Richard Hirsh

Interests:: Global occupational health and safety especially in the developing world.
Hobbies:: basketball, guitar noodling, Hiking, ultimate frisbee
Television:: The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, Real Time With Bill Maher
Movies:: Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, 12 Angry Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Good fellas, Usual Suspects, Dr. Strangelove, Apocalypse now, Chinatown, Requiem for a Dream, Holy Grail (Monty Python), Fargo, Saving Private Ryan
Music:: Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Warren Cucurrullo, Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio, George Duke, The Yardbirds, Zappa Plays Zappa, Grateful Dead, Steely Dan, Steve Kimock, moe., String Cheese Incident, Little Feat, The Who, CSNY, Rolling Stones, bruce springsteen, Peppino D'Agostino, U2, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Bela fleck, Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Alec Haavik, Jethro Tull, buddy guy, Tea Leaf Green, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Derek Trucks Band, Derek And The Dominos, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Armatrading, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Larry Carlton, Led Zeppelin, Luther Allison, Michael Bloomfield, Michael Hedges, New Monsoon, Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin, The Police, The Pretenders, REM, Tom Petty, Steve Stevens, Warren Zevon, ZZTop
Books:: Anything by Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Hiaasen. Too many to mention...
About me:: Love FZ's and ZPZ's music especially the rich melodies. Father of twin 19 year olds. Married 22 years. I work in the global environmental, health and safety arena dealing with worker exposure to toxic chemicals and related disciplines. Still play geezer basketball and enjoy the outdoors, mountain biking, hiking, ultimate frisbee. Enjoy noodling on a strat but only for myself as I wouldn't subject anyone other than my wife to my less than average abilities.

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MrDo wrote on Dec 24, 2011 at 08:54 AM

Happy holidays and best wishes...

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Saul wrote on Apr 9, 2011 at 04:49 PM

Hello there

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Richard Hirsh wrote on Dec 2, 2010 at 11:51 AM

Killer Show at the Warfield in San Fran last nite! Loved hearing Apostrophe' in its entirety along with the opening Gumbo Variations, as well as Inca Roads, Cruisin for Burgers, and Muffin Man. Thanks ZPZ!!!

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