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Mariné

marineperez

About Me

I majored in Clinical Psychology and Communications, and recently moved to the NY area to work in the bilingual editorial arena. I currently work in a translations company in Manhattan. I also freelance as an Editorial Consultant for the University of Puerto Rico, and as a Writer/Translator for MAP Magazine, a Madrid-based cultural, artsy and political e-zine.
I'm a heavy animal rights activist and I'm also a friggin' NEWS JUNKIE. I love to read and post stuff on the filthy poliTRICKS of our times... so much that I even made it my thesis topic. I'm so glad and honored to meet all of the people who feel the same way and help spread the TRUTH. Much respect to all of them.
Also, I have a Facebook account (in case this account gets shot to hell). Hit me up by searching "Mariné Pérez".
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My Interests

Crazy for edamame...

... and Ein

I'd like to meet:


Music:



GHETTO CUT DANCE: Boys Noize, Busy P, Digitalism, DJ Medhi, Feadz, Justice, Krazy Baldhead, Mr. Oizo, MSTRKRFT, Para One, SebastiAn, Simian Mobile Disco, Soulwax, Surkin, Tiga, Uffie

MISCELLANEOUS: The Arcade Fire, Berlin, Brazilian Girls, Capri, Cerrone, Chromeo, Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS), Cut Copy, Culture Club, Death From Above 1979, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Fujiya & Miyagi, Gary Numan, Hot Chip, The Human League, INXS, Keren Ann, Kavinsky, LCD Soundsystem, Les Rythmes Digitales, The Miami Sound Machine, Mogwai, Mus, Mylo, New Order, New Young Pony Club, The Pet Shop Boys, Peter Bjorn and John, The Psychedelic Furs, Random González, Roxy Music, Spirit Catcher, Talk Talk, Temper, The Walkmen, Who Made Who
HIP HOP: GZA, Kanye West, Nas, Pharrell, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan
OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP, BREAKS, RAP, ELECTRO, AND FREESTYLE: Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys, Channel One, Chemise, Cybotron, Debbie Deb, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Hot Streak, Japanese Telecom, Jonzun Crew, Kleeer, Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, Love Club, Mantronix, Noel, Planet Patrol, Stevie B, The Sugarhill Gang, Trinity's Breakfast, Whodini
COMPOSERS: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jon Brion, Paul Cantelon, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Bernard Herrmann, Gustav Holst, Aram Khachaturian, György Ligeti, Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Joseph-Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Arnold Schönberg, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shigeru Umebayashi, Vangelis, Richard Wagner, John Williams
DRUM AND BASS: A-Sides, Adam F, Amit, Artificial Intelligence, )EIB(, Black Sun Empire, Break, Bungle, C4C, Calibre, Calyx, Chase & Status, Chris.SU, Commix, Cyantific, DB, D-Bridge, D.Kay, Digital, Dom and Roland, Drifter, Ed Rush & Optical, Fierce, Fission, Friction, Future Cut, Goldie, Gremlinz, High Contrast, Influx UK, Ink, J Majik, Jae Kennedy, K-Tee, Kaiser, Kaos, Karl K, Keaton, Kemal, Klute, Konflict [Kemal & Rob Data], Kraken, Logistics, London Elektricity, Loxy, Lynx, Makoto, Marcus Intalex, Marky, Martyn, Mathematics, Matrix, Militia, Noisia, Nu:Tone, Optiv, Pacific, Phobia, Q Project, RAM Trilogy, Resonant Evil, Ror-Shak, SKC, S.T. Files, Seba, Silent Witness, Skinny, Skynet, Sonic, Sonic & Silver, Spirit, Spor, Stakka, Stranjah, Syncopix, Tech Itch, Teebee, Total Science, The Usual Suspects, Uncut, Vicious Circle
OTHER TYPES OF ELECTRONICA: Air, The Album Leaf, Alpha, Autechre, Björk, The Chemical Brothers, Crissalida, David Grumel, Goldfrapp, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Massive Attack, Mez, Piano Magic, Plexiphonic, Portishead, The Prodigy, Ratatat, Röyksopp, Squarepusher, Thievery Corporation, Underworld
TECHNO: Aril Brikha, Juan Atkins [Model 500], Surgeon
HOUSE: Basement Jaxx, Cassius, Daft Punk, Dimitri from Paris
ROCK: lots of types, lots of artists: too many to mention here

Movies:


FICTION: http://www.frazy.com/user/marine.perez/?tm=1
NON-FICTION: The Corporation; The Fog of War; One Day in September; Children of Beslan; Bowling for Columbine; Fahrenheit 911; March of the Penguins; Naked States; Super Size Me; Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills; Control Room; The Panama Deception; Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media; Phenomenon: Genesis Revisited; Oil: The World Over a Barrel; Painful Deceptions: An Analysis of the 9/11 Attack; Loose Change; The Persuaders; Why We Fight; Bush Family Fortunes; 911TruthBristol.com's Peak Oil and Free Energy; The Future of Food; The Revolution Will Not Be Televised; Secrets of the CIA; Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death; An Inconvenient Truth; Building Gods; Guests of the Ayatollah; Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; The U.S. versus John Lennon; This Film is Not Yet Rated; Lost Lightning: The Missing Secrets of Nikola Tesla; Next; Hacking Democracy; 8 Bit; Scratch; Jesus Camp; Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story; Jonestown: Paradise Lost; China Blue; This Wall Must Fall; The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite shingun); The Century of the Self; Invisible Children; A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich; Bling: A Planet Rock (Director's Cut); The Pervert's Guide to Cinema; Planet B-Boy; Zizek!; Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual; Enemies of Happiness; SiCKO; Three Comrades; The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters; Poisoned by Plutonium: The Litvinenko Files; The World According to Monsanto: A Documentary That Americans Won't Ever See

Television:



TV SHOWS: Flight of the Conchords; 24; Frontline; 60 Minutes; The Colbert Report; Curb Your Enthusiasm; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; Da Ali G Show; Real Time w/ Bill Maher; The Simpsons; The Golden Girls; Joost TV!

