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deathbycivilization

my allegiance is to the abject

About Me

Despite moments of social ineptitude and occasional convulsions of misanthropy,I have a soft spot (and morbid curiousity) for people. I just want to see the world-to not be stifled by america-to embrace art/creation/artful existing while repudiating hipness. me: indie/foreign/doc film luvr student of film opponent of Hollywood grandiosity un-yuppie poet palak paneer addict soy boy I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

film,anticapitalism/political economy,horchata,urban afflictions,gentrification,sad (and sometimes glad)musak,the world (esp. East Asia)

I'd like to meet:

insurgents,mystics,the fashionless,socialists,anti-gay homos,mutineers,Gregg Araki look alikes or the man himself,tremulous introverts,platonic sugar daddies,the hairy,great danes,grey-haired Danes,the despondent,yogis,curry cookers,Fidel Castro,singers of beautiful sad songs,an eunuch

Music:

consistent/long time favs: Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses/50 Ft.Wave,Bettie Serveert,Grant Lee Phillips,Enio,Rainer Maria,Twilight Singers,the Comas,Elliot Smith,Slumber Party,Death Cab,Black Heart Procession,New Amsterdams recent favs: Cursive,Sufjan Stevens,Jose Gonzales,Of Montreal,Rogue Wave,Edith Frost,Metric,Hidden Cameras,Fruit Bats,Xiu Xiu

Movies:

consistent/long time favs: Totally Fucked Up,Happy Together,Chungking Express,Go Go Second Time Virgin, Sitcom,Masculin Feminin,Nitrate Kisses,Black Sheep Boy recent favs: Clean (Olivier Assayas),The Wayward Cloud,Why We Fight,The Joy of Life,Little Miss Sunshine,Half Nelson,Quinceanera,Whole New Thing

Television:

TV upsets my bowels.

Books:

currently reading: blue of noon

Heroes:

the unpretentious nonconformists

My Blog

I am a hermit

http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/chinese/9.jpg">>You are The HermitPrudence, Caution, Deliberation.The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illu...
Posted by deathbycivilization on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:17:00 PST

My 'Top 10 Films of 2006' List

Disclaimers:I did not see everything I wanted to.Three films that come to mind as potential contenders that I didn't see are: Old Joy,Iraq In Fragments,and Jesus Camp.Also,IMDB says that some of these...
Posted by deathbycivilization on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:27:00 PST