The intersectionalities between filmmaking, beatmaking, turntablism, computers, reading, writing, arithmetic, life, law, love, liberty, linguistics, luck, hope, history, current events, redemption, music, cryptozoology, old movies, old records, photography, travel, meditation/mindfulness, recycling, snowboarding, basketball, martial arts, graffiti, belligerence, battery, petty theft, petty vandalism & all other sorts of rascality
.... I hope you people have the sense to figure out that all-of-the-above isn't really about me, it's about someone else. And as far as I know he's still alive and working. Anyone that can tell me his government name gets $500 cash. I don't mean to be deceptive, I just wanted to post something crazy to fuck with the people who take myspace too seriously. I think it's really funny the way people talk so much about themselves in the About Me section, like anyone really cares. If someone's taking the time to read what you have to say about yourself they already know who you are and want something from you. And the "Who I'd Like To Meet" section? Give me a break. We all want to meet the same person. Someone who will come into our life, give us what we want, and ask nothing in return. Well then, you know who I want to meet? I want to meet a crazy wheelchair-bound homeless guy who needs help getting loaded onto the bus. You know who else I want to meet? A tourist in NYC confused by the subway system and lost only because they need a couple questions answered. I think more people need to lead by example, and I want to meet people who agree. The only person I really want to meet is an enlightened despot, though some would argue there's no such thing.... well... I guess I should get into the spirit of things. You fuckers want to know ABOUT ME? Well, here are some things I've said about me:
(1) I spend a lot of time writing and reading. I'm basically a studious, contemplative kind of person. I'm not starved for attention and I refuse to put up a front for people. I'm not an exhibitionist or a character. I'm not some kind of a low-class loudmouth like you. In other words I'm just the opposite of you. Intelligent. Sensitive... Everything that you don't have, that's me (2) I'm very particular about my subway etiquette. My main complaint is that healthy young people do not often enough offer up thier seat to people like Old-Dude-With-Cane and Person-With-Baby. I also let people get off the train before I try to step on. As much as I want that seat, I'd rather avoid looking like an asshole (3) I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6, but you'll never get me alive. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees (4) I like to DJ and scratch and make beats, blends and remixes (5) I spend hours ripping my name and address off of envelopes just so i can recycle every ounce of junk mail those fuckers send me (6) In all honesty (and not to get all anti-corporate on you) I don't think McDonald's fries are all that great. And as long as they're making commercials that piss me off, I'm not eating there... it's been 4 years, but who's counting? (7) Without corrective lenses I'm as blind as a bat. Back in school I used to put away my glasses before fights so I wouldn't be left blind (like that kid in Brick) (8) Not to generalize, but I think a lot of people who consider themselves "conservatives" get all thier information from pundits rather than thier own research. People shouldn't be so trusting, everyone has their own agenda. Blindly following someone's word without any degree of skepticism is unhealthy (that goes for a lot of "liberals" too, but I think their heart is in the right place) (9) The only thing that can get me to drink is peer pressure (10) In certain contexts, at times, you could call me a hustler (11) The worst breakfast I ever had was good champagne and fine caviar (thanx Joanna) (12) Shaken... not stirred (13) Bacon... not cured (14) Window... not aisle (15) Boxers... not briefs (16) Timbaland... not The Neptunes (17) 9th Wonder... not Alchemist (18) I don't think the glass is half full or half empty. It's a glass... half of it has water, and half of it has air (19) I'm arrogant, but you can't fault me for niceness (20) I'm a militant agnostic [I don't know, and you don't fucking-well know either. If you say you do, you're either lying to me or yourself] (21) If you're talking to me don't let the subject drift towards fights, poker, drugs, music, Kenya, or Howard Stern (unless you want an earful) (22) I used to smoke cigarettes but decided to quit. I have a lot to say about the power of addiction but maybe I shouldn't go there. I'll say this though: watching two members of your immediate family die from substance abuse will definitely give you some opinions. Forgive me if I don't join you in that toast. People drink too much and too often. Cheers! (23) I know a deck of cards like the scar on the back of my hand. I used to hustle cards back when they were allowed in schools; even had a small-time spades hustle with the WORST of partners in high school. That was just for cigarettes and favors, I don't like taking my friends' money (24) I don't like ketchup on hot dogs and I'll NEVER put salt on my fries (what's the point? That's like putting sugar on Cap'n Crunch) (25) I will, however, put so much butter on my popcorn that during the movie it'll leak and create a buttery-wet pee-looking stain on my crotch. (26) I like Sushi Samba, but my opinion is based solely on the food. (27) I prefer the Sushi Samba in Chicago to the Sushi Samba in New York, but I like New York better than Chicago (LOL, hands-down!!) (28) To anyone who thinks I look English I'd say "Fuck you, I'm Irish" (29) I try to be an empathetic person, and I always try to see where people are coming from... but... I simply do NOT understand why a man would fuck with a child (I'm looking at you Michael Jackson.) I also don't understand why a man would want to force himself on anyone who is clearly unwilling (crying, screaming, unconscious, etc.) Maybe because I've never raped a little boy I don't know how awesome it could be, and maybe I'm being a little excessive, but I sincerely think there are a lot of snippings that need to take place. (if you use it, you lose it) Snip, SNIP!
