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Ryan

angelplasma

About Me



My Interests

the truth. magnets. sunlight. cognitive gravity. data havens. tetris. the acai bowl at mani's bakery. MAL surf days. listening to the patterns of foreign places. inspiration in place of mystery. contrast as a model for the world. souls as particle accelerators, brains as atom smashers. triumph in the face of verbosity.

I'd like to meet:



inspiration

Music:

holly conlan . jim o'rourke. peter gabriel. adem. mike andrews. mara carlyle. the books. super furry animals. el-p. neko case. sufjan stevens. afghan whigs. jon brion. sun kil moon. mia doi todd. ryuichi sakamoto. j dilla. stevie wonder. stephen malkmus. katell keineg. mf doom. pj harvey. queens of the stone age. daft punk. jaga jazzist. jeff buckley. the magnetic fields. beck. elbow. tears for fears. bill callahan. david byrne. david bowie. cafe tacvba. mos def. fila brazillia. gorillaz. mew. frankenixon. sigur ros. ben folds. saul williams. rufus wainwright. sparklehorse. björk. iron and wine. nine inch nails. radiohead. jose gonzalez. elliott smith. aesop rock. andrew bird. chet baker. bill evans. cinematic orchestra. jamie lidell. elysian fields. failure. duncan sheik. juana molina. kaki king. madlib. sondre lerche. feist. hem. low. beirut. wilco. max richter. black moth super rainbow. bon iver.

Movies:

ferris bueller's day off. amelie. 5th element. brazil. slc punk. fight club. tron. 28 days later. meet joe black. braderunnah. shawshank redemption. the professional. heat. the zero effect. angels in america. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. out of sight. the iron giant. electric dreams. little miss sunshine. everything from monty python and studios ghibli and pixar.

Television:

lakers. top gear. Qi. the daily show. planet earth bbc. weeds. studio 60 (r.i.p.)... and so on.

Books:

anything neal stephenson or kv. infinite jest. calvin and hobbes. goodnight moon. the believer. seed. the internet.

Heroes:

fred rogers. kurt vonnegut. rusty.

My Blog

Precedent

A really simple way to find out which presidential candidates share your viewstop of my list..45 Kucinich *44 Gravel35 Paul *32 Obama *24 Biden21 Clinton21 Edwards...Paul stands a bit apart in the det...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST

continuing from two weeks ago, and on the lighter side...

Robert Newman - The History of OilAlan Watts - Life and Music...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:49:00 PST

follow the money

both of these are worth watching from start to finish.John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, at Veterans for Peace, August 2006.Paul Jay, CEO of The Real News network: Twenty Ques...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:23:00 PST

two videos i quite appreciated...

60 minutes: Barry Schwartz - The Paradox of Choice (from Google TechTalks)20 minutes: Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity (from TEDTalks)...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:14:00 PST

an angel's wing, sheltering memory


Posted by Ryan on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:16:00 PST