Zone, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers
Books
Not so much books, but authors...I'll read anything by Tom Robbins, Neal Stephenson, James Ellroy, Robert Heinlein, Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Jordan's ridiculously addictive "Wheel Of Time" series, Harry Turtledove, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke and Stephen Hunter, among many others...I'm a voracious reader! For poetry, my faves are William Blake and Edgar Allan Poe ("Annabel Lee" is, quite possibly, the best lyric poem EVER!). When it comes to philosophy, Nietzsche is alway provocative...though I find myself more and more adopting the solipsist point of view....
Heroes
Those who dare to be individuals in an increasingly conformist society
About me:
I'm a witty wordsmith and ribald raconteur who's called Tinseltown home for almost 20 years. I was formerly a writer/editor for the weekly music biz trade mag "The Album Network," where I spent five years and rose to the position of Group Editor before those Clear Channel bastards shut us down. Since then I've been doing the freelance route, including the majority of the writing for the MUSEXPO music conference (check out www.musexpo.net for all the sordid details). I've also been haphazardly working on a somewhat autobiographical novel set in Hollywood in the late '80s (see my blog "The Past Is Prologue" for a sneak peek). I'm still available for writing assignments, though, and welcome any inquiries. I made quite a few friends in the music scene in Hollywood in the early/mid-'90s, and would love to hear from any with whom I've fallen outta contact!
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Who I'd like to meet: Well, I spent over a decade going out at least four nights a week to various hotspots and am quite frankly somewhat burnt out on the nightlife scene. Don't get me wrong, I'll still hit a club to support cool bands and leave most folks under the table (Thursday nights at the Cat Club are also a guaranteed good time), but for the most part I prefer to indulge in mellower moments now: watching a movie on the 36-inch TV in the living room, hitting the jacuzzi for a drink with friends, occasionally hiking in Griffith Park...you get the picture. I won't lie, I'm as much into looks as the next guy...but a keen intellect and mischievous mind are definite prerequisites, no matter how gorgeous ya may look. Beauty fades, but a good brain will last forever (unless ya murder it with methamphetamine...but that's a tale for another time...).
hey Switters Hope you're well! A quick reminder about the gig this Friday 25th at THE MINT. This is an all ages show too, so a chance to bring youngens too. Should be able to squeeze you on our free guestlist if u msg us back soon with names. Hope to see you soon,all the best.
Check out the new trailer with snippets from the Herzberg
festival.
Tribe, whose performance was considered by many to be the
highlight of the festival was comprised entirely of Joshua tree musicians! We hope to have the live footage and
recording from this festival edited and mixed within the next 2 months.
Thank you very much for the add. We're having a blast getting out and rocking again. We hope we get to see you at one of our shows.
Please check out the new "Sweet, Live in America" CD we have in the store on the bands main page at www.thesweetband.com
Here's wishing you a great 2009
Check out out new bling "SWEET" t-shirts modeled here by our official band mascot, the beautiful "Penthouse Pet of the Year", TAYA PARKER who is also starring in VH1's Rock of Love. You can find Taya in our top friends, the t-shirts you can find in the store on the bands main page at www.thesweetband.com
hey dude! I'll be in hollywood this comming tuesday on the Jameson Tour bus...( the whisky... not the porn star!) and partying at this club called Opera..... the guys who own the bars i work for got me a ticket......maybe meet up at Tinys?
Well I have wanted Blue bird and the tape with Wipping post. My friend borrowed it years ago and never returned it. I have one cd but I am not sure it was from elektra. I think it was the one that Stevo paid for.
Hey, you know what I would like to see Caps and Wings. But for sure I want the same 97' result. I don't want the Rangers to win so I'm gunning for the Caps. (:
Are you going this year? It's good to be intouch again. I actually wanted to tlk to you about some Soul musica I'm betting you have that I would love to have again.
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