Lurking in small independent music stores and giving the owners more money than I can afford, cycling home through quiet streets at 5.30am, badly singing along to songs I like but whose words I can never totally remember(don't hire me as your lead singer), mountains, saving the planet from environmental destruction - unfortunately my super hero powers aren't up to much but I'll do my best, shaking my arse on the dancefloor(don't trust a dj who doesn't dance , they can't like the music they're playing), food, generally being nice and honest(someone has to), people watching whilst trying to guess their personality, New Balance trainers, laughing at my misfortunes, verbally advertising the comfort benefits of Birkenstock sandles(easier now I live in Spain & wear them more than 4 times a year), making bad jokes in my terrible Spanish to bemused Spanish people(try translating irony with only 30 verbs and crap grammar), wondering why my hair is dispearing from my head and reappearing on parts of my body where I don't require it, plus loads of other shit. I'm generally well rounded though possibly slightly disfunctional.
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Music:
LISTEN TO MY DJ MIXES AT WWW.GLOBALSOULJAH.COM apart from that well here's just a few:
Sidestepper, Mahala Rai Banda, Cubanito 20.02, Thomas Mapfumo, Elvin Jones, The Specials, Candido, Bobby Valentin, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Terry Callier, Curtis Mayfield, Koushik, Madlib, Amadou & Mariam, Oi Va Voi, Los De Abajo, Jazz Jamaica, Orishas, Ed Lincoln, IG Culture, Ed Motta, Ernest Ranglin, Rokia Traore, Clotaire K, Salif Keita, The Bollywood Brass Band, Les Nubians, N'Dambi, Ray Barretto, Kako, Tito Puente, Joey Pastrani, Zap Mama, Nitin Sawney, Ojos De Brujo, King Sunny Ade, Asere, Gigi, RSL, Dudley Perkins, Chronomad, DJ Dolores, DJ Spinna, Mercan Dede, Pharoah Sanders, Gotan Project, Ska Cubano, Reel People, Jazzy Jeff, Bugz in the Attic, Dexter Wansell, Mos Def, Winston Groovy, Quentin Harris, Mad Professor, Yusef Lateef, Swami, Tommy Guerro, James Brown, T-Love, Herbert, Mike Ladd, Amp Fiddler, The Roots, Seu Jorge, Meshell NDegeocello, Alice Coltrane, The Angel Brothers, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Leon Thomas, Erik Trufaz, Eddie & Charlie Palmieri, Eddie Cano, Jack Constanza, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Cuba, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lura, Carl Hancock Rux, Emmanuel Jal, Gil Scott-Heron, Donald Byrd, Fertile Ground, Ozomatli, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Koki, Victor Davies, Stevie Wonder, Lila Downs, Khaled, Natacha Atlas, MFSB
You get the idea, there's a few and the list is just a taster and I didn’t download any of them - IF YOU LOVE THE MUSIC, PAY FOR IT! Support the record labels, artists, distributors and independent shops that do such a good job. If you don't I hope your hard drive crashes and someone steals your MP3 player..
Movies:
Old Boy - a properly twisted, dark, disturbing yet gripping film with a ‘just as you thought it couldn't get any worse ending'Dark Days - Reality tv makers should all be made to watch this..Basically anything thought provoking, original and slightly twisted will get me to watch, an unhappy ending is a bonus. Diluted with the odd hollywood outing. Never thought I'd like George Clooney but he's getting more interesting as he get's older(in a cinematic way!)
Television:
Haven't got a tv, too much music to listen to and most of it's crap anyway. If you want reality don't watch it on tv, try opening you front door and getting a life.
Books:
Yeah, loads of them..Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the best thing to come out of Colombia since The Lebron Brothers, Julian Y Su Combo and Sidestepper.The Insider by Piers Morgan is a funny read as well as an interesting view on todays celebrity culture and the murky world of the media with a few interesting insights into the Blair government.Anything by Robert Sabbag, back in the day drug smuggling adventures. A rollicking good read ***** James Barrie.Last Night a DJ Saved my Life by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton. Everything you wanted to know about the history of djing and loads of interesting stuff you didn't want to know.. All DJs check out Brewsters other books, essential DJ reading..A Serious Life - DM Mitchell. A fascinating look into the Savoy publishing house, Manchester based publishers of 'contentious' books and comics and also an underground record label. It not only gives you a list of authors you need in your life, it is a great tribute to the struggles of
all people doing what they believe in the face of misunderstanding, apathy, downright hostility and financial difficulties. It will also make you re-evaluate your moral viewpoint.Anything by Jake Arnott. Great modern British gangster writer, chronicling London's underworld over the last 50 years. All his books are interlinked so start with the Long Firm..Anything by Alan Moore. If you thought comics were for kids and if you did you probably wouldn't be reading this, then just buy anthing he has written.
Heroes:
Fela Kuti for persistant resistance in the face of adversity, one of the funkiest geezers ever plus he had 35 beautiful wives - respect is due..Just buy all his music and if you want a fascinating insight into the mans life then check the DVD - Fela Kuti, Music is The Weapon. Anyone who gets interviewed wearing only purple underpants, smoking a joint bigger than a cuban cigar, surrounded by beautiful women and who probably never made a record under 8 minutes long gets my seal of approval..
