Enas Allos Maniatis

Except for commercial pop, pretty much anything from anywhere, especially ethnic/folk/traditional: in particular, Middle Eastern, Balkan, Silk Road, African, fado, and American blues (1920s through 1950s), R&B, and jazz--not to mention rock 'n' roll

De Niro, R. Duvall, Brando, Ledger, Mirren, Hackman, Caine, Oldman, P. S. Hoffman; Scorsese, F. Coppola, Fellini, Eastwood, B. Keaton, F. Lang, Wertmuller (more to come)

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Far too many even to begin naming

Baseball, boxing, NCAA and Olympic ice hockey, lacrosse, weight training, gymnastics, NCAA football, rugby, bobsledding, Krav Maga and Shaolin martial arts

Linguistics, cultural anthropology, history, literature, languages and dialects, acting, Milwaukee (now Philadelphia) iron, film noir, large-bore small arms, fast cars, smart pretty women, large-displacement American motorcycles, education, social justice, ethnomusicology, arts (visual, plastic, performing), animal intelligence, interspecies communication, meditation and spiritual practice, aviation and aircraft, air races, race horses, architecture, lepidoptery, sailing, natural history, F1 racing, &c.

An end to all wars, hunger, poverty, ignorance, malice, hubris, and overbearing, evil, lying, bullying, arrogant, murdering COPS

Character, intellect, outlook, heart, disposition, curiosity, openness

Inclination: bohemian. Ethnicity: Mediterranean. Other languages: ancient (all attested dialects), Byzantine, and Modern Greek; Latin (ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), French, German, Italian, Sanskrit Vedic and classical); some Spanish, Sicilian(-Calabrian), Griko, Catala, and Old and Middle English. Yet to be learned: Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, &c.

Ethnic enclaves, streets, jail cells, coffeehouses, ivy-covered halls, East Coast working-class haunts and homes, West Coast bohemian milieus