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About Me

Poeta, mÃºsico, traductor, lector, viajero...
Poet, musician, translator, reader, traveller...

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My Interests

Vida, muerte, literatura, arte, espiritualidad, religiones, naturaleza, el silencio, viajar....
Life, death, literature, art, spirituality, religiones, nature, silence, travelling...

I'd like to meet:

Personas creativas, inteligentes, honestas... No me interesa "ir por unas chelas", ni tener un millÃ³n de "amigos"... No entro a myspace, al menos que tenga tiempo y ganas de hacer algo mÃ¡s que dejar vacuos mensajes de "thanks for the add"...
Creative, intelligente, honest persons... I'm not interested in "going for a beer" or having a million "friends"... I don't log into myspace, unless I have time and the will to go beyond flat "thanks for the add" messages...

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Music:

Dark, etÃ©reo, neo-medieval, folk, cantos religiosos, mÃºsica Ã¡rabe y gitana. Una lista incompleta: The Cure, Ataraxia, Attrition, Collection d'Arnell-Andrea, Luna in caelo, Loreena McKennitt, The Mission UK, Siouxsie and the Banshess, The Changelings, Nico, Soeur Marie Keyrouz, Azam Ali, The Sisters of Mercy, Misstrip, Aenima, black tape for a blue girl, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Nicki Jaine, Joy Division, Taraf de Haidouks, Natacha Atlas, Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus, High Blue Star, Billie Holiday, The Dresden Dolls, Ordo Equitum Solis, Ofra Haza, Veneno para las Hadas, Rasputina, Rhea's Obsession, Rachid Taha, Ensamble Galileo, Stoa, Anchorage, Edith Piaff, The Birthday Massacre, Jaramar, Curve, Placebo, The 3rd and the Mortal, Tuxedomoon, Henryk Gorecki, Arvo Part, Cri-CrÃ, Enya, Angelo Badalamenti, ElfonÃa, Kari Rueslatten, FlÃ«ur, Persephone, Zuby Nehty, Peter Murphy, Audra, Mellonta Tauta, Death in June, El luto del Rey Cuervo, Cherche-Lune, etc. ...
Goth, ethereal, neo-medieval, folk, religious chants, Arab and Gypsy music... An incomplete list:
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Movies:

The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, The House of Flying Dagger, Mata Hari, Santo Contra las Mujeres Vampiro, Veneno para las Hadas, Heaven, Alien, Lord of the Rings, The Last Unicorn, Edward Scissorhands, Blue Velvet, etc...

Television:

Lo menos posible... Pero, si hay que ver algo: Los Simpsons, Futurama, Twin Peaks, Los locos Addams, AhÃ viene Cascarrabias y Primer Plano...
Not too much... But, if I must do so: The Simpsons, Futurama, Twin Peaks, The Addams Family, Here Comes the Grump, and Primer Plano (a Mexican politics program)...

Books:

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Gormenghast, El libro de los seres imaginarios (well, anything by Borges), Tiene la noche un Ã¡rbol (by Guadalupe DueÃ±as), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Wuthering Heights, Le petit prince, the Mumin books (Tove Jansson), Carpe Jugulum (and other books by Terry Pratchet), A Journey to the West (the adventure of the Monkey King), Emily Dickinson, Angela Carter, Adriana DÃaz Enciso, Leo Perutz, Manuel Mujica Lainez, Gustav Meyrnik, Lovecraft, Emile Nelligan, Jean Ray, Lord Dunsany, Rimbaud, the Prydain novels, Mutts comics, Winnie the Pooh, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Agnes Quill, Le fantÃ´me de l'OpÃ©ra, La ville vampire, etc.

My Blog

Are you in a band? info request for Mick Mercer’s new book

Another late notice, but I think no lives were put in danger because of my delay... http://mickmercer.livejournal.com/803851.htmlcutid1 ARE YOU IN A BAND INFO REQUEST FOR MY NEW BOOKI am doing a new...
Posted by leonardo on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

Gaza - Ceasefire NOW

I hope this isn't too late... Dear friends, ..> Gaza and Israel are on the brink of all-out war - before it's too late, let's raise a massive global outcry for a ceasefire to stop the violence an...
Posted by leonardo on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:51:00 PST

perros abandonados en chapultepec-polanco

Hace poco más de una hora me tocó ver cómo dos tipos se bajaban de su auto y abandonaban a tres perros: uno tipo cocker, negro; otro tipo maltés, con todo el pelo de las patas negro de mugre; un terce...
Posted by leonardo on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

Robin Guthrie en México DF

Evidentemente, para los fans de hueso colorado de Cocteau Twins, eso no es una sorpresa, pero, para los despistados (como yo), aquí van los datos de su presentación de mañana, 29 de febrero: Museo de ...
Posted by leonardo on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:08:00 PST

Don’t let Musharraf wreck it

From Aavaz's February 27 newsletter. ------------ Dear Avaaz members, ..> Against all odds, Pakistan's democrats won the elections - let's tell Musharraf and his allies not to block the transition:...
Posted by leonardo on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:33:00 PST

All mine enemys whispers - The Story of Mary Ann Cotton

.. ATTRITION All Mine Enemys Whispers - The Story of Mary Ann Cotton. Projekt records. Pro209 A surreal and nightmare-ish journey into the mind of a Victorian serial killer - from one of the...
Posted by leonardo on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST

Do not grasp anothers bow

Taken from: http://www.dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0802.asp "Do not grasp another's bow" &n...
Posted by leonardo on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:00:00 PST

Avoiding Foxes and Dogs by Yuan-hsien

Taken from http://dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0801.asp Avoiding Foxes and Dogs ...
Posted by leonardo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:33:00 PST

Mr. Colin White

Last Thursday morning, Mr. Colin White, the most important member of the Modern Literature Department at the Faculty of Humanities of Mexico's ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com...
Posted by leonardo on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:11:00 PST

West Mountain Evening Talk

Taken from: http://dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0711.asp West Mountain Evening Talk &...
Posted by leonardo on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:13:00 PST