My family and pets, Cooking, Classical music, the Internet, reading (novels, politics, philosophy), movies, Filmusic, Exercise, wine etc.
Music
ORCHESTRAL: Bernard Herrmann, Charles Ives, Malcolm Arnold, Gustav Mahler, Bela Bartok, Sergei Prokofiev, Bohuslav Martinu, etc.
FILMUSIC: Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa, Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman etc.
OPERA: Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Strauss.
OPERA SINGERS: Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas, Regina Resnik, Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horn, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, Fritz Wunderlich.
OTHERS: Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Ray Charles etc. Loretta Lynn.
Dame Joan Sutherland
La Stupenda as Alcina
Maria Callas
America's greatest composer, Charles "Charlie" Ives.
Bennie Herrmann conducting the CBS Symphony Orchestra
Movies
Any scored by Bernard Herrmann; John Waters, the Brothers Coen, Pre- "Silent Movie" Mel Brooks,
"All About Eve," "Night of the Hunter," "Election," "The Fountainhead," "The Miracle Worker," "The Bad Seed," "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy," "The Manchurian Candidate" (the original; not the remake), "
Bernard Herrmann in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man who Knew too Much"
Television
24, Doctor Who, Star Trek (original series only, please, Little Britain, Good Eats.
Books
Ayn Rand,
Fannie Flagg, Robert McCammon, Agatha Christie, Philp Jose Farmer etc.
True crime: The late Jack Olson was the best, Harold Schector showcases the most depraved; Ann Rule is, of course, the Queen of True Crime.
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Biography: Jan Swafford's "Charles Ives: A Life With Music" is the finest I've ever read (three times!). He accomplishes a miracle in that his prose is evocative of Ives' music. Amazing.
"A Heart at the Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann." I traveled all the way to Los Angeles in '91 just to attend the first book signing for this bio of my favorite composer.
Heroes
All of the above.
My latest heroine is Krista Scott-Dixon, aka, "Mistress Krista," my not for profit fitness gur-ress sublime. Check her out at: http://www.stumptuous.com. She's brilliant, sexy, sassy and a little bit nuts.
i dont know who started this game but the thought of buying you seems fun...i dont plan on selling you anytime sooon..my love to the family marcus welby :) tammy
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WE ARE NEEDING TO KNOW WHO ALL IS COMING TO OUR 3RD ANNUAL CRAWFISH BOIL SO WE KNOW HOW MANY POUNDS OF CRAWFISH TO GET. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COME OR NOT. PLEASE LET US KNOW BY THURSDAY 3/6/08
The Reed's are having their 3rd annual Crawfish Boil this Saturday. We will be having karaoke this year. Please RSVP so we can get a head count on how will be coming. BYOB
Hey stranger! I completely for got to!! I have the memory of a 90 year old! ha ha i guess it's from all the stress of teaching!! ha ha jk! Your profile song is so relaxing! How are things? We all need to get together soon... and have some WINE! lol I know how ya'll be LOVING some wine! Tell your hub hello and I miss seeing him every day in Kroger for his daily trips!
Marcus, I must find a stylist that can pull this "DO" off pronto! (Justin and my anniversary is coming up so I gots ta look guuuud!!) please contact me immediately if ya know of anyone!
Marc, I tried to leave mom a message, but it said her page was goin under reconstructive surgery, so we gotta fix that!!!!! I got some funny shit to send her!! PEACE TIGGA!!