General
Family, Friends, Educators, Teachers, Music, Live Music, Concerts, Art Festivals, Music Festivals, I love anything Irish, Anything Welsh, Anything Celtic, Road Trips, Camping, Hiking, Basketball, Photography, Museums, Comedy Clubs, Amusement Parks, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Cooking, Poetry, Writers, Musicians, Volunteers, Astronomy, Sports, Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Portland Trailblazers, Indiana University Basketball, Florida Gators, Traveling, Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Poland, New Zealand, Some of my favorite places here in the states are Northern California, The Redwoods, Stouts Grove Road, San Francisco, Mount Shasta, Eureka, Crescent City, Arcata, Mill Valley, Sebastapol, Portland Oregon and all of Oregon, Florida, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, Ybor City, Connecticut, Boston, New England, etc...
Music
I listen to a little bit of everything but my favorite band will always be The Grateful Dead. A close second would be Bob Dylan, Ween or Modest Mouse. Here's a short list of some bands I listen to : Aerosmith - The Allman Brothers - Tori Amos - A Perfect Circle - Avett Brothers - The Band - Barenaked Ladies - The Beatles - Beck - Andrew Bird - Blind Faith - The Blood Brothers - Blues Traveler - James Blunt - Robert Bradleys Blackwater Surprise - James Brown - Junior Brown - Jackson Browne - Jeff Buckley - Jimmy Buffett - Sam Bush - J.J. Cale - George Carlin - Johhny Cash - Manu Chao - Harry Chapin - Tracy Chapman - Ray Charles - Eric Clapton - Jimmy Cliff - Patsy Cline - Bruce Cockburn - Leonard Cohen - Albert Collins - Elvis Costello - Sheryl Crow - Counting Crows - Country Joe - Robert Cray - Cream - Credence Clearwater Revival - CSNY - The Cure - Cypress Hill - Miles Davis - The Dead - The Dead Weather - Iris DeMent - Derek and The Dominos - Ani DiFranco - Dixie Chicks - The Doors - Dr. Dre - Dr. John - Dresden Dolls - Chris Duarte - Bob Dylan - The Eagles - Steve Earle - The Eels - E.L.O. - Elvis - Eminem - Alejandro Escoveda - The Flaming Lips - Bela Fleck and The Flecktones - Fleetwood Mac - Flogging Molly - Ben Folds - Foo Fighters - Robben Ford - Aretha Franklin - Micheal Franti and Spearhead - Freakwater - The Fugees - Jerry Garcia - Marvin Gaye - G. Love and The Special Sauce - Gone Daddy Finch - Gov't Mule - The Grateful Dead - Wavy Gravy - Al Green - Green Day - David Grisman - Guster - Woody Guthrie - Buddy Guy - Tim Hardin - Ben Harper - Mickey Hart And Bill Kreutzman The Rhythym Devils - Richie Havens - Warren Haynes - Jimi Hendrix - Here Come The Mummies - John Hiatt - Bill Hicks - Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks - Lauryn Hill - The Hippies - Billie Holiday - Bruce Hornsby - Robert Hunter - Iron Maiden - Jewel - Billy Joel - Jack Johnson - Robert Johnson - Janis Joplin - Keb Mo - Alicia Keys - B.B. King - Carole King - Freddie King - Kings of Leon - Leo Kottke - Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lenny Kravitz - Led Zeppelin - John Lennon - Little Feat - Live - Los Lobos - Los Lonely Boys - Louis C.K. - Ludacris - Lonnie Mack - Macpodz - Taj Mahal - Aimee Mann - Bob Marley and The Wailers - Mars Volta - Dave Matthews Band - The Mavericks - Mac McAnally - Matisyahu - Del McCoury Band - Sarah McLachlan - Melody - Natalie Merchant - Metallica - The Meters - Method Man - Steve Miller - Joni Mitchell - Modest Mouse - Moe - Wes Montgomery - The Moody Blues - Van Morrison - Mos Def - Movits - Mr. Big - Mystikal - Nas - Willie Nelson - The Neville Brothers - Nine Inch Nails - Nirvana - North Mississippi All Stars - NRBQ - Old And In The Way - Roy Orbison - Outkast - Ozric Tentacles - Ozzy Osbourne - Paolo Nutini - Parliament Funkadelic - Gram Parsons - Particle - Les Paul - Pearl Jam - The Persuasions - Tom Petty - Phil Lesh and Friends - Utah Phillips - Pink Floyd - POE - John Prine - Public Enemy - Q Tip - Queen - Queens Of The Stone Age - Radiohead - Rage Against The Machine - Railroad Earth - Bonnie Raitt - Ramones - Robert Randolph and The Family Band - Ratdog - Otis Redding - rhcp - Redman - Lou Reed - R.E.M. - The Rolling Stones - Peter Rowan - Doug Sahm - Sam and Dave - Santana - Bob Seger - Paul Simon - Sleater Kinney - Smashing Pumpkins - Snoop Dogg - Sol Survivors - Son Volt - Soundgarden - Bruce Springsteen - Steely Dan - Cat Stevens - S.C.I. - The Strokes - The Subdudes - Sublime - Sun Ra - System Of A Down - 10,000 Maniacs - Talking Heads - James Taylor - They Might Be Giants - Richard Thompson - Tool - Toots and The Maytals - Peter Tosh - The Toyes - Traffic - The Traveling Wilburys - The Derek Trucks Band - U2 - Umphreys McGee - Uncle Tupelo - Townes Van Zandt - Stevie Ray Vaughn - Violent Femmes - Tom Waits - Muddy Waters - Doc Watson - Merle Watson - Ween - Bob Weir - Gillian Welch - The White Stripes - Chris Whitley - Wilco - Hank Williams - Keller Williams - Lucinda Williams - Bill Wilson a Bloomington based musician R.I.P. - Johhny Winter - Stevie Wonder - Wu Tang Clan - Wyclef Jean - Yes - Yonder Mountain String Band - Neil Young - Warren Zevon, too many to list.
