Aikido, aesthetics, anthropology, art, autonomy, collective known and unconscious, cooking, cultures, dreams, eros, haikus, humor, liberal progression, Love, math (reading about it not doing), metaphysics, modern dance, Nature, persuit of knowledge, philosophy, photography, psychology, reading, sacredness, science, silence, solitude, spoken outrage, sub-conscious unknown, synchronicity, tolerance, video games (a great alternative to end wars), writing, zen.
I'd like to meet:
Who are you ane why are you reading my profile without my consent? If you're open minded (and I mean stubbornly)...welcome to my desert of the real, pleasure to meet you. Even better, to know you.
Music:
I have sheer avoidence toward certain pop, Christian, certain rap, and country; they are murder to my ears. ETHNO: ancient to modern: Ahava Raba, Anouar Brahem,
Anouska Shankar, Avaz pieces, Balinese gamelan, Ben Souda, Black Rose, Bollywood music,Da Lata, Coyote Poets, Dave Swarbrick, didgeridoo, Diva Brazil, Drummers of Burundi, El-Funoun, Gabriel Yacoub, Gregorian chant, Gyuto Monks, Japanese, Javanese gamelan, Indian ragas and such, kacek, The Klezmatics, Kesha, Mahima, Middle Eastern musiqi and khandan, Moroccan Gypsies The Musikas, S.A.C. Choir, Taraf de Haidouks, Udit Narayan, Setona, steel pan ensembles, Sufi, taiko drumming, Tuvan throat singing, Yat-Kha, Zein Al-Jundi, etc.ROCK, METAL, ALTERNATIVE: A Perfect Circle, Andrew Bird, Apocalyptica, Artic Monkeys, Audioslave, The Beatles (later times), Black Sabbath, Cake, Coldplay, Cream, The Cure, Chevelle, Deathcab for Cutie, Deerhoof, Disturbed, The Doors, Dream Theater, Flogging Molly, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Incubus, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Laibach, Marley family (Bob, Damien, Ziggy), The Mars Volta, Metallica, MI-5, Modest Mouse, Muse, Musshuggah, Pink Floyd,The Pogues, Primal Scream, Primus, Queen, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Rogue Wave, Santana, Scandinavian metal, Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, System of a Down, Tool, Velvet Underground, Wilco, Led Zepplin.ELECTRONICA, TURNTABLISM, and INDUSTRIAL: Alias & Tarsier, Amon Tobin, Axiom of Choice, Basementt Jaxx, Beck, Benny Benassi, Bjork, Blockhead, Boards of Canada, Bonobo, Cacophony, Coldcut, Congo Tronics, Conjure One, Cosmic Rocker, Cut Chemist, Crystal Method, Dead Can Dance, Delerium, Depeche Mode, Dido, DJ Blush, DJ Shadow, Dj Spooky, Dum Dum Project, Fallout Trust, Fila Brazilla, Herbert, Houjobb, Gorillaz, Gotan Project, KMFDM, Laibach, Juno Reactor, Loop Guru, Martin Roth, Massive Attack, Matmos, Megafone, The Mighty Rearranger, Ministry, Mix Master Mike, Moby, Mr. Scruff, Mum, Mylene, Natacha Atlas, NIN, Nitin Sawhney, Nitzer Ebb, Ortos Aires, Paul Van Dyke, Portishead, Prizna, Q-Bert, Rachid Taha, Radiohead, Salif Keita, Sarah Vaughan, Setona, Skinny Puppy, Soman, Tabla Beat Science, Teledubgnosis, Telepopmusic, Tiesto, Tres Coronas, Tricky, Saul Williams, She Wants Revenge, The RZA, Transglobal Undergound, Ulrich Schnauss, Underground Resistance, VNV Nation, Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Kanno, Zap Mama, Zero 7.JAZZ, ACOUSTIC, AND BLUES (all styles but Smooth): Ali Farka Toure, Bebop, Bