Countless - but includes Sidney Pollack, Warren Beatty, Michel Gondry, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Brian Grazer, Robert Redford, Jean Renoir, Lawrence Turman, David Brown and Richard Zanuck, Christine Vachon, Kathleen Kennedy, James Cameron, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay, Ivan Reitman, Judd Apatow, The Farrelly Brothers, The Coen Brothers, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Albert Brooks, James L. Brooks, Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Altman, F. F. Coppola (and now, his daughter), and on and on and on...
Brendan's Interests
General
Movies, music, travel, history and language studies, food, art in general and friends who are artists specifically, reading, writing (words or music), and getting ready for whatever’s next.
Music
First among many others: Tim Acres, the band Acres, Rook Overman, ambeR Rubarth, Miles "no relation" Davis, John Coltrane, Teddy Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Blue October, Lovedrug, Sir Millard Mulch, Zero 7, The Deadly Syndrome, Elbow, Fall Out Boy, Muse, The Future Sound Of London, Keane, Gram Rabbit, Killola, A Perfect Circle, Tool (sorry for those last two, Carl!), Bob Mould, Sting, Guns 'n' Roses, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Appogee, Frank Zappa and his derivatives, Our Lady Peace, Mike Keneally, Chris Opperman, Steve Vai, King's X, Stabbing Westward, Radiohead, Robin Trower, Imogen Heap, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, early Van Halen, Gilmour-era Pink Floyd, Death Cab For Cutie, Snow Patrol, Mickey Avalon, Owsley, Ryan Adams, Jeff Buckley, P.I.L., Pearl Jam (before Eddie decided to be Neil Young), "Harvest"-era Neil Young, Brian Eno, Dr. Dre, NWA, The Blacklight Posterboys, Lyle Lovett, Eric Johnson, Weezer, Tonic, Dishwalla, The Replacements, K.M.F.D.M., Beth Orton, Doves, Guided By Voices, early to mid-era Counting Crows, The Church and their offshoots, Rush, early Chris Whitley, old R.E.M., Uncle Green / 3 Lb Thrill, The Crystal Method, The Chemical Brothers, SevenDust, Noel Sanger, BT, Dead Can Dance, The Verve Pipe, Nick Warren, The Mars Volta, etc.
Movies
The Shawshank Redemption, Birth, Igby Goes Down, Fight Club, Wonder Boys, The Godfather (I and II), Magnolia, Citizen Kane, Rules Of The Game, Lost in Translation, Eyes Wide Shut, Glengary Glen Ross, Rushmore, Election, The Ref, Pulp Fiction, Lone Star, Blue Car - etc.
Television
"STUDIO 60" (R.I.P.); easily my favorite show on TV. "Californication" (um, yeah), "Real Time with Bill Maher", "House", "Heroes", "The Tudors". Also and sometimes, depending on the particular show or season we're talking about: "24", "The Shield", "Entourage", "The Sopranos", "Weeds" (minus any version of that wretched theme song, please), and a few others - mostly docs / Discovery / TLC / History Channel, etc. Also R.I.P.: "Huff" , "Mr. Show", "Arrested Development", "Sleeper Cell".
Books
Here's a random sampling of my favorite authors instead, in no particular order: Albert Pike, Krishnamurti, Bruno Bettleheim, Bucky Fuller, R. A. Wilson, M. Gladwell, M. Williamson, Chomsky (that damn commie), Paul Fussell, W.F. Buckley, Lee Child, Aristotle, Ken Wilber, Alan Watts, Jonathan Franzen, David Mamet, Dave Eggers, P.K. Dick, Manly P. Hall, Francis Bacon (a.k.a. Bill Shakes), my Mom.
Heroes
Bucky Fuller.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
All philosophical trailblazers and heretics who paid the ultimate price in their pursuit of truth.
Who I'd like to meet: Real-life friends and neighbors, performers I enjoy, and people one step removed from them. Interesting people - who have something to say - in general.
All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.
The Hierophant's purpose is to bring the spiritual down to Earth. Where the High Priestess between her two pillars deals with realms beyond this Earth, the Hierophant (or High Priest) deals with worldly problems. He is well suited to do this because he strives to create harmony and peace in the midst of a crisis. The Hierophant's only problem is that he can be stubborn and hidebound. At his best, he is wise and soothing, at his worst, he is an unbending traditionalist.