Movies
Some of my favorite movies are Breaking Away, Harold and Maude, Hoosiers, The Jerk, Bowfinger, Into The Wild, UHF, Gran Torino, The Usual Suspects, Anything By Monty Python, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Schindlers List, Saving Private Ryan, Uncle Buck, Observe and Report, The Hangover, Now You Know, Clerks, Clerks 2, The Heartbreak Kid, Tropical Thunder, The Illusionist, A Christmas Story, Spaceballs, The Goonies, There Will Be Blood, The Crucible, The Pursuit Of Happyness, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Departed, Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story, The Wedding Singer, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, The Coen Brothers, Signs, Shawshank Redemption, Tommy Boy, Nacho Libre, The Descent, The Mirror Mask, Hot Rod, Strange Wilderness, Field of Dreams, Fever Pitch, Anything with Will Ferrell, Paul Giamatti or Sasha Baron Cohen, Borat, Bruno, Papillon, Forrest Gump, Me Myself and Irene, Stand By Me, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, The Soloist, Yellow Submarine, Airplane, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, I Love You To Death, Anchorman, Knocked Up, Shaun Of The Dead, Superbad, Better Off Dead, High Fidelity, Talladega Nights, Blades Of Glory, Dumb and Dumber, The 40 Year Old Virgin, There's Something About Mary, Walk The Line, Apocalypto, Shrink, Zombieland,
Television
Comedies, Sports, Austin City Limits, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, Parks and Recreation, The Cleveland Show, Tosh.0, The Soup, Web Soup, College Basketball, Eastbound and Down, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bored To Death, Arrested Development, Modern Family, The Bob and Tom Show, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, Anthony Bourdain No Reservations, Tonight Show, Mr. Show,
Books
Books are my favorite gift to get and give. Of all the material things in the world to get, a book is the best. Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut are my favorite authors and probably always will be. Angelas Ashes, Teacher Man, Anything by Frank McCourt, Searching For The Sound by Phil Lesh, The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, The Secret World Of Trees, Something Good For A Change or Random Notes On Peace Thru Living by Hugh Romney, The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Robert Frost, Henry Miller, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cornel West, Hunter S. Thompson, William S. Burroughs, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac, Marguerite Wilkinson, John Irving, Al Franken, Dave Barry, Mitch Albom, Tom Wolfe, Ken Kesey, Noam Chomsky, Poetry, And I still love the old Far Side comics and Calvin and Hobbes.
Heroes
My Grandparents, Mark Twain, Albert Schweitzer, Albert Einstein, St. Francis of Assisi, Volunteers, Teachers, Teach For America, SEVA Foundation, Wavy Gravy, Bill Hicks, Locks Of Love, Doctors Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders, Lew because of who he was and what he did and also for who he loved and cared for.

Comments
Oct 27 2009 2:14 PM
ooxoxxoxooxxoxoxo love you sweet brotha!!!!! :)
Oct 21 2009 1:06 AM
SCI @ ROTHBURY 2009
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THINKING OF YOU SWEET BROTHA MATT! OXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXXO :)
Sep 25 2009 8:45 AM
excellent multimedia interpretation of city life's beat-tastic suaveness.
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Sep 24 2009 6:32 AM
the northwest part of NZ is supposed to get some wicked sunsets tomorrow.. after passage of this cold front.
Sep 18 2009 3:18 AM
steal your socks right off your head!
time for a walk
Sep 15 2009 12:26 PM
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Sep 12 2009 2:23 AM