Self-sustenance, going off the grid, voluntary simplicity, wwoofing, primitivism, philosophy, comedy, morals, ethics, quantum physics, world history, citizen journalism, political reform, environmentalism, user-generated content.
Those with insatiable hunger for wisdom & unquenchable thirst for change.
Friendly head's up: I won't plaster your pages or blogs with videos or photos of my various causes or groups I belong to, so please afford me the same courtesy. If I support you, your art, your group or your movement I will bulletin or blog about it. But please don't assume that it's okay to use my comments section, blogs or picture comments as your venue for advertising. Send me an e-mail about whatever it is you want to promote, let your message speak for itself and if it rings true, then trust me when I say I will gladly and ethically promote it.
Thanks in advance for your understanding.
I know it's trendy these days to be oh-so-eclectic, but I've been that way all my life. I know what the good stuff is and I'm always on the lookout for it. That's not to say I don't have my guilty pleasures like everyone else, but mine are uber-kitsch. Nutshell? Engage me in conversation about the kind of music YOU like and I bet we'll find some common ground.
I dig "smart bombs", that's the best way to describe them. I like the intelligent stuff that rolls in under the radar, bombs at the box office and then explodes as a cult classic on DVD. Like "Fight Club", "The Big Lebowski", "Rushmore", "Donnie Darko" and "Boogie Nights". Either that or movies that are so bad they're hilarious. Like "Troll 2", "Gymkata", "Superfuzz", "Slugs" and "The Gingerdead Man". Basically, on a scale of one to ten, I only watch things between one and three stars or seven and ten stars. Anything that falls into the doldrums of four, five and six stars is TBS Superstation crap, instantly forgettable yet eternally lamentable. I watch movies to feel something, anything - whether that be sobbing in joy as Red joins Andy on the beach in Zihuatanejo or laughing so hard it hurts when killer kitchen appliances dispatch b-movie "actors".
Anyone who says there's no such thing as good television woefully misunderstands the power of serialized art and isn't bothering to look very hard. The good stuff is out there, you just need to know how to find it. If you tell me what kind of genres interest you, I can turn you on to a show that fits that category. Try me!
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. It breaks my heart every time I think about it.
Also recommended:
"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn.
"Voluntary Simplicity" by Duane Elgin.
"The Demon-Haunted World" and "Contact" by Carl Sagan.
"The Naked Ape" by Desmond Morris.
"Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide To Media Mirages And Establishment Lies" by Russ Kick.
"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen.
"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer.
"Illusions" by Richard Bach.
"Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension" by Michio Kaku.
"The Hero With A Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell.
"Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk.
"Animal Liberation" by Peter Singer.
"Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism" by Joel Andreas.
"The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time" by Antonia Juhasz.
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins.
"Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" by Michael Ruppert.
"Superman: Peace on Earth" by Paul Dini & Alex Ross.
"No Logo" by Naomi Klein.
Anyone who acts as a candle in the dark. For example, my incredible friend Lauren who patiently lead by example and showed me the path toward animal liberation (which is just one of many, many other ways she has inspired me).I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)