| FAVORITE WATCH: | Timex(with the BIG numbers) |
| FAVORITE COOKIE: | Nabisco Devils Food Squares(they're round now) or Mallomars |
| FAVORITE CANDY BAR: | Mounds w/ Dark Chocolate |
| FAVORITE CEREAL: | Post Grape-Nuts |
| FAVORITE BOTTLED SALAD DRESSING: | Wish-Bone Olive Oil Vinaigrette They stopped making it! I'm SO bummed!!! |
| FAVORITE PASTA: | Tagliatelle |
| FAVORITE BREAD: | Eli's Sourdough(New York); Garlic Naan(India) and Campesino(Venezuela) |
| FAVORITE ICE CREAM: | Häagen-Dazs Mint & Dark Chocolate Bar Wow! This one is too much!!! |
| FAVORITE SODA: | Dr. Pepper Stewart's Root Beer |
| FAVORITE THING ON A BURGER: | Bar-B-Q Sauce |
| FAVORITE T-SHIRTS: | JC Penney Authentic Pigment |
| FAVORITE SNEAKER: | New Balance White Canvas(every summer) |
| FAVORITE SHIRTS: | Wilke-Rodriguez |
| FAVORITE PANTS: | M&F Girbaud or Levis 550s |
| FAVORITE SPORTSWEAR LOGO: | le coq sportif |
| FAVORITE SAYING: | "Hard work is its own reward!" |
| FAVORITE SAYING 2: | "There's no fool like an old fool! You can't beat experience." - Jacob Braude |
| FAVORITE SAYING ABOUT LUCK: | "Luck is where preparation meets opportunity!" In other words, there is no such thing as "luck!" |
| FAVORITE SAYING ABOUT FRIENDSHIP: | "To have a friend, you must, first and foremost, BE a friend!" |
| FAVORITE SAYING ABOUT A LIAR: | "False in small, false in all!" |
| BEST ADVICE FROM FATHER: | "Clean as you go!"(refers to preparing a meal!) |
| WORST ADVICE FROM FATHER: | "Study law!"(his reasoning: "music comes and goes but there'll always be a need for the law!") |
| STRANGEST ADVICE FROM FATHER: | Eat the shrimp tails!!! And I'm still the only one who does!!! |
| DAD'S PHILOSOPHY ON "FAIRNESS": | Steve: "But dad, it's not fair!!!" Sammy: "Hey! No one ever said life was going to be fair!!!" |
| MOST PROUD MOMENT: | My son Heath graduating from Univ. of California at Santa Barbara |
| FAVORITE MEAL TO COOK: | Paul Prudhomme's "Shrimp Etoufée" |
| GREATEST CHEF: | Lloyd J. Harris |
| FAVORITE SANDALS: | G.H. Bass |
| FAVORITE BASKETBALL HANG: | McBurney YMCA(New York City) |
| FAVORITE CARD GAMES: | Gin Rummy and Casino |
| FAVORITE COMEDIES: | "Dr. Strangelove"; "The Producers"; "Love and Death"; "Young Frankenstein"; "High Anxiety"; "Broadway Danny Rose"; "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World"; "After the Fox"; "A Shot in the Dark"; "Waiting for Guffman"; "Best in Show"; "A Mighty Wind"; "The Ladykillers"; "The Aristocrats"; "For Your Consideration"; "Death at a Funeral" |
| FAVORITE OBSCURE COMEDY PERFORMANCE: | Richard Dimitri in "Johnny Dangerously" |
| RECENT FAVORITE MOVIES: | "Fargo"; "Lone Star"; "Unstrung Heroes"; "The Spanish Prisoner"; "Big Night"; "The Big Lebowski"; "The Impostors"; "Buena Vista Social Club"; "Liberty Heights"; "The Cider House Rules"; "Deceiver"; "Sleepers"; "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"; "Lantana"; "Mystic River"; "21 Grams"; "Lost in Translation"; "Sideways"; "Crash"; "Good Night, and Good Luck"; "Lady in the Water"; "Babel"; "Letters from Iwo Jima"; "Pan's Labyrinth"; "The Namesake"; "In the Valley of Elah"; "Michael Clayton"; "Gone Baby Gone"; "No Country for Old Men" |
| BEST RECENT DOCUMENTARY: | "When the Levees Broke"(DVD) |
| FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CHARACTERS: | Mike Myers' "Dieter" from "SPROCKETS" Jon Lovitz' "Master Thespian" |
| MOST USEFUL JR. HIGH CLASS: | Personal Typing |
| FAVORITE CATS: | Maine Coon; Russian Blue; or Norwegian Forest |
| FAVORITE HAT: | The "Big Apple" Paperboy(from Arnold Hatters) |
| FAVORITE FLOWER: | Blue Iris |
| MOST ANNOYING INSECT: | Mosquito(Zancudo) |
| WORST MEN'S HAIRSTYLE: | The "comb-over" |
| MOST ANNOYING BEGINNING TO A SENTENCE: | "...And I'm like...blah, blah, blah..." OR "...And I was like...blah, blah, blah..." |
| FAVORITE STATE FLAGS: | New Mexico; Arizona; Colorado; or Maryland |
| FAVORITE FLAGS(International): | Brasil; St. Lucia; & Swaziland |
| FAVORITE THING ABOUT FLAGS: | Graphic design |
| BEST THING ABOUT NEW YORK: | Walking everywhere! |
| MOST ANNOYING THING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: | Being forced to listen to the trivial conversations of people with cell-phones while standing in line. |
| GREATEST 21ST CENTURY INVENTION: | The cell-phone jammer!!! |
| FAVORITE WEBSITE: | overheardinnewyork.com |
| LEAST FAVORITE POLITICIAN(S): | They are all simply detestable, virtually the same! But most Republicans are even more awful! |
| MOST TERRIFYING '08 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: | Mike Huckabee |
| WORST PUBLIC SPEAKER: | George W. Bush A national embarrassment! |
| FAVORITE POLITICAL COLUMNISTS: | Tom Friedman & Maureen Dowd |
| NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D HEAR MYSELF SAY THIS: | Pat Buchanan is a most shrewd analyst of national and international events |
| BEST SPEAKER AT THE ROSA PARKS MEMORIAL: | Rev. Charles Adams! WOW!!! That was the greatest!!! |
| FAVORITE CLINTON SCANDAL QUOTE: | "In the land of the pious hypocrite, the honest pornographer is king." - Frank Rich(New York Times) |
| FAMOUS FRATERNITY BROTHER: | Mike Ovitz |
| FAMOUS U.C.L.A. CLASSMATE: | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| CLASS WE TOOK TOGETHER: | "Sports in American Life"(I swear it's true!) |
| MY TERM PAPER: | Bill Russell's book, "GO UP FOR GLORY" |
| FAVORITE N.Y.C. LUNCH SPOT: | El Deportivo(48th & 9th Ave.) |
| FAVORITE SHAKESPEARE LINE: | "Let's kill all the lawyers..." Dick, the butcher from "HENRY THE SIXTH"(Pt. 2) |
| FAVORITE JAZZ HUMORIST: | Larry Goldings |
| MOST OUTRAGEOUS E-MAILER: | Steve Lukather |
| GREATEST COMPLIMENT FROM JAN HAMMER('75): | "Wow Steve, that's a nice 'square-wave' you have there!" |
| OWE RECORDING CAREER TO: | Bobby Colomby; Bob James; George Braun; Kenny Inaoka; Yuki Ohmura; Hiroshi Itsuno; Ulrich Vormehr; and Mike Varney |
| WORLD'S GREATEST BAGEL: | H&H Bagels(Plain or Poppy...BURNED!) Price now: $1.30!!! |
| WORLD'S BEST PICKPOCKET: | Millie at Zabar's |
| FAVORITE ROAD BREAKFAST: | I.H.O.P.(Silver Dollar Buttermilk Pancakes w/ Boysenberry Syrup) |
| FAVORITE FAST FOOD: | Taco Bell |
| FAVORITE SUSHI: | Unagi |
| FAVORITE GUIRO: | LP "Super Guiro" |
| FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM: | Charlie Pride "Live"(at Panther Hall) w/ Lloyd Green. |
| FAVORITE SONGWRITER (International): | Juan Luis Guerra |
| FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER (International): | Gracinha Leporace; Wanda Sá; and, Ana Belén |
| BEEN LISTENING TO: | "AVENIDO" - Aca Seca Trio "Marie" - Randy Newman "You're My Everything" - Freddie Hubbard "You and Your Friend" - Dire Straits |
| FAVORITE SONG TITLE: | "Woe is Uh Me Bop" Captain Beefheart |
| 2nd FAVORITE SONG TITLE: | "How Can I Miss You [when you won't go away]?" Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks |
| FAVORITE ROCK LYRICS: | "Up from the Skies" Jimi Hendrix |
| LEAST FAVORITE SINGING STYLE: | White college boy angst |
| UNLIKELY SOUND-ALIKE: | Bruce Springsteen sounds like Neil Diamond!!! |
| FAVORITE TV SHOWS: | Deadwood(on DVD); The Wire(on DVD); Novelas de Colombia; Six Feet Under(on DVD); Prime Suspect(on DVD); Meerkat Manor; Survivor; The Dog Whisperer; McLaughlin Group; Chris Matthews; National Geographic Explorer |
| CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO END TV SHOW: | "FLAVOR OF LOVE"(VH-1) |
| FAVORITE ACTRESS: | "Tabu" Hashmi(India) Vanessa Gerbelli(Brazil); Bahar Soomekh(Iran) Sandra Pérez(Colombia) |
| 1ST FAVORITE CARTOON SHOW: | "CRUSADER RABBIT" |
| BEST NAME FOR AN ISLAND ON "CRUSADER RABBIT": | Nothing Atoll |
| FAVORITE CARTOON HENCHMAN: | Billious Green for Dudley Nightshade |
| FAVORITE TV COMMERCIAL: | FedEx: "Chimney Sweeps" Subway w/ Jon Lovitz["Master Thespian"] Dunkin' Donuts "Stickin' to the Pleather" w/ They Might be Giants |
| LEAST FAVORITE GENRE OF ENTERTAINMENT: | The Broadway Musical |
| RECENT BOOK READ: | Craig Marberry, "CUTTIN' UP" |
| FAVORITE LINE FROM BOOK: | "I trust Bush with my daughter. I trust Clinton with my job!" |
| CURRENT BOOKS: | Felicia "Snoop" Pearson(w/ David Ritz), "GRACE AFTER MIDNIGHT" |
| ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Taurus |
| WORST CHARACTER FLAW: | Too slow to try new things, too slow to change! |
| BEST CHARACTER TRAIT: | My determination, my will to not be beaten-down by anything! |
| BIGGEST MYTH ABOUT ME RESOLVED: | I do NOT play solo Flamenco guitar in Greenwich Village!!! |
| FAVORITE GUITAR PICK: | Fender Extra Heavy |
| FAVORITE STRINGS: | Dean Markley SLP LITE(.009) |
| FAVORITE FRET WIRE: | Dunlop #6140 |
| FAVORITE GUITAR STRAP: | Levy's M26GF[Brown] |
| LEAST FAVORITE CYMBAL: | The Dry Ride!!! |
| FAMOUS FORMER GUITAR STUDENTS: | Diane Lane; Woody Harrelson; Mats Wilander; and Ivan Boesky |
| BEST SHAVING ADVICE FROM DAD: | "What stays on the face, belongs to the face" which means: Never shave over the same place twice! |
| SHOWER WISDOM: | "Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference." -Nolan Bushnell |
| 2ND BEST/WORST ADVICE FROM DAD: | "Always marry a civilian!" Which means: Never marry an actress or a singer! |
| POEM FOR HEALING: | Rainer Maria Rilke, "PATIENCE" |
| BEST RELATIONSHIP ADVICE: | "Presence, not presents!" Which means: Give of yourself, not gifts! |
| LYRICS IN ENGLISH WHICH SOUND LIKE ANOTHER LANGUAGE: | "Gravity Rides Everything" - Modest Mouse Nissan Quest Commercial |
| LYRICS IN ENGLISH WHICH I COULD NOT DECIPHER: | "100 Years" - Five for Fighting Chase Bank Credit Card "Making our way back from Mars"?!?!? |
| FAVORITE LOCAL NEWS PEOPLE: | At the moment, NONE! They're all horrible! |
| LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT NEW YORK: | Local News |
