Music's an important part of my life and my interests are all over the map. Some favorites:

New Orleans R&B (Allan Toussaint is my piano god)

West African classical and pop: Orchestra Baobab, Oumou Sangare, Toumani Diabate, Habib Koite

Jump blues: Cab Calloway, Louis Prima, Big Joe Turner

Grateful Dead (we miss you Jerry!)

Los Lobos

Talking Heads/David Byrne

Brian Eno

Scissor Sisters

Dandy Warhols

Veruca Salt

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

James!! Brown!!

James McMurtry

Jimmy Buffett

Austin Lounge Lizards

JJ Cale

Janis Joplin

Scott Joplin

Miles Davis

Weather Report

Joni Mitchell

Sarah Vaughn

Billie Holiday

Django Reinhardt

Latin jazz, salsa, bossa nova, calypso... the list goes on and on...

Don't see too many. Usually fantasy/scifi or comedies.

Unfortunately, I don't read much anymore, other than two daily newspapers, a pile of magazines, and all this online stuff.

Last novel read: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

Used to be a comics junkie; now the only ones I buy on a regular basis are "Love & Rockets" or anything else by the Hernandez Bros.

Active in Bay Area gay square dance and contra dance groups.

Used to play keyboards in a garage band, now just for my own enjoyment.

Running on the beach or in the redwoods

Occasionally seen at the Fat Tiger bar in Second Life, and the Lone Star Saloon in reality.

Oh, and I'm remodelling my house...

One recent discovery: the art of James Gobel. They look like paintings but are carefully assembled from pieces of felt, yarn, thread, etc. Saw his show "Bear Hunting" in San Francisco - I would buy one of his pieces if I had any cash to spare (see previous item). He doesn't have a website, but just search on his name and you'll find his images. Mystery Bears!! Haunting and evocative -- men of this world, searching for love in some altrnative reality.

I'm a quiet guy, just turned 60, living in a digital cottage in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Semi-retired, working from home.

Happily partnered, just here to see the spectacular facial foliage. So many friendly good-looking men!

Had a beard most of my life; can't imagine myself without one. This winter I decided to grow it out and see how it looks. Still growing...