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Blues, jazz, adult alternative, roots music and good ol' fashioned rock and roll would be the genres. As far as artists are concerned, well, SRV, Hendrix, Blind Willie McTell, Miles Davis, Ornett Coleman, Thelonius Monk, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Chris Whitely, Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, Elvis, Eric Clapton, J J Cale, David Gilmour, Stephen Stills and John Prine.

General fiction, literature, mysteries, history, archeology, biographies and alternative history. Favorite authors? Lawrence Block, Peter Guralnick, Thom Palmer, Hunter S. Thompson, Dorthy Parker, Dawn Powell, John Steinbeck, William Styron, V. Nabakov, T. Pynchon, D F Wallace and John Barth.

Apocalypse Now, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, the Godfather Trilogy, Reservoir Dogs, Chinatown, The Last Seduction and Manhattan.

In general, I am not a big fan of television although I have a few shows I watch. Pawn Stars, Man versus Food, Louie and 30 Rock.

Locally: 1/2 Price Books, CD Exchange, Golds Gym, Tessaro's, The Strip District, the bar at The Sewickley Hotel and Heinz Field. , Non-local: Houston and Austin, Texas, San Francisco, New York and Chicago.

Music, playing the guitar, reading, running, lifting weights, martial arts, hiking and spending time with my dog.

Life's too short to spend your time wishing.

Independent.

All-purpose Christian

More than one, less than a dozen.

Ambridge Area State Correctional ... I mean High School.

Not one to join groups. Very little good comes from groups.