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Stro

I'm folded in my clothing.

About Me

Just another Beast in the jungle, making my claims, trying to stay gracious and humble.

My Interests

The circumstance of existence, in and of itself, is disheartening. That is why it is necessary to do art. Art is an essential response to the conditions of existence, a means by which limitations are transcended, Reality is Realized, Truth is Realized, Light is found. Without that activity—that artistic and, altogether, spiritual activity-there is nothing but this intrusion of changes and death.Participation in an art form should be at least as great as the creation of that art form. Art should change you. That is the whole purpose of it. True art heals. True art restores equanimity. Art must regenerate the sense of well-being. That is its true purpose. When art is really useful, it serves this ultimate process of healing, well-being, higher sympathy, and Spiritual Awakening."– Adi Da Samraj

I'd like to meet:

Whoever gets me my dream job.

Music:

Hendrix, ODB, DJ Hype. Tubby - Scratch - Pablo. Dire Straits, Talking Heads, Guns n' Roses, Sepultura, Cream, Etta James, Ray Charles, Quanum Solesides, Nine inch Nails, Queen, Queens of the Stone age, Bone Thugz n Harmony, Eazy E, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Rob Swift, Freestyle Fellowship, Akrobatik, Atmosphere, Stevie Wonder, Aphrodite, Beethoven, Streets, AK1200, Grooverider, Weezer, Herbalizer, Zeppelin, Stevie ray Vaughn, Automator, Aphex Twin, Toni Braxton, Busta Rhymes, Cenobytes, RJD2, Timbaland, Eroll Garner, Erik Satie, Pharcyde, Elvis Prestley, Black Keys, Nat King Cole, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, DJ Krush, Aerosmith, Fugees, Ella Fitzgerald, Jurassic 5, Sneaker Pimps, Blur, Ceilia Cruz, Tito Puente, Dylan, Beefheart, Bruce Springsteen, Old Michael Jackson, Patti Smith, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Outkast, Eligh, Cypress Hill, Wu Tang, DJ Food, Hive, Aesop Rock, Rob Swift, Steve Miller Band, Duran Duran, Wesley Willis, Chris Isak, Beastie Boys, e40, Andre Nikatina, Mac Dre, Smoov E, Humble Soul, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Doors, Photek, Dirty DNAE, Method Man, Jeru the Damaja, Three six, Necro, Bodycount, Miles Davis, Rasan Roland Kirk, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Buckethead, Victor Wooten, the John Mackay Trio, Freestyle Fellowship, Company Truck, Dr. Dre, diversify, Barrington Levy, Toots and the Maytals, Rage against the Machine, old Metallica, whatever band Devin's in, Kid Koala, Shrinkage, Master Q-bert, Simply Red, Grandmaster Flash + Furious 5, Sugar Hill Gang, MC Supernatural, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Liszt, Bud Powell, the Avalanches, DJ Shadow, Koji Kondo, Tatsuiko Asano, John Coltrane, dr. Mario, Mac Dre.

Movies:

Enter the Dragon, Fear and Loathing, CB4, Ali G indahouse, Zatoichi, Snatch, 300, Carlito's way, Tidal Wave, Ong Baek, waking life, Clockwork Orange... Zombie movies.

Television:

Literally means vision at a distance. The transmission, reception, and reproduction of moving pictures and audio. Refers to both the process in general, and the receiving appliance.

Books:

The Mahabarata, Joseph Campbell ofshoots, Snow Crash, Shogun, The Rum Diary, Enders Game, Jaws2 the book. Radix, Hagakure, Book of 5 rings, the Illiad and the Odessey, Time Enough For Love, Hitchhikers Guide series, A Long dark teatime of the soul, The Mummery, Everyone Poops, The Moral Enquiry, Sartre's The Ego, A peaceful warrior, A wrinkle in time, The Cryptonomicron, Slaughterhouse 5, Clockwork orange, Tarzan, Lonesome Dove, The Kubla Kahn, Plato's Reception of Parmenides, Kant's Science of Right, Free Will and Illusion, Green Eggs and Ham. A catcher in the rye is stupid.

Heroes:

Jimi Hendrix, That kid in "Wizard" with the nintendo glove, Pinyin55, Gaston, Super Shredder, the White Lotus, Burt Reynolds, Bruce Lee, Starscream, General Patton, Bruce Campbell, Wolverine, Musashi Miyamoto, Sun Tzu, Bolo Yeung.

My Blog

oh yeah, I'm back

I'll be gone from the 27th to the 4th yo.
Posted by Stro on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:57:00 PST

birthday agenda so phar

Ok folx, here's how it looks so far.around 9:00 pm, Li Po916 Grant Avenue @ Washington StSan Francisco, CA 94108 then off to Anu around 11 or so43 6th StSan Francisco, CA 94103then off to Blend16th @ ...
Posted by Stro on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:25:00 PST

YUS!

Finally got a car and a license, I hate being a noob though... especially when mistakes are so expensive. I'm also home again, so pumped... god I missed my piano...
Posted by Stro on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:02:00 PST

RIP

Rip Syd Barrett. A true innovator and a musical legend of all time. Lighta.
Posted by Stro on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:25:00 PST

w00t

Francis fucking ford copola showed up to my CD release party. I can die now.
Posted by Stro on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:16:00 PST

India...

Well, I decided to write about India more than a month after my return. It definitely has me thinking about society and culture in general, considering the different mindset over there. There was no m...
Posted by Stro on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:08:00 PST