I think beside music and painting I am seriously addicted (playing and watching BASKETBALL - I love this game!!!Also I like hanging with my friends, tossing back a few and dancing like a freak when the right songs comes on.
From Van Hunt posted in his myspace blog.: "The Announced Intellectual Renaissance" ---- "I believe that at the essence of high-minded civilization lies the heart of the independent thinker. At no time has society needed so honest an offering as a free man's art and craft-as right now. I have committed myself to a way of life that is uncompromising-and includes nothing malicious, derogatory, frivolous or culturally digressive in the work that I present. But, In the past I have passively/ aggressively attempted to sell my music with the brand of 'ghetto music'...music born out of (and for) the underbelly of Negro society. While the story I painted of my experiences is certainly true, this attempt to paralell my talents with street life was one of desperation. It was a short-sighted and impulsive calculation.....to get my music heard. It was, simply, an insult to myself. the reality is that the origin of my talent remains a gift that comes from a place much older, deeper, richer and more alive than anything that an unfortunate byproduct of our times could ever hope to create. Proper credit to the development of my talent goes to my enablers, my mentors and my own self- determination...not to anything that belies intellect, is demeaning to what culture should aspire to or is lacking in integrity. I shall never again bow down-in any measure-to insecurity, corporate or peer pressure-to do anything other than my very best and most honest. I sincerely regret ever having associated myself with the ignorance people have perpetrated upon themselves in the name of survival. I will be the one to qualify what is survival and what is success for me. And, If I am to be one or both, it will be based on the merit of my work alone."I WANT TO MEET HUMANS WITH THIS KIND OF INTEGRITY. THERE IS A LOT OF BULLSHIT BEING GLORIFIED IN OUR CULTURE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHO STRIVE TO STAND ABOVE MEDIOCRITY, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GLORIFY CRUELTY; THOUGHTLESSNESS; VAPIDITY AND GREED. I WANT TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO VALUE LIFE AND LOVE.
I'm currently enjoying recent releases of Afrobeat and listening to the good old Motownmusic!!!! BUT.... I LOVE jazz music and the Eritrean artist Elsa Kidane, Helen Meles, Wedi Tukul, Abraham A.!! But also Hil St. Soul, K'naan, Arrested Development, John Legend, Musiq Soulchild, Kanye West, Donny Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Roll Depp, Tech N9ne, Lyfe Jennings, Hi-Tek, Black Milk, Evidence, Lauryn Hill, Toni Toni Tone, Common, N'Dambi, Pharaoae Monch, Tweet, Aritha Franklin, Gina Darby, Tupac & Biggi, Johnny Gill, BB King, Steve Wonder, A Tribe called Quest, The Ratpack, Toni Braxton, Tracy Chapman, A. Winehouse etc. but also Aerosmith, Guns&Roses (the old Group)and Metallica.... and so many, many others-not countable....hmm, it seems that I am a soul-funk-hiphop bass junkie and seriously addicted.....
"Gone with the wind" "Hannibal Lectore" "Godfather Trilogy" "Heat" "Lord of the Rings" "Hotel Rwanda" "The Devil's Advocate" "Face off" "Swordfish" "Lucky Number Sleven" "Star Wars" and "Bridget Jones" etc.and BATMAN!!!!
Shark, Aviator, Damages, Gilmore Girls, Dr. House, Bill Cosby family, Lost, Everybody hates Chris, X-Mens, Navy CSI, Boston Legal, Girlfriends, The Simpsons but also Documentaries
"Stein und Floete" is one of my fav and of course "Harry Potter"!! And not to forget all the comics!! I read so many, many, many books and i can't count them here all.......
Apart from my family I am searching for my OWN HERO......................SOMETHING ON MY MIND-SLIDE SHOW: "Accordingly there are two types of thinking, both in their own manner justified and necessary: The calculated thinking and the contemplative meditation." by M. Heidegger /Philippines..SOMALIA: ..LIFE ..BEASTIN Babes;-)..