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Mahssa

I am here for Friends

About Me



ERSEN
More Anadolu psych funk *MAY 2008* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS

WELL HUNG
Hungarian Psych and Prog *SUMMER 2008* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS

POMEGRANATES
Persian funk, psych, and pop
*Fall 2008* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS
artwork by Arien Valizadeh

SELDA
*OUT NOW* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS

ZALATNAY
*OUT NOW* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS

VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS
*OUT NOW* on B-MUSIC / FINDERS KEEPERS

My Interests

Vinyl vulturism, 'porch culture', Bosphorous, Balkans, Beirut, Bandari, Tehran, Tehrangeles, un-punctual behavior, things Persian, various shades of black, futbol (BARCA!) champions league / Premier league, rude negligee, playin' DJ, ambiguity, writing about it, impossible persistabilies. Sharing it all.

I'd like to meet:


Music:



Movies:

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

La Jetee

David Lynch

Mike Leigh's Naked

Federico Fellini

Desert of the Tartars

Downey Sr

Vincent Gallo

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Persian 70s gangsta

giallo

Jodo

Sayat Nova

noir

Persian protest film

Farrokhzad

Mad children flicks (Return to Oz), 60s Turkish gear, Makhmalbaf, all Chaplin, the Firm, Dogville, Antonioni (L'Eclisse) and some more. Gary Cooper. Lasse Braun pornos. 70s porn in general. Connery as 007.

Television:


Books:


Wyndham Lewis' BLAST

And a whole lot of David Lodge and Heidegger.

Heroes:

my father RIP and my friends

My Blog

Life is perhaps

A long street through which a womanholding a basket passes every day.Life is perhapsa rope with which a man hangs himself from a branch.Life is perhaps a child returning home from school.Life is perha...
Posted by Mahssa on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:09:00 PST

Gone West

Now I am in Los Angeles. There is me, a little house, a fast car, our record label taken root. Necessities in place, possibility in gear. Its been a bit over a month. But its just about now that Ive w...
Posted by Mahssa on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:13:00 PST

Tehran -- Iran -- Photo Diary -- May 2007

My man. Jomeh Bazaar (Friday flea market) at Islambol Cross, downtown Tehran. If my price was too low he'd annoyingly grumble in a smoky Azari Turkish drawl "Maro baaaakh, güzel," (Look, pretty girl.....
Posted by Mahssa on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST

Persepolis

Your story is our story, part of the whole.Congratulations, Marjane Satrapi.Persepolis' Movie Shown at CannesIranian Government ObjectsMay 24, 2007The Iranian government has lodged a protest with Fran...
Posted by Mahssa on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:29:00 PST

night of the world

We all must experience this....Inland Empire
Posted by Mahssa on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:17:00 PST

the night unfolds the sad part of the face

Another useless indulgence found. Thanks Gino.1. What bill do you hate paying the most?Whatever, ends up in the same pocket2. What's the best place to eat a romantic dinner?Sitting down3. Last time yo...
Posted by Mahssa on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:11:00 PST

A kosmiche reverie. Plain or glazed?

I have my amulets:Words. ...
Posted by Mahssa on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:15:00 PST

money, sex, power, the great fan-out.

So tonight I showed the Iconic Man himself, Michael Gira, my Swans setups. One of my favorite storytellers. Visionary, menace. A voice hovering near a (possible) musical truth. Then I engage...
Posted by Mahssa on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Uncle and Funkle

The reality, to her, is little or nothing; what matters is to always have the 'idea' on one's side and to make of the moment a little eternity, completely self-contained. "everything must be savor...
Posted by Mahssa on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST