Living in the moment, Love, New experience, Music (listening, making, living musically), Humor & Laughter, Movies, Journals (I've kept one since 1976), Poetry, Literature, Art, My Exploratory Partner, People, Museums, Yammering, Lists, Spirituality, Discovery, Observing, Words, Erotica, Jazz, NY Yankees, Transcendant sex, Wine, Great Food, Single-malt Scotch, Creativity & the process, Mantra Tantra Exuberantra, Surveys, Beauty, Meditation, Family History, Travel, Culture, Trivia, Connection, Compassion, Awareness, Huh?, Friends & Family, Openness, Polyamory, Dimples, bonfires, tactile motivation, exploring what makes us what we are...
Music
Dylan, Van Morrison, Beatles, Stones, Jazz, classic rock, 60s, GD, singer-songwriters such as Leslie Carey & Butch Zito, Sonny Rollins, Ryan Adams, blues, country, folk, reggae, Irish, Richard Thompson, P-Funk, Joni, Samuel Barber, Deva Premal, Coltrane, Mingus, Miles, Indian & Tibetan music, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Holland, Greg Osby, Sun Ra, Monk, WAYNE!, Charles Lloyd, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Armatrading, David Murray, Charles Ives, Muddy Waters, Bartok, Bola Sete, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Porch Chops, Clapton, Johnny Cash, Neville Bros, Dr. John, Mike Watt, Professor Longhair, Jim Hall, Phil Lesh & Friends, Sonic Youth, Joe Henderson, John Fahey, the incomparable Peter Himmelman...all are old favorites but I'm just riffin' here I'm a mad collector of anything I haven't heard before...I'm especially fond of live music...and Mad-Sweet Pangs
Movies
Directors: Kurosawa, Pedro Almodovar, FF Coppola, Hitchcock, Bertolucci, Antonioni, Scorsese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Leone, John Ford, Coen Bros...
Anything intellectually stimulating or downright oddly compelling...foreign films, sweeping epics, tragically romantic, thrillers, mindless comedy, intelligent comedy, samurai, suspense, historical, anything entertaining be it blockbuster or art-house small...Kurosawa's Dreams, The Go-Between, Days of Heaven, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Don't Look Now, LE BAL, Bringing Up Baby, Touch of Evil, Taxi Driver, Magnolia, Crash, Apocalypse Now, What the Bleep Do We Know?, U-Turn, Barton Fink, The Passenger, Good Fellas, Rear Window, House of Flying Daggers, Love Actually, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Don't Look Back, Streetcar Named Desire, Blue Velvet, Belle De Jour, Last Tango In Paris, The Night Porter, Seven Beauties, The Great Escape, Daywatch, Brand In The Brain, The Fall, Y tu mama tambien, Short Bus, Asian cinema, for starters...
Television
Anything made for HBO-Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sopranos, Deadwood, Sex & The City, Da Ali G Show, Bill Maher, etc.; 24; OnDemand; David Letterman; Discovery Channel; PBS; The L Word; IFC; Bravo; Monty Python; I miss Northern Exposure and especially Twin Peaks;
Books
Books that changed my life: One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Marquez); Ficciones (Borges); The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (PK Dick); Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (HS Thompson); On The Road (J Kerouac); Siddartha (Hesse), The Art of Happiness (Dalai Lama); The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway); Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer); Delta of Venus (Anais Nin); Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame (C. Bukowski); The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz); The Collected Poems of Allen Ginsberg;
Heroes
My Mom & Dad (for their example), John Lennon (for his fearless vulnerability), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (for his immense experience and ability to relay it with astounding vibrancy), Bob Dylan (for his grasp of the unknown and his prodigious ability to assimilate everything he needs to be profoundly unique), Allen Ginsberg (for his honesty and loyalty to his friends and causes), my grandpa Papa (for his dedication to his family and even spirit), my ex-wife Lynn (for her instictive ability to know what is right), Martin Luther King, Jr (for his vision and eloquence), Gandhi (for his peaceful persistence), the Dalai Lama (for his compassion and humanity) Willie Nelson, Ornette Coleman, Igor Stravinsky, Muhammad Ali (for bucking the system by being themselves), Paulette Goodson (for her unceasing honesty), Val Cherrin (for being a friend, teacher, inspiration and warm, loving spirit egging me on), Leslie Carey (for her ability to show me what I was missing in myself, her innate creativity, enticing voice, delicate whisper, raucous humor, soft hands, lust for life, her exuberant wordsmithery, pools of eyes, stubborn self-reliance, twisted vision, M/T/E... and Sandy & Molly (for their incredible giving, deep understanding, unfathomable sharing, uncompromising honesty, mountainous grace, stunning openness, insane appreciation of all that I am...brave and inspiring women of character)
"People can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that." - Homer Simpson
Brad R's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Dating, Friends
Hometown:
TEMPLE CITY, CA
Body type:
6' 0" / More to love!
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
WRITER / PUBLICIST / MUSICIAN
Brad R's Schools
San Diego State University
San Diego,California
Graduated: 1980
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
1975 to 1980
Temple City High
Temple City,California
Graduated: 1975
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
I play guitar, harmonica & sing in PORCH CHOPS www.porchchops.com & other bans in CA & DE. 300+ orig. songs. Released 20+ recordings since mid-1980s. Produced cds w/ members of Rolling Stones, & other natl acts
published (aka Vic Bradley) critic/ journalist/reviewer writing on music in Jazziz, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Relix, American Book Review, philzone.com & others. My poetry has been published in various places since 1976
About me: Searching for peace, awareness, love, new discovery and optimal experience through music, art, sex, books, people, movies, dancing, forward motion...whereever the journey leads. Warning: I come from a family of yammerers. Honesty is of primary importance as is openness, tolerance (I work hard on these but sometimes get a bit perturbed at people who don't consider others or who act hurtfully or unthinkingly about those around them)...I like to talk, probably think too much, and am persistently romantic. High and low culture are fascinating to me--from the Louvre to John Waters...there is room for all. The key to all is really love and awareness. Working towards more of both in our lives is how I envision the path to happiness that we all wish to walk. "It ain't why, why, why...it just is." - Van Morrison. In the past year, I have found myself in a place of peace and happiness that is fully embracing the present and I can't tell you how refreshing it is. My music site is http://www.porchchops.com
Also: myspace.com/porchchops
Who I'd like to meet: I have found that tho' solitude is charming and productive, I have learned that I adore sharing myself with those I care about deeply and I thrive on being an integral part of someone's life. For the first time in my life I don't feel defined by whether or not I'm in a relationship. It's a nice space. I'm a busy guy with lots of friends, hobbies and interests...always busy but really flexible w/ my time. The person I feel I'd love to share my life with would be someone pretty stable but adventurous, open, intellectual, prodding, not content to just accept what others think but to seek to always be expanding and SEARCHING for their own personal take on things; someone who is anxious to share the journey of discovery through investigating what creative people, places and activities have to offer. Not afraid to not know but anxious to know more. Someone strong and giving, positive and tender. Someone not afraid to be a friend, lover, confidant, collaborator. Someone drawn to creative endeavors and thinking. Someone who wants to know themselves and everyone else a bit better. Someone bent on discovering new aspects of life, love and happiness. Jealousy, greed, ego and envy should be low on their priority tote board. Not afraid to relax and do nothing but more comfy with lots of input. I've had a very blessed life thus far, all that is missing is the chance to share life with the right person...My goal now is to work on me...striving to be a more complete, genuine, caring and aware person through love, action, dedication, foresight, meditation, music, and just expanding awareness and optimal experience. So what is all this blabber? yammer...yammer...yammer...Let's rock...more music...more experience...more NOW, more life, baby. I'd like to meet the dude who invented sunglasses...one cool Joe, I gotta think...Or as a beautiful friend of mine says, "Let's just have FUN!" Why waste time...
Hi Beautiful! Just stopping by your page! LOVED the Mike Watt video..amazing!!! Might have to snag that one. And the Twin Peaks clip was delightful.. :)
I love Krishna Das.. good choice! Hm..now if I can only get you to read Yogananda.. heehee Whats up Angel??? Missing your presence.. ~m oh.. ps: Ry said he is listening to the Porch Chops non-stop!
Nice vid of "The Man In The Van With A Bass In His Hand"!
You know Watt lives in my town. He plays the local clubs. I have met him 4 times now, seen him play lots more. You should get his Pod Cast. "The Watt From Pedro Show". Opens every show with a John Coltrane Song. Two or Three Hour shows every month.