... ok maybe in less severe cases just a life sentence in Rape Jail (30) I recognize the privileges I have as a white man in AmeriKKKa, but I don't let it bog me down with guilt (don't hate the player, hate the game.) (31) If you question authority, but question people who question authority ... I Love You (32) If you care what life is going to be like in 200 years... I Love You (33) If you're motivated, but not greedy; Gifted, yet humble... I Love You (34) If you believe Jesus wouldn't give a shit about stem-cell research.... I Love You (35) If it's true that you can tell how a man makes love by the way he dances, then I must fuck like The Robot, The Running Man, or The Worm (36) Word is bond (37) Bond is life (38) Freedom or death (39) Fuck The Jake (40) I'd love to rant about this anorexic standard-of-beauty that has a lot of women bainwashed into thinking they're fat, but instead I'll just say: don't nobody want a bone but a dog (41) The only reason I don't think I could ever be a vegetarian... BACON. Steak is tough. Chicken and pork chops are bland. Fish is weird. Sausage and hamburgers look funny. Don't EVEN get me started on hot dogs (one word: sawdust). But bacon; crispy overcooked bacon, how I love thee! (42) "I ain't the type to kiss ass for the top position, I take mines off the top like a politician" (43) Like most men, I like my women the exact same way I like my coffee (hot, sweet & strong) (44) "I don't think old men ought to provoke wars for young men to fight" (45) I'm not one of these people who has nothing to complain about yet always finds an occasion to do so. I see them getting all bent-out-of-shape in airports, subways, and malls over the smallest things! As I would tell them: "It's nice to be important but it's even more important to be nice. Child you're simply too blessed to be stressed." (46) I've been called a "liberal." I've been accused of having a "leftist agenda." My mom says I'm "left of Che' Guevara." They're entitled to their opinions, but let me say something very clearly: I love my country. I was born in America and I'm a product of the American public school system. I love the people, I love the land. Even the government, I mean, hey, on paper the way it's set-up looks really great. It really really does. If everyone stuck to the rules we could have a great thing going here (47) Like most Americans I'm 1/16th native american. Powhatan tribe, but for obvious reasons of heritage I'm not recognized by the nation. (48) "You know what's weird to me? Christians that are against the death Penalty... if it weren't for the death penalty, we wouldn't celebrate Easter" (49) You know what else is weird to me? Roman Christians that wear crosses. Do they think when Jesus comes back he'll want to see a cross? (50) I regard myself as a kind of ego-driven space-time meat vehicle; I'm in the center as the driver, trapped inside the folly of the monkey ego. But I accept it. Like all other humans I have my limitations, but I know that the truth is that I'm actually just one completely unique aspect of a larger hyperdimsenion information field (51) I'm completely conscious of the fact that I'm just a cloud of potential energy, made mostly of water molecules. If you looked at me across time you would see a cloud of water molecules form and momentarily become Flynn and then move off again (52) I have a scar on my face from a fight in middle school. I don't remember which fight it was, or how I got it. But it's here and I love it. (53) I tip so well that I often have to correct waiters, "no, I'm not Italian." The bare minimum I tip in any tipping situation is %20. Service has to be pretty bad for me to tip that low. Cab drivers, poker dealers, people with tip jars: they all love me and they should love you too you cheap bastard! (54) Around the turn of the millenium I pretty much lost interest in drugs and alcohol. Since then I've popped no pills, sniffed no powder, etc, etc. I guess I still drink coffee to perk up and smoke weed to come down, but for the most part drugs aren't for me. I'm not saying this to preach or make myself look cool, I'm only putting it out there so that if someone happens to read this they'll know not to offer me any. Thanks though. (55) I believe the secret to longer life and better living is good nutrition! (56) I'm removing the following words from my lexicon: faggot, midget, retard, crackhead, ni**er, paddy, picnic, indian-giver, white trash (57) If you fuck with anyone I care about, I'll run up in your whereabouts and air it out... bitch (58) I don't think people are inherently good or inherently bad. I think people are inherently whatever they want to be. I believe that power is a good thing, but it can be turned to bad in the wrong hands.
