I'm interested in philosophy, religious and mystical systems, consciousness studies, psychedlic research, yoga, sensory deprivation tank therapy, transpersonal psychology, fire performance, mantis style kung fu, dance, aikido, Union through music, and Burning Man.
Interesting individuals who don't blindly buy into the consumer culture that they find themselves thrown into. People who question themselves and others. People who are passionate about music and knowledge.
Psytrance, downtempo, world beat, IDM, world music, experimental electronica, noise, drum & bass, jungle, drum & noise, industrial, funk, acid house, punk, psychobilly, classical, big band, synth pop
Blade Runner, Dune, Donny Darko, Lord of the Rings, Ring, Fight Club, Waking Life, Pi, Russian Ark, Manufacturing Consent
I don't have a television. That keeps me unaware of much of popular culture, and I'm just fine with that.
Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of Lies, The Essential Rumi, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, The Book of the Heart Girt With a Serpent, The Mystical Qabalah, Cosmic Trigger, The Illuminatus Trilogy, The Psychedelic Experience, Valis, True Hallucinations, Food of the Gods, Raja Yoga
Noam Chomsky, Terrence McKenna, Tim Leary, William Burroughs, Hakim Bey, Aleister Crowley, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Stanislav Grof, Ken Wilbur, Ken Kesey, Ram Dass, Aldous Huxley, Stephen Hawking, Allen Ginsberg, Albert Hoffman...and most importantly, myself, my fiancee, and my friends who inspire me on a daily basis.