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  General:
  ..Futbol: RCD Espanyol, AS Roma, Arsenal. Sketching; in pencil and in words, the people around me. Listening; to melancholy words and music, and singing them in a drunken stupor. Reading; trashy novels, where truths lie. Teaching; my students, who give me far more than I give them. Loving; my children, who keep me grounded and my friends who keep me in single malt beverages.
  

  
  
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  Music:
  ..Anything that has truth in it. John Hammond or Tom Waits singing each other's blues. The cabaret of a Jack Lukeman or Rufus Wainwright. The soul of a Sam Cooke or Otis Redding. The Beatles or The Stones, but also The Monkees or The Archies; an intersection of cheese and heartfelt melody. Beny More, but not Celia, Jose Alfredo but not Chente. Luka Bloom, Christy Moore and the Clancy Brothers. Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello and the Clash. Silvio and Pablo. Fernando Delgadillo. Neil Finn, but not Tim. Cesaria Evora. Piaf, Brel and Gainsbourgh, but not Azvanour. Soundtracks that explore new territory, except when they visit Hollywood or Broadway, but definitely when they visit Bollywood.Pretty much everything except dumb emo, pseudo-whispering noodly crap.

  
  
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  Movies
  ..The Godfather 2, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, La Femme Nikita, Amarcord, Throne of Blood, Game of Death, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Seventh Seal, The Killer, even sappy chick flicks like Sliding Doors and the Lake House, plus pretty much every movie made out of a Nick Hornby novel. I'm not a big fan of Quentin Tarantino, or comic-book movies.
  

  
  
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  Television
  ..Today: Californication, Life on Mars, Dexter, and Ashes to Ashes. House and The Sopranos. Justice League, Family Guy, Invader Zim and The Simpsons. Recently: Babylon 5, E.R. and Alias. Past: Night Court, Taxi, Benson, Facts of Life, Twin Peaks, Crime Story, Batman TAS, Friends and Cheers, but mainly M.A.S.H.

  
  
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  Books
  ..Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck and The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore. The Land of Laughs and Voice of our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll. Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About a Boy by Nick Hornby. My literary idols are Harlan Ellison and Dashiel Hammett. I love classic sci-fi, comparative mythology, and books about soccer

  
  
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  Heroes
  ..Harlan Ellison, Jackie Robinson, Francisco Lopez, Roberto Baggio and David Heifetz.