Immortal Technique, Antonio Vivaldi, Alice In Chains, Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry, Lester Young, Jean Grae, Green Lantern, Operation Ivy, Stan Getz, DJ Premier, Otis Redding, Public Enemy, Louis Armstrong, Pete Rock, Sam Cooke, Redman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, OmniThought, Dead Prez, Mozart, Outkast, James Brown, Erykah Badu, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Boot Camp Clik, Blind Melon, Burro Banton, Beastie Boys, Bix Beiderbecke, Beck, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Crosby, Bob Marley, Robert Johnson, Mobb Deep, Prince, Lionel Hampton, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Coup, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, The Doors, The Skatalites, Sizzla, Sublime, Saukrates, Supercat, Sanchez, Slim Smith, Sugar Minott, Shabba Ranks, Wilson Pickett, Madlib, Peter Tosh, Rah Digga, Django Reinhardt, Kid Koala, Junk Science/Nukfam, Nirvana... anything that has soul... I like boogaloo... I also like pretty much anything recorded prior to 1940; i think the scratchy, poor quality recordings have a warm tone, no matter the content
Kubrick, Scorsese, Gilliam, Stone, Chaplin, Coppola, Levinson, Lynch, Leone, Lee (Spike & Ang), Allen, Burton, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Rodriguez, Waters, Wells, Altman, Mann, Miyazaki, Jonze, Jarmusch, Anderson, Gondry, De Palma, Solondz, Wenders, Deren, Fellini, Kurosawa, The Coen Bros, The Hughes Bros, et al. (basically, motherfuckers that do shit, then do more shit, then prove that they're not full of shit)Other movies I've liked: Brick, BeBe's Kids, Bad Lieutenant, True Romance, Run Lola Run, The Sweet Hereafter, The Stand, The Fog Of War, The Deer Hunter, The Last Dragon, The Usual Suspects, The Basketball Diaries, This Boy's Life, This Is Spinal Tap, Amadeus, Killing Zoe, Children of Men, Rambling Rose, V For Vendetta, La Bamba, A Midnight Clear, Trainspotting, Labyrinth, Dogfight, Glory, Skins, Willow, Kids
The Simpsons, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Critic, The Kids In The Hall, The Larry Sanders Show, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Homicide: Life On The Street, Squirt TV, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, In Living Color, Twin Peaks, Tale Spin, Ren & Stimpy, Tiny Toons, Batman (the FOX Cartoon), You Can't Do That On Television, Gummi Bears, Cheers, Fraggle Rock, Married with Children, Quantum Leap, Get A Life, Whiz Bang Wonderbook, Duck Tales, Martin, Mr Wizard, Dr Katz, Car 54 Where Are You?, Zoobily Zoo, SNL, SCTV, ER, 227, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Star Trek TNG(As you can tell, I haven't really watched TV since the mid 90's)
A People's History of the United States, Watership Down, Animal Farm, We, How the World Really Works, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1984, Helter Skelter, The Little Prince, The Pearl, The Good Society, The Handmaid's Tale, The Trial, The Stand, The AVID Handbook, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Miracle of Mindfullness, The Catcher in the Rye, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Think And Grow Rich, Tiffany's Table Manners for Teenagers, Nickel and Dimed, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists, Oryx & Crake... here are a couple of my favorite authors in no particular order: Brecht, Kafka, King (Stephen and Martin Luther), Nin, Poe, Mao, Twain, Tolkien, Malcolm X, Steinbeck, Bukowski, Hemingway, Atwood, Crichton... I also have a weakness for stupid educational-type books like Rich Dad and You Can Negotiate Anything, but I can blame Carlo for getting me into that stuff
detroit red, malcom x, dr. king, kubrick, che, marley, ghandi, fred hampton, harriet tubman, einstein, eldridge cleaver, paul wellstone, biggie smalls, mark twain, nina simone, wade henderson, howard zinn, howard stern, kimberle williams crenshaw, tim wise, sojourner truth, bruce lee, jomo kenyatta... and any other wildly intelligent or talented persons that applied themselves. Even if they were never recognized in thier lifetime (What up Charles Fourier! You eccentric crackpot motherfucker you!)OK... RANT TIME: I don't like putting something negative here in the same box with all these great names, but a curse on those who conspired to assassinate Tom Mboya. You fucking morons, what the hell were you thinking? You break out the machine guns for every fucking occasion? The man was a born leader. A brilliant, respected, and honest husband & father, loved by everyone just like Jomo was. Who are you to kill a man like that? What did you put in his place? You mindless orders-following lemmings, a little foresight PLEASE. Jomo wanted Mboya to be his successor, so why the fuck would you kill Mboya out of loyalty to Jomo? He was getting old, he obviously wasn't going to live forever. Shouldn't he have been replaced by someone young that he'd hand-picked and trained himself? But, no! Mbyoa gunned down, Jomo depressed, then dies, everything falls apart... What part of the game is THAT???