"Ultimately it seems there's no escape from technology or alienation. Techné itself is prosthesis of consciousness, and thus inseparable from the human condition." (Hakim Bey, Seduction of the Cyber Zombies)

Books:

Currently reading: Code v2.0 [Lawrence Lessig]
Click HERE to see a list of the books I've read.
Other works I've enjoyed reading: Project for a Scientific Psychology (Sigmund Freud); Psiquiatría, teoría del sujeto, psicoanálisis: Hacia Lacan (Néstor Braunstein); "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (essay by Walter Benjamin); "Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography" (essay by Guy Debord); "Transrealidad del Sujeto Network" (essay by Heidi Figueroa); "Seduction of Cyber Zombies" (essay by Hakim Bey); "The Information War" (essay by Hakim Bey); "Medios y culturas en el espacio latinoamericano" (essay by Jesús Martín-Barbero); "Where Is Everybody?" (essay by Arthur C. Clarke); "The Posthuman Conception of Consciousness" (essay by Robert Pepperell)
MAGS: Wired, Slate, Technology Review, The Nation, Salon, GOOD Magazine, Mental Floss

Heroes:

Stephen Colbert: The guy's got THE hugest balls on the planet. I've always admired him, but even more so after his tongue-in-cheek skit at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner :
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: "He who ruled scent, ruled the hearts of men."
V (from V for Vendetta):
Homer Simpson: D'OH!
Doggy Jake, for having swum 1.2 miles from Alcatraz to the San Francisco shoreline (and beating most human swimmers!):
"Little warrior" George (1998-2007):
George, a 9-year-old Jack Russell terrier that gave his life to save five New Zealand children from two marauding pitbulls, is seen in New Plymouth, New Zealand in this undated file photo. New Zealand's main animal welfare agency the Society for the Protection of Animals (SPCA) on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, awarded the Jack Russell terrier a bravery medal, while an American Vietnam veteran who read news articles about the attack sent his Purple Heart to the dog's owner.

My Blog

Pentagon’s ’Kill Switch’: Urban Myth?

Pentagon's 'Kill Switch': Urban Myth?David Hambling | Wired | May 2, 2008The Pentagon is worried that "backdoors" in computer processors might leave the American military vulnerable to an instant elec...
Posted by Mariné on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:49:00 PST

Microsoft Walks! Says Yahoo Demands Don’t Make Sense

Microsoft Walks! Says Yahoo Demands Don't Make SenseBetsy Schiffman | Wired News | May 03, 2008 Microsoft walked away from a bid to acquire Yahoo when its increased, $45-plus billion offer was rebuf...
Posted by Mariné on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:29:00 PST

Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades

Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil tradesThe Associated Press | April 30, 2008TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil ...
Posted by Mariné on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PST

Water wars with U.S. in our future: Canadian experts

'Water wars' with U.S. in our future: expertsThe Canadian Press | April 24, 2008 Parched U.S. states could start "water wars" in the years ahead and fight for access to Great Lakes resources as they ...
Posted by Mariné on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:13:00 PST

Warwick University robo nurses straight from ’Star Wards’!

Warwick University robo nurses straight from 'Star Wards'! Catherine Vonledebur | Coventry Telegraph | April 25, 2008 ENGINEERS at the University of Warwick are helping to design 'R2D2'-ty...
Posted by Mariné on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:53:00 PST

The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground

The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk undergroundNathanael Johnson | Harper's Magazine | April 2008The agents arrived before dawn. They concealed the squad car and police van beh...
Posted by Mariné on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:40:00 PST

How We Use Twitter for Journalism

How We Use Twitter for Journalism Marshall Kirkpatrick | Read Write Web | April 25, 2008 How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out ...
Posted by Mariné on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:58:00 PST

Microsoft issues final threat to scotch Yahoo deal

Microsoft issues final threat to scotch Yahoo deal Eric Auchard and Daisuke Wakabayashi | Reuters | April 24, 2008 Microsoft Corp gave Yahoo Inc no ho...
Posted by Mariné on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:39:00 PST

Ailing Fidel Castro says he’s still in the loop

Ailing Fidel Castro says he's still in the loopMarc Frank | Reuters | April 23, 2008 HAVANA  An ailing Fidel Castro took partial credit on Wednesday for firing Cuba's long-serving education minister...
Posted by Mariné on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:37:00 PST

Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer

Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer Officials say automatic screening more accurate than checks by humans Owen Bowcott | The Guardian | April 25, 200...
Posted by Mariné on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:28:00 PST