| General | Movies (duh!) / DVD (double duh!), TV (over 25 years in media), music (my first love; I sing and play keyboards, guitar and bass; huge music collector), walking, biking, trivia, reading, power naps, meeting new and interesting people, travel, writing, podcast producing | | Music | The Beatles (collectively and solo), Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, Brian Wilson, Neil Young, The Monkees, Stones, Aerosmith, Chet Baker, Merle Haggard, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Jewel, U2, James Brown, Temptations, Supremes, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Bruce Springsteen (to name but a few, but those are the major faves )...On the soundtrack/composer front: John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws), Max Steiner (Gone With The Wind, King Kong), John Barry (the "Bond" theme), Randy Newman (The Natural, Toy Story), Elmer Bernstein (Stripes, The Blues Brothers), Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands), Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo, Taxi Driver), Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther, The Party, Breakfast At Tiffany's), Herbert Stothart (The Wizard Of Oz), Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly), Michael Kamen (Die Hard), Carl Stalling (Looney Tunes)
| | Movies | Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon,The Dark Knight, LOTR Trilogy, The Wizard Of Oz, American Graffiti, Singin' In The Rain, Raiders Trilogy plus 1, Clerks, 2001, Toy Story, Blade Runner, Star Wars IV-VI, Duck Soup, Die Hard, Halloween, Citizen Kane, E.T., Unforgiven, Pulp Fiction, Annie Hall, Head, Juno, Fantasia, City Lights, There Will Be Blood, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, A Hard Day's Night
(and about 1,000 others...) | | Television | Lost, 24, Turner Classic Movies, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Dancing With The Stars, American Idol, Spaced (my newest favorite)...Amongst classic TV?: Andy Griffith, SCTV, vintage SNL, Friends, WKRP, MASH, St. Elsewhere, Three's Company, Twin Peaks, Dark Shadows, Moonlighting, Starsky and Hutch, That Girl, Dick Van Dyke | | Books | Biographies (mainly musical and film personalities), research books (mostly pop culture related), horror/fantasy, self-help, spiritual | | Heroes | Amongst my influences: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Clint Eastwood (my apologies for not correcting the spelling of your name here until recently, sir!), Steven Spielberg, Michael Curtiz, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Quentin Tarrentino, Walt Disney, Martin Scorsese, Bill Cosby, Bonnie Hunt, Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Bogart, FDR, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Bruce Willis, Tom Snyder, Casey Kasem, David Letterman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrman, John Williams, Jesus...and in the heroes category: my little brother Anthony, my sister in law Donna, all my nieces and nephews, my honorary brothers Stan, Scott and McCauley...all my old local comedy show cast mates , my Mom and Dad....and my big brother Kenny who was my biggest cheerleader, my biggest fan, my best friend and a 2nd daddy to me who taught me so much about life and loving people unconditionally...I carry his spirit in my heart every day. |
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The Classic Film Club, Movie Buffs of the World Unite, Al Jolson: The World's Greatest Entertainer, Classic Hollywood Star MySpacers, Silent Films, Silent Film Fans Group, i heart the RoaringTwenties, . . . action!
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