Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jim Carroll, Black Elk, The Clash, Billy Childish, Donovan, Richie Havens, Georgia O'Keeffe, David Bowie, Mike Ness, Alan Watts, Woody Guthrie, U2, Warren Zevon, Robert Johnson, Ray LaMontagne, Tracy Chapman, Lou Reed, Pete Seeger, Ben Harper, Steve Earle, Muddy Waters, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Wilco, Paul Westerberg, Frank Black, Cat Stevens, Howlin' Wolf, Ani DiFranco, Miki Gonzalez, Bob Mould, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Tom Waits, John Trudell, Tom Petty, Pixies, Arcade Fire, John Mellencamp, the Band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Nomads, Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy, Edgar Allan Poe, Steppenwolf, Black Panther Party, MC5, Iggy Pop, President Obama, Amiri Baraka, Edgar Allan Poe, Jono Manson, Charles Bukowski, Baudelaire, The Killers, The Doors, Frida Kahlo.
"The best rock and roll to be recorded in New Mexico
since Buddy Holly and the Crickets cranked it out
at Norman Petty's Studio in Clovis." -King Conniption
“Portolano has played a weird brand of acoustic roots punk (really) as the Lone Monk for about a decade.” Jonanna Widner- Santa Fe Reporter
Since arriving in Santa Fe in 2005 from N.J. he has played shows
with folks like Jono Manson, Joe West, and Boris McCutcheon.
Recorded "Incantations" at Jono’s mountain hide-out
studio and it may actually one day get released.
Have been a guest on KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe
with Honey Harris, and also on KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio
on the shows of Diego Mulligan and Pete Williams.
Lead singer/guitarist of the Vicious Beatniks since 1990.
Played the N.Y./N.J. scene with many different line-ups at
places like CBGB’s, the Scrap Bar and the Continental Divide
Released 7” on Winged Disk records in 1992, and a few cassette only releases over the years that are now collected as a CD compilation accurately called “Old Habits, Die Hard.”
“Love And Loss” demo EP recorded before leaving NJ.
Have had poetry and photographs published in many diverse publications.
May all beings live in peace, unless they mess with me.
