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arcanus

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About Me

i am a compassionate person with a twisted sense of humor. i embrace the oxymorons in life as we all have the potential to embody everything and nothing.

i like to see the people around me happy and full of laughter. small talk is a means to finding more interesting topics of discussion.

i think a lot and seek an infinite amount of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. knowledge can be easily gained, but few have the ability to understand it. fewer still have the wisdom and courage to apply it.

i stand amidst the raging sea, seeking to balance my being. the worries of the world inevitably washes me back in my unending quest to stand calmly in the center of chaos.

Upcoming Gigs
04/28/08 - Ceremony @ An Tua Nua - Boston, MA
05/26/08 - Ceremony @ An Tua Nua - Boston, MA

If you'd like to book me for an event, send me message. I fly/drive all over the place.

My Interests

abolishing social gender roles, anime, ancient cultures, ancient religions, archaeology, arkham horror, art exhibits, balancing qi, bad badtz maru, bbq, board games, body modification, calligraphy, cantonese, carcassonne, castles, castlevania, catacombs, cemeteries, cherries, china, chocolate, cthulhu, civilization iv, collecting music, the color black, communication skills, computers, cooking, cooking meat on hot lava, critical thinking, crpgs, dark aesthetics, death, decay, djing, dorkiness, dreams, dungeons and dragons, eastern philosophy, edward gorey, elder scrolls iv: oblivion, elven mädchen, european history renaissance and prior, fancy mice, games, geek, geung sei, ghosts, giant microbes, good food, goth, guitar hero, guitar hero 2, hair sticks, hp lovecraft, iced tea, inner peace, industrial, intellectual conversations, jellyfish, katamari damacy, keeping my legs bare, kung-fu, lego, learning german, letterboxing, long hair, magic, mahjong, making music, martial arts, maschinenfest, maximum air-conditioning in the humid miserable summer heatwaves, meditation, metaphysics, mountain climbing, museums, music, music festivals, mythology, neil gaiman, nicole's cat pal, nightmares, nintendo ds lite, no drama, occult, orchestra performances, orchids, oxymorons, passion, picnics, piece of mind, plays, poison dart tree frogs, power tools, pretty hands, prophetic dreams, public radio, puns, quality writing materials, reading, reciprocation, red-earred sliders, red seedless grapes, remixing, rpgs, ruins, scotch, scrabble, scuba diving, sea creatures, small theater, string quartets, strongbad, symphonies, taoism, tea, tentacles, tequila, teuscher truffles, thinkpads, tiramisu, toe socks, toisan, too much light makes the baby go blind, turtles, traveling, understanding, unreal tournament 2004, urban decay, wave-gotik treffen, we love katamari, youthfulness (not immaturity which i cannot stand), zdzislaw beksinski, zombies

I'd like to meet:

creative people, fun people, spontaneous types, thinkers, philosophers, people in subcultures, people who can be themselves, honest folks, etc.

i have no interest in bible-beaters (or anyone who wants to "convert" me), bigots, ultra rightwingers, stupid people, bitchy people, inconsiderate twits, people with over-inflated egos, etc.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE MY COMMENT SECTION AS THEIR PERSONAL AD SPACE. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO THANK ME FOR THE ADD. I ALSO SCREEN MY COMMENTS, SO DON'T RESUBMIT YOUR SPAM BECAUSE YOU WON'T SEE THEM.

people who wish to start a conversation and not just send a friend request. "you are [insert positive word/phrase]" doesn't count. if you think i sound like an interesting person, wouldn't you want to spend a few minutes to find out?

i usually hate adding extra code to pages, but this one really intrigued me.

Music:

5f_55, 80s, agnivolok, angels of light, ant-zen/hymen records, arcana, astral projection, atrium centauri, atrosis, autechre, black heaven, blood box, blutengel, boards of canada, brighter death now, the changelings, ch district, cocteau twins, coil, cold fusion, cold meat industry, combative alignment, converter, the cure, cyclic law, dark ambient, darkstep, deine lakaien, delerium, depeche mode, diary of dreams, die form, die sonnes satanas, dragonforce, einstürzende neubauten, elane, erben der schöpfung, ethereal, feindflug, gothic, ghosts of breslau, hallucinogen, hands productions, herbst9, hive records, idm, ildjarn, inade, infected mushroom, in slaughter natives, in the nursery, industrial, iszoloscope, jarboe, kirlian camera, the klinik, kraken, l'âme immortelle, lith, loki foundation, love spirals downward, megaptera, monolith, mono no aware, the moon and the nightspirit, the mover, m-tronic, nebelhexe, new order, new wave, noisex, northaunt, notorious msg, oil 10, o.m.d., orphx, p.a.l, panacea (old albums), pneumatic detach, powernoise, qntal, raison d'être, rapoon, the retrosic, rukkanor, saltillo, s:cage, scorpions, scrape.dx, sephiroth, seraphim, siechtum, skid row, skinny puppy, somatic responses, sonar, spectre records, stahlwerk 9, stendeck, svartsinn, the swans, t.a.t.u., techstep, this morn' omina, this mortal coil, tomas jirku, trance, tristesse de la lune, troum, ulf söderberg, visions, winterkälte, x-japan, xandria, xingu hill, yen pox, yo-yo ma, zoviet france

Movies:

alien, amelie, asian horror, asian action, a tale of two sisters, blanc, b-movies, braveheart, the calamari wrestler, the cook the thief his wife and her love, cowboy bebop, day of the dead (original and remake), donnie darko, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, evil dead trilogy, horror, graveyard alive, in the mood for love, korusawa films, l'auberge espagnole, el laberinto del fauno, like water for chocolate, lilo and stitch, lord of the rings, lynch flims, memento, mirrormask, monsoon wedding, nochnoi dozor, pan's labyrinth, pixar films, princess mononoke, queen margot, re-cycle, secretary, star wars iv-vi, sword in the moon, tim burton films, transformers, versus, von trier films, weird offbeat films

Television:

aqua teen hunger force, condor hero, cowboy bebop, the family guy, farscape, firefly, futurama, hikaru no go, invader zim, legend of the condor heroes, ranma 1/2, reboot, record of lodoss war, return of the condor heroes, riget, robotech, rurouni kenshin, simpsons, south park, twin peaks, visions of escaflowne

Books:

asian studies, comics, fantasy, eastern philosophy, memoirs, non-fiction, sci-fi

My Blog

Burlesque Night - March 29, 2008

Burlesque Night @ MachineMarch 29, 2008Xabec - Liquid Journeys, Packed In Jars, Ready To Consume - Part Ones:cage - OrganismsThe Klinik - Nautilus (Remix By Ah Cama-Sotz)Intermix - TargetedSkinny Pupp...
Posted by arcanus on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:05:00 PST

Gotharama - March 08, 2008

Gotharama @ The Middle East - DownstairsMarch 08, 2008DJs Laura Wilson and Lost Boy--Happy the Clown Live --DJ Laura Wilson--Dreamchild Live--DJ Lost Boy--Spindle Shanks Live--Peter Murphy - Marlene D...
Posted by arcanus on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:04:00 PST

Ceremony - February 11, 2008

Ceremony @ An Tua Nu in Boston, MAFebruary 11, 2008Apoptygma Berzerk - Non-Stop ViolenceFront Line Assembly - The Blade (Technohead)*This Morn' Omina - Tenet(s) Of On [ccf]Soman - DivineAcylum - RapeS...
Posted by arcanus on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:51:00 PST

A Dark And Tranquil Place - January 13, 2008

A Dark And Tranquil Place @ WRIU in Kingston, RIJanuary 13, 2008Phaenon - SubmergedSleep Research Facility - Track 02 From Dead Weather MachineRadio Luolema - The Whispering GodMortaur - Exoriare Aliq...
Posted by arcanus on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:50:00 PST

Shelter - January 05, 2008

Shelter @ Machine in Boston, MAJanuary 05, 200810:15-11:45 DJ ArcanusNumb  DesireForma Tadre - Serpent CharmerDestroid  In the Deepest DarkInformatik  HopelessPainbastard - Psychological Disintegra...
Posted by arcanus on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:45:00 PST

Slow Motion Sundays - November 25, 2007

Slow Motion Sundays @ The Enormous Room in Cambridge, MANovember 25, 2007Kraken - Valstrik In De MuurCombative Alignment - Part 2Predominance - Encoded Pages [INADE RMX]Svartsinn - As A Black Stone Mo...
Posted by arcanus on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:42:00 PST

Ceremony - Nov 12, 2007

Ceremony @ An Tua Nu in Boston, MANov 12, 2007Lycia - Pray*London After Midnight - The KissSwitchblade Symphony - ClownIn Strict Confidence - Industrial LoveHeimatærde - JerusalemL'Ame Immortelle - Ge...
Posted by arcanus on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:28:00 PST

Blood Disko - October 20, 2007

Blood Disko @ Club Pi in Vienna, AustriaOctober 20, 2007Set 1:Mago - Tumbling Down The Rabbit HoleSaltillo - A Necessary Endch district - 0.25s:cage - ResidualDisplacer - Artificial LivingDetritus - D...
Posted by arcanus on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:26:00 PST

Ceremony - September 17, 2007

Ceremony @ An Tua Nua in Boston, MASeptember 17, 2007Ah Cama-Sotz - LeviathanMinion - SkipperOrphx - Nullity V2.3*Nitzer Ebb - Let Your Body LearnFront 242 - ReligionLeatherstrip - Strap Me DownRoters...
Posted by arcanus on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

Forced Fest - September 02, 2007

Forced Fest @ Club Hell in Providence, RISeptember 02, 2007Rukkanor - Anthem For Doomed YouthCold Fusion - Into The DepthOrganization Toth - SalvationEchoes Therein Gale Feat. Kenji Siratori - Paranoi...
Posted by arcanus on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:13:00 PST