1. Favorite Quotes

• On a band being ‘tight’: “I’m assuming it means there is so little space between the rock, and the intent to rock.” – Jeff Tweedy
• “We’re only living in the memories of our future selves.” – Reggie Watts

2. Favorite Non-Musical Listening

• Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast
• The Joe Rogan Experience

3. 10 Favorite Albums Created In Your Lifetime

• David Byrne | American Utopia (2018)
• Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra | Back Home (2016)
• Jack White | Lazaretto (2014)
• Glenn Kotche | Adventureland (2014)
• Foo Fighters | Wasting Light (2011)
• Guns N Roses | Chinese Democracy (2008)
• Smashing Pumpkins | Zeitgeist (2007)
• U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
• Wilco | A Ghost Is Born (2004)
• Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)

4. 10 Favorite Albums From Before You Were Born

• Dream Theater | Images & Words (1992)
• Billy Bragg | Don’t Try This At Home (1991)
• Peter Gabriel | So (1986)
• Midnight Oil | Red Sails In The Sunset (1984)
• Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense (1984)
• Yes | Drama (1980)
• Queen | A Night At The Opera (1975)
• Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here (1975)
• Alice Cooper | Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
• The Beatles | Abbey Road (1969)

5. Most Memorable Concert Experiences

• 2019.04.01 | Jeff Tweedy & Buck Meek @ Michigan Theater
• 2018.08.11 | David Byrne’s “American Utopia Tour”
• 2018.04.20 | Dynamo @ Mercy Lounge
• 2017.11.08 | Steven Schick performing John Luther Adams’ “Mathematics of Resonant Bodies” at PASIC
• 2017.06.08 | Wilco in Pittsburgh, PA

6. Most Memorable Performance Experiences

• 2019.02.16 | Toledo, OH: CDE plays Reich’s “Tehillim”
• 2017.11.10 | Indianapolis, IN: Performing with Sō Percussion at PASIC
• 2015.01.24 | Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt Orchestra
• 2011.05.13 | Lancaster, OH: Lancaster High School Percussion Ensemble

7. Favorite Percussion Instrument

• Either kick drums (pedal bass drums) or tuned metal pipes

8. FAVORITE SHOWS (TV/YOUTUBE/ETC.)

• Best Of The Worst (RedLetterMedia)
• Conan
• ESPN 30 for 30
• The Office (US)
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us
• Pretty Good (Jon Bois/SB Nation)
• Rick & Morty
• Welcome To The Basement

9. 10 Favorite Films

• The Founder (2016) | John Lee Hancock
• Django Unchained (2012) | Quentin Tarantino
• I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco (2002) | Sam Jones
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | Steven Spielberg
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) | Stanley Kubrick
• Stop Making Sense (1984) | Jonathan Demme
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
• Where Eagles Dare (1968) | Brian G. Hutton
• North By Northwest (1959) | Alfred Hitchcock
• The Ten Commandments (1956) | Cecil B. DeMille

10. 5 Favorite Drummers

• Jimmy Chamberlin
• Glenn Kotche
• Nicko McBrain
• Eric Singer
• Chad Smith