Scumdrops profile picture

Scumdrops

scumdrops

About Me

“Straight into frantic oblivion, safety, obscurity, just another freak in the freak kingdom. We’d gone in search of the American dream, it had been a lame fuck around; a waste of time. There was no point in looking back. Fuck no, not today thank you kindly. My heart was filled with joy, I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger; a man on the move and just sick enough to be totally confident” (Hunter S. Thompson, ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the heart of the American dream’, ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, 1971)

My Interests

"I'm just average and common too. I'm just like him and the same as you. I'm everybody's brother and son. I'm not different from anyone. There ain't no use in talkin' to me. Thats just the same as talking to you." Bob Dylan said that. "I hate the fucking wind." I said that.

I'd like to meet:

Birelli Lagrene, The Gypsy project and friends.....John McLaughlin (guitar), U Srinivas (Mandolin), Zakir Hussain (Tabla), V Selvaganesh (Ghatam),S Mahadevan (Vocals)..Regina Spektor- Consequence of soundsKung FuPrimus- Too Many PuppiesLeonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing Dmitry Shostakovich's 5th Symphony; Allegro non troppoJoni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Lyle Mays, Don Alias and Michael Brecker - Good Bye Pork Pie HatDolphins, Sir David AttenboroughShakti,Gary Goodridge destroys Paul Herrara..The Didier Lockwood Group - Fasten Your SeatbeltsAdewale Akinnouye-Agbaje- AdebisiGhost RiderThelonious Monk, NuttyDaniel Dennet..Goodfellas Beat downLiu FangPulp, Mis-shapesBowieJohan Sebastian Bach and Busdriver, Imaginary PlacesCarlos Kleiber

Music:

All the music... Alexander Rahbari, Al Green, The Scratch Perverts, The Band, Charles Mingus, Dylan, Black Uhuru, Hermann Szobel, Bus Driver, Cab Calloway, Pasquale Lannone, Liam Reilly, Chet Atkins, Daft Punk, Hiromi, Bowie, Jaco Pastorius, The Doors, Griffin Johnny, Huun Huur Tu, Bob Marley, DJ Logic, Atmosphere, Regina Spektor, Eddie Palmieri, Art Tatum, DragonForce, Gil Shaham, Alec Splatt, Stanley Clark, Ella, Cinematic Orchestra, The FLC, Aretha, Funkmaster Flex, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, George Clinton, Jean-Luc Ponty, DJ Shadow, Grandmaster Flash, Dizzy Gilespie, Cypress Hill, Bach, Marvin Gaye, Iggy, Naughty by Nature, Wim Overgaauw, James Brown, Primus, Les Claypool, The Kinks, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Defacto, Jamiroqui, Elvis, Jefferson Airplane, Tommy Emmanuel, Herbie Hancock, The Prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, Mozart, Jeff Wayne, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, RATM, Johnny and June Carter Cash, The Bill Orric Band, Jurassic 5, King Crimson, Led zep, Ludwig Van, Mahavishnu Project, Ray Charles, Mario Piu, Motorhead, Nina Simone, Vivaldi, Paganini, The Sex Pistols, Victor Wooten, Pink Floyd, Duke O'Hagen, Probot, Public Enemy, Raul Midon, Pulp, Rachmaninov, Nirvana, The Rat pack, Keziah Jones, Lou Reed, Red Rodney, King Tubby, Joe Zawinul, Richie Havens, NWA, Robert Johnson, Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff, Traffic, Santana, Run-DMC, Boston, Queen, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Carlos Kleiber, Shakti, Simon and Garfunkel, U-Roy, Sizzla, Taj Mahal, Small faces, The Who, Stevie Wonder, Prince Buster, Snoop Dogg, Tenacious D, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Roots Radics, Wu-tang Clan, Woody Guthrie, Tony De Vit, El fatEboomboom, Dmitry Shostakovich, Yo-Yo Ma, David Oistrakh, Andres Segovia, Astor Piazzolla , Bela Bartok, Count Basie, Laia Genc, Robert Paterson, Typsy Gypsy, Thomas Jessop, Smokes Quantity, Sam and the Plants, Aphex Twin, Square Pusher, Skip James, Bela Fleck, Slam Stewart, Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Medina Green, Osibisa, Ricardo Cobo, The Roots, Igor Stravinsky, Steppenwolf, John Coltrane, Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, Florin Nicolescu, Didier Lockwood, Angelo Debarre, Worlds End Girlfriend, Dorado Schmitt, Larry Harlow, Dj Yoda, Mr & Mrs and more and more and more et cetera et cetera...

Movies:

This is the opening to possibly the most genius, most painfull and most amusingly weird film I have seen. Enjoy. Death Race 2000, Euthanasia Day The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 'A Hard Days Night'- 'I should have known better' Ron Moody 'Reviewing the situation' in Lionel Bart's 'Oliver'

Television:

Monty Python's The Funniest Joke , Red Dwarf The Mighty Boosh Oz Monkey Dust

Books:

I like to read literature from a wide range of sources. I read Homer and enjoyed the Odyssey but found the Illiad dull. Thomas De Quincy is good but a little dark. Margaret Atwood sucks. I like Nietzsche and Thomas Moore better than anything else at the moment. A. J. Ayer is good but gets a bit carried away. John Locke is a misinterpreted genius. I've never been partial to religious writings as they seem a little 'needy', but Baruch Spinoza is good if you are. If you read fantasy novels check out David Eddings. Brett Easton Ellis writes the most brutal stuff ever. Doctor Faustus was amazing, the film on the other hand was horrifying please avoid. Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood was the shiznet. Isodore Epstein is a good scholar of Judaism. Tao Te Ching is good eastern philosophy although hard to interpret. I like Aristotle and Plato. I really enjoyed Paul Feyerabend's work 'Against Method' and Thomas Kuhn's 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions'. Daniel Dennett is good check out his speech in my videos.

Heroes:

Keziah Jones, John McLaughlin and Birelli Lagrene - Jimi Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child' David and Igor Oistrakh, Prokofiev SonataSkip JamesJaco Pastotius and Toots ThielemansPatrick Bateman Bill Foster Eric Cartman Bob Dylan

My Blog

12-30

 12        The conflict between the specialised and the popular, and, the demand for art and philosophy to conform  There are many such examples in the hi...
Posted by Scumdrops on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:09:00 PST

1-11

The idea of a 'will to power' and the 'problem of hierarchy' and how it represents the use of thought as a means to power, as well as outlining what this might imply in regards to a 'search for object...
Posted by Scumdrops on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

start at the start

The will to power. Everyone competes for dominance OVER society. This is exemplary in everyday actions such as naming a pet. If two people dispute the name of a pet one will eventually give in. If o...
Posted by Scumdrops on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:09:00 PST