languages. already got 6, want to have 10 by the time i die. and properly, not the bits and bobs i got now.but then...i *work* in teatro, tunes are my play. hang on... i *play* in teatro, tunes are my... fantasy// joy// soul// survival// toy//come *play*.....
co-lab-oratorsmixerfixersfriends.... :)
all these scrumptious people to my right - - - and then: prince (ouch!), mavis staples (with or without the above), herbert (specially what he's done to his misses (eeks!) and to sweet sweet miss murphy (hell-oh)) DOOM and his friend the mouse ;o)... virginia rodrigues, chavela vargas, cassandra wilson, bessie smith, jill scott when she got the blues. or when she jammin wi the ROOTS-o-my-goodness Q-love! cody chesnutt - all thanks to the tipping point - mos def, kweli, j-live-anna-this-is-a-message-to-ma-homegrrl... fat freddy's drop, saul williams and his predecessor gill scott-heronious, the roots on manUvA, doc brown's freestyle (bRRAap!), ty, jonzi-d and will power on the teatro-scene, the speed on dizzee, the freak on spankrock (yoyoyoyoyo - bump!), the styles on dat freaky miss stefani (someone dress me like her!), but the everything, oh-the-everything on bjork. very legendary.
linklater (waking life more than a scanner darkly but... all the same), shyam benegal in his earlies, satyajit ray all the way, orfeu negro (black orpheus) and cidade de deus (aka city of god), mango yellow (tho i didnt get to see the end as the people i was watching it with found it too distressing so what that says about me...) and on the same tip lukas moodysson, he some freaky fkkkr. lars von trier (dancer in.. O bJorky once again). fellini (juliet of the spirits - OMG). jim jarmusch and his lovely bill murray/ GZA RZA moment - WHUT! robert bresson, luis bunuel and what's that crazy ah yes "chien andalou". clockwork orange, dr strangelove (see tribute in my blog).did this get boring yet? you get my point.....
helllllp! i'm drowning!!!!!nope - news is available online now so what's the frikkin point?
shakespeareshakespeareshakespeareyouaretheonetruegod. jorge luis borges forever! and innocent erindira by marquez. salman rushdie (i know, i know, it's india for ferangs but..) vikram seth (oh, oh, the golden gate!). augusto only-living-genius boal. my friend rob's excquisitely beautiful Mountains of the Mind. but where are the women? oh lord... and one day i'll get round to being a sci-fi nerd, but it aint happened yet.oh, also, the vedas. the qu'ran. the bible. all good fiction. (oops, do i see a beheading coming my way? or eternal damnation? or - oh, no, look, it's the electric chair)
the me that i want to be when i grow up.