i just play the bass man.

i travel, i play music with my friends, and somehow have managed to make a living doing so. when i'm not "working" i like to read my books, ride my bicycle, cook my groceries, listen to my records and all sorts of other nice things.

wine induced beatles sing alongs

probably my height. i'm a tall drink of water.

books - the autobiographies of miles davis, nina simone, johnny cash, bob dylan and frank zappa. also lots of kurt vonnegut, jack kerouac, dave eggers, jonathan lethem, nick hornby, malcolm gladwell and michael pollan.

movies - hitchcock, scorsese, coen brothers...oh yeah and pee wee's big adventure

shows - carl sagan's cosmos

music - pretty much every motown recording ever made, sam cooke, ray charles, donny hathaway, duke ellington, john coltrane, billie holiday, sly & the family stone, karen dalton, the band, the beach boys, paul simon, brian eno, neil young, the kinks, elvis costello, al green. i also like some music recorded in the last 30 years, too. (e.g. wood brothers, wilco, jon brion, mike viola, grizzly bear, dr. dog, punch brothers)

food - indian, bahn mi, bibimbap and peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches

my fingers, my record player, my bicycle, ginger, the 4 minor chord and the sunday new york times

mississippi john hurt

the spirit moves you