| WORST DEVELOPMENT IN NEWS: | "INFO-TAINMENT." News as entertainment. Horrific! |
| MOST SHALLOW "NEWS" PERSON: | Julie Chen[CBS] |
| WORST NEWSREADER: | Contessa Brewer[MSNBC] Why can't they just fire her? |
| NEWS ANCHOR WHO SOUNDS LIKE A GAME SHOW HOST: | Tony Harris[CNN] |
| FAVORITE NEWS PERSON: | Bob Schieffer[CBS] Zain Verjee[CNN] Lou Dobbs[CNN] |
| HOW TO IMPROVE LOCAL NEWS: | Fire ALL the anchors and start over! |
| LEAST FAVORITE EXPRESSION: | "Thanks much!" |
| MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN NEW YORK: | Bicycle messengers & delivery guys and, of course, taxi drivers...Look both ways when crossing the street! |
| LEAST FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SPORTS: | The 'new generation(s)' of smart-ass anchorpersons on TV[ESPN]; selfish athletes; and those who will not report to the team which drafted them! And, of course, player agents! |
| REASON FOR THIS GENERATION OF SPORTS ANCHORS: | Fathers, like me, who used to swear at the TV and make obnoxious comments! |
| MOST ANNOYING BASEBALL ANNOUNCERS: | Michael Kay and Tim McCarver PLEASE, just shut-up!!! |
| STEVE BARTMAN OBLIVION EXPRESS: | Lou Piniella One-way ticket!!! |
| LEAST FAVORITE TEAMS: | North Carolina Basketball Los Angeles Lakers Dallas Cowboys Notre Dame Football Los Angeles Dodgers |
| HAPPINESS IS: | Watching the Lakers make an early exit from the playoffs after being up 3-1!!! |
| WORLD CUP INFAMY: | Zidane's head-butt of Materazzi |
| A TRUE HERO: | Prof. Liviu Librescu @ Virginia Tech |
| NICEST GESTURE: | Yankees Exhibition Game @ Virginia Tech(3/18/08) |
| MY WINTER OLYMPICS HERO: | Frode Estil(Norway) |
| MY OLYMPIC HERO: | Vanderlei de Lima(Brasil) |
| BEST THING ABOUT CLEVELAND WINNING THE '07 ALDS: | George Steinbrenner will be suffering even MORE!!! He can't suffer enough for me! |
| FAVORITE THING ABOUT BASEBALL: | Great plays by shortstops! |
| LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT BASEBALL: | George Steinbrenner[What a jerk!]; the "double switch" and, all acts of over-managing! |
| FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYERS: | Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Robinson Canó, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy and, Joba Chamberlain! |
| LEAST FAVORITE ATHLETES: | Lleyton Hewitt; Barry Bonds; Kobe Bryant & Roger Clemens |
| BIGGEST JERKS: | George Steinbrenner, Tom Cruise & Russell Crowe |
| FIVE STOOGES: | Harry Belafonte; Danny Glover; Sean Penn; Kevin Spacey; & Naomi Campbell |
| GREATEST POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST: | Hugo Chávez |
| BEST ADVICE FROM MY NIECE: | "Oh, just deal with it!" |
| MOST BUTCHERED LIVE INTRODUCTION OF ME: | [1] By Esther Marrow at Mikell's in the '70s: "...and on guitar....Steve Gone!" [2] By a DJ at a country club in Los Angeles in the late '60s ...after looking at the band and realizing that he knew everyone's name except mine, he introduced them all, then came to me....knew he still didn't know my name and then said: "...and on guitar.....Willie Jenkins!" [3] While on tour in Germany, in November of '99, I was introduced as: "Stevie Kane!" |
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