Faves and Recommendations
ALBUMS:
After Hours-Nina Simone . Rough Mix-Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane . Parachutes- Coldplay . Chinese Eyes-Pete Townshend . Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips . Tapestry-Carole King . The Real Thing-Faith No More . Appetite for Destruction-Guns and Roses . Joshua, Judges, Ruth-Lyle Lovett . The Soul Cages -Sting . Shaking the Tree-Peter Gabriel . Talk is Cheap – Keith Richards . Chaos and Creation in the Backyard – Paul McCartney
MUSICIANS:
Ben Folds, Coldplay, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, Elliott Smith, Joe Jackson, Rufus Wainwright, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michelle Shocked, Tom Petty, The Killers, Bob Mould, Phillip Glass, Michael Penn, Faith No More, NINA SIMONE, Loretta Lynn, Stevie Wonder, Tin Machine, They Might be Giants, Cake, Annie Lennox, k.d.lang, U2, Lyle Lovett, Adrian Belew, Queen, Peter Gabriel, Jonny Lang, Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash, Sting, Chris Isaak, Jack White, System of a Down, Neil Young, Richard Thompson, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Who, Luka Bloom, Air, Steve Earle, John Zorn, Celedonio Romero, Kings of Leon, P.I.L., Bright Eyes, David Bowie, The Flaming Lips, Jethro Tull, The Toll, John Lee Hooker, Joni Mitchell, Moby, Nick Cave, Radiohead, Reverend Horton Heat, Rush, Screaming Headless Torsos, Sons of the Pioneers, Leroy Van Dyke, Van Morrison and more…
FOOD:
The Majestic Cafe (Detroit)/ Saffron and Big Burrito (Kalamazoo)/ Sindhu/San Su / Cancun Grill (Okemos) / Lamai’s Kitchen / House of Hsu / El Azteco West/ Altus in E. Lansing
BOOKS:
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis . The Camerons - Robert Crichton . The Cairo Trilogy – Naguib Mahfouz Desert Solitaire – Edward Abbey . The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade – Thomas Lynch The Witching Hour – Anne Rice
MOVIES:
PERFUME, American History X . The Machinist . I (heart) Huckabees . Office Space . Harold & Maude . The Picture of Dorian Gray . Wild at Heart . What’s Eating Gilbert Grape . Triumph of the Spirit . Arsenic & Old Lace . Brazil . The Hudsucker Proxy . Donnie Darko (directors cut) . Fargo . The Crossing . Mystery Men . Reefer Madness . Rushmore . Time Bandits . Equilibrium . The Razor’s Edge . Batman Begins . Kiss of the Spider Woman . Death Takes a Holiday . Magnolia . State and Main . The Secret of Roan Inish . EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
MOVIES NOT TO SEE:
Cabin Boy . Broken Flowers . The Village . Punch Drunk Love . Margo at the Wedding. Wickerman.
DOCUMENTARIES/FEATURES:
Going Tribal Dancing Outlaw Grizzly Man The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
Death: The Trip of a Lifetime A Brief History of Time: Stephen Hawking
Encounters at the End of the World: Werner Herzog
ACTORS:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christian Bale, Edward Norton, Willem DaFoe, BILL Murray, William H. Macey, Jason Swartzman, Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Jim Carrey, James Stewart, Tom Hanks, Tim Robbins, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Gabriel Byrnes, Greg Kinnear, Scarlett Johansson, Dennis Quaid, Geoffrey Rush, Dennis Leary, Holly Hunter, Gene Hackman, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix
TV:
News Radio . The Muppet Show . Scrubs. Insomniac w/ Dave Attell . Kids in the Hall . Absolutely Fabulous . Globe Trekker . The Daily Show w/ John Stewart . Dirty Sexy Money . The Office . Myth Busters . Dr. Katz. 30 Rock.
MY CONCERT LIST: Be kind; I’d hate to see your list 
1.Adam Ant 2.Amy Grant 3.Armada (x6) 4.Ben Folds (x5)
5.Bob Mould (x2) 6.Bonnie Raitt 7.Bruce Hornsby
8.Chris Isaak 9.David Lee Roth 10.DIO 11.Duke Tomato
12.Elton John 13.Elvis Costello (x2) 14.Great White
15.Heart 16.Janis Ian 17.Judy Collins 18.Julian Lennon
19.Leroy Van Dyke 20.Luka Bloom 21.Lyle Lovett
22.Megadeth 23.Melissa Etheridge 24.Metallica
25.Michael Bolton 26.Peter Gabriel 27.Queensryche
28.Reverend Horton Heat (x3) 29.Richie Havens
30.Savatage 31.Sinead O’Connor 32.Steve Camp
33.Steven Taylor 34.Sting (x4) 35.Stryper 36.Sugar
37.Tab Benoit 38.The Grateful Dead 39.The Who (x3)
40.Tom Petty 41.White Heart 42.White Snake 43.Yussou N’Dour
44.David Gray 45. New Orleans Klezmer All Stars 46. Steely Dan(x2)
47.Chicago 48.Huey Lewis and the News 49.Blind Boys of Alabama
50.The Flaming Lips 51.Gogol Bordello(x2) 52. Bettye LaVette
53. Laith Al-Saadi 54. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
