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Charlie

If you will it, it is no dream.

About Me

I'm tall.

I think Pink Floyd was better after Syd Barrett left.

I prefer the taste of cheap beer.

I like cooking, but only breakfast.

I prefer trains to planes, but not because of a phobia. I just think trains are cooler, and I'm not in that much of a rush anyway.

The 19th Step.

My Interests

Music, culture, language, travel, film. I'm always pushing myself to learn something new. Pushing isn't the right word, it's something I really enjoy.

I'd like to meet:

People who follow their dreams. Artists and musicians. Oneironauts.

Music:

Reggae eek a mouse, jah faith, burning spear

Downtempo bonobo, bluetech, zero 7

Jazz tatum, parker, coltrane, gillespie, stanko

Hip Hop smif-n-wessun, the fugees, cyne, masta ace

Rock beck, pink floyd, steely dan

Soul/Funk al green, barry white, james brown

Movies:

I recently saw The Departed and thought it was outstanding.

Television:

I don't like commercials, so I downloaded Heroes every week.

Books:

Stacks of them - almost all non-fiction.

Heroes:

Ralph Waldo Emerson & Ferris Beuhler

My Blog

Blogs are for suckers.

on second thought
Posted by Charlie on Sat, 26 May 2007 08:21:00 PST

Urumuqi, Xinjiang

Urumuqi (uhr-ooh-moo-chi) I've been in Urumuqi (capitol of Xinjiang province) since Friday afternoon, and it's turned out to be a much more exotic place than I had expected. I've traveled all over Chi...
Posted by Charlie on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:48:00 PST

Drum & Bass in Kunming, Yunnan

I've been in Kunming since Friday afternoon (I didn't miss my second flight in the afternoon) and have been hanging out with Mael, my French Kunming tour guide. Kunming is a 60 minute flight south ...
Posted by Charlie on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:30:00 PST

Missed Flight & Watermelon Man

Well, that didn't work. At some undetermined time last night I nodded off on my couch and woke up at 9am halfway lying over. Super cool, I missed my flight. I booked another to give it one more shot t...
Posted by Charlie on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:28:00 PST

Lhasa, Tibet

Captivating Beauty; also, SunburnThis place is beautiful and dangerous. The landscape is not like any other I've ever seen - it's half mountain, half desert. You sweat in the day and shiver at night, ...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:49:00 PST

Digweed in Chengdu

Digweed was here tonight on a Chivas tour, along with Sasha and Deep Dish. Yeah whatever, Digweed, who cares - but it's hard for people outside of China to imagine how much of a big deal that is here....
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:09:00 PST

Shoe Hunt

    No matter where I go, you elude me.     I see you in the shop, but alas, you are the wrong size and don't fit my evidently gigantic feet.     All I wan...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:05:00 PST

Mei Shan

I've been in Mei Shan (not to be confused with Emei Shan) for the last two days for 3 gigs here on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It's halloween weekend, but in a crowded club there might be 30 people ...
Posted by Charlie on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:20:00 PST

Worship that?

Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I s...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:47:00 PST

Lack of Updates

I've been at home for two weeks now and besides the ocassional gig a few times a week, I'm chilling at home and with friends full time. It's unreal, it's like the summer vacation that never ended, exc...
Posted by Charlie on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:01:00 PST