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Michael

Deviation

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

    Yogananda (passed away several decades ago, unfortunately)George Bush (I wanna see if he's really as stupid as he looks and acts) Benoit Mandelbrot (cool maths and finance stuff) George Soros (also more finance stuff) Stephen Hawking (altho I don't think he'll be that interactive) Alessandra Ambrosio (ouch, damn!) Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, Alexander Shulgin (coz minds are there to be expanded!)
... and more to come as I think of it

Music:

I like mostly electronica in various forms. Besides cheese that is, although some of that's not bad either sometimes! Stuff worth mentioning is all of James Holden's stuff, particularly EQ Grey's Balance 005 and his own releases "At the Controls" and "Fear of a Silver Planet." Other stuff I like includes Infected Mushroom and Shpongle (both awesome -- very deep and they have an authentic feel coz a lot of it is arranged beautifully with acoustic instruments). And then there's breaks stuff too -- Grayarea, Meat Katie, etc... Quite a wide range of stuff from psychedelic to progressive breaks. But a lot of it is quite strange, according to friends. Oh well :) Keeps my head busy!

Movies:

Haven't thought about this a lot, but I'd definitely put these on the list:

    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Motorcycle Diaries Zoolander Fifth Element Grosse Point Blank

Television:

I don't watch much TV... only the occasional stuff that grabs my attention. I always have so many other things to do!

Books:

I read more than I watch TV. But generally not too much fiction stuff, coz there's so much cool non-fiction stuff to read too. It varies a lot though. One day it'll be something like Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and the next it'll be Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi. I always get something out of a good book though -- it really makes a difference.

Heroes:

Everyone has something interesting about them, so I don't think I really have specific role-models. There are a lot of people who influence me -- lots of different aspects ;)