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Oscar

we made a promise, we swore we'd always remember

About Me


***** I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Sit down" I stood up. Ooh … growin' upThe flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing, I pushed B-52 and bombed 'em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing, I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said, "Come down," I threw up Ooh … growin' upI took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath. I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said, "Pull down," I pulled up Ooh … growin' up. Ooh … growin' uplivejournal

My Interests

indie rock, post-punk, reggae, old school hip-hop, speaking Spanish, art, Russian literature, Fugazi, photography, red wine, travel, Colombian food, Latin dancing, manga, Pearl Jam, comic books, swimming, poetry, politics, history, Asian culture, learning guitar, mix tapes, Doc Martens, vinyl records, John Cusack films, turntables, mountain biking, hiking, exploring, merengue, salsa, bachata, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Hayao Miyazaki anime.

I'd like to meet:

new people with similar interests in music, film, and literature.

Music:

pearl jam, the pixies, the ramones, metric, the shins, the skatalites, the slackers, bright eyes, bruce springsteen, at the drive-in, bad radio, beck, bikini kill, binaural, bjork, minor threat, mission of burma, the smiths, the specials, the who, death cab for cutie, deftones, black flag, bob dylan, bob marley, q and not u, r.e.m., radiohead, ratm, pretty girls make graves, mars volta, les savy fav, white stripes, willie nelson, zach de la rocha, the beatles, the blood brothers, the buzzcocks, the clash, the cure, stiff little fingers, the descendants, the flaming lips, fugazi, henry rollins, joe strummer, johnny cash, interpol, kraftwerk, morrissey, mudhoney, pere ubu, pete townshend, neil young, nirvana, neil finn, sleater-kinney, smashing pumpkins, social distortion, sonic youth, starflyer 59, soundgarden, rites of spring, rolling stones, the exploding hearts, lightening bolt, my bloody valentine, X, talking heads, devendra banhart, belle & sebastian, brian eno, blondie, velvet underground, lou reed, the slits, pedro the lion, the libertines, patrick wolf, the pogues.. width="425" height="350"

Movies:

High Fidelity, 21 Grams, Cidade de Deus, Carandiru, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem For A Dream, Howl's Moving Castle, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Nausicaa, Porco Rosso, Monsoon Wedding, Donnie Darko, Anchorman, American Splendor, Casablanca, Something About Mary, Empire Strikes Back, Mulholland Falls, Dune, Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa Castle in the Sky, Ghost in the Shell, Secretary, Lost in Translation, Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, Amorres Perros, Dirty Pretty Things, Godfather 1-2, Heat, The Professional, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Whispers of the Heart, The Cat Returns, Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro, Grave of the Fireflies, Spirited Away, Macross Plus, Vampire Hunter D, Singles, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Rushmore, Fresh, Girlfight, The English Patient, Year of the Dragon, Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Better Off Dead, Army of Darkness, Contact, Edward Scissorhands, Trainspotting, Big Fish, Time Bandits, Brazil, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Rising Sun, Lone Wolf & Cub, End of Evangelion, School of Rock, Ninja Scroll, Kill Bill.

Books:

Crime & Punishment, Ishmael, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, High Fidelity, anything by Noam Chomsky, The Watchmen, Dark Knight Strikes Again, Como Agua Para Chocolate, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Wild Swans, Trainspotting, American Genji, Prisoner of Azkaban, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Grapes of Wrath, Down These Mean Streets, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Hummingbird, The Sound and The Fury, The Chosen, The Great Gatsby, Animal Farm, Boy,

Heroes:

Martin Luther, Karl Marx, John Calvin, Zhou En Lai, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Noam Chomsky, Fyodor Dostevesky, Hayao Miyazaki, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Johnny Cash, Ian Mackaye, Henry Rollins, Sleater-Kinney, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Piri Thomas, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Grandmaster Flash, KRS-ONE, Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Chuck D, Zach de la Rocha, Bob Dylan, Afrika Bambataa, Pete Townshend, Ralph Nader, Neil Young, Roberto Rodriguez

My Blog

Morello and i against the Clampdown....

on my way back from Copenhagen, i was delayed from Brussels to Philly to Boston..but i made the Nightwatchman solo gig on time nonetheless!!....i volunteered for the Axis of Justice table and helped g...
Posted by Oscar on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:06:00 PST

little things foreshadow what's going to come....

i must have been born in the wrong era....i could drop names of prolific writers, painters, folksingers, revolutionaries, radio shows, politiical acitivists, and poets. but i wasn't alive back then......
Posted by Oscar on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:19:00 PST

R.I.P. Joe Strummer 1952-2002...

....what more can be said?are there eulogies fit enough to encompass the life of this firebrand?his passion for social change lives on in timeless song and spirited protest.he was more than just the f...
Posted by Oscar on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:30:00 PST

"I'm touched with desire....What don't I do?....."

credit card debt.i am in and out of step. i believe Ian Mackaye said it best when he sang he was a "Margin Walker".so i walk the line.in turn i pay taxes on these tribulations boiling over and i liste...
Posted by Oscar on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:02:00 PST

of Blogging und Berlin....

so things didn´t exactly throwdown the way i planned at Wuhlheide... yet i had a great time with select memories: - seeing old faces and new ones from the almighty BUGS crew. - running into Gitt...
Posted by Oscar on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:22:00 PST

you have the world in your arms tonight.....

oh these needful things. and the people who claim you want to be like that. to that....  i smile at the lies placed there in their mouths by small minds. the exile in Maine continues and i s...
Posted by Oscar on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:52:00 PST

....the flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing...

feeling like a millworker.... i ironed my shirt twice as i iron out the difficulties in my life the steam in my difference engine is building up to a head. locomotive bound for Boston. its my very o...
Posted by Oscar on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:02:00 PST

i am new again when i crash into t he pool water surface and i realize there are new beginnings

its funny what a good nights sleep can do to you. seriously. Mami dragged me off the couch and herded me into her bed with Papi early in the morning. there was something so inborn and Latino about thi...
Posted by Oscar on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:51:00 PST

stuck in Itaewon...

WELL. i wonder why the Seoul Subway always stops after midnight on the weekends, it always leaves me stranded somewhere. lol. i had dinner at a Greek restaurant tonite called Santorini's in ...
Posted by Oscar on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

"My Life As a Migrant Worker, Vol. 1"

what is going on in Oscar-land? hmm... Tomorrow I am actually traveling to a place in Korea where i can see ACTUAL trees and greenery!! that means: a 3 -hour bus ride and no Lego-like apa...
Posted by Oscar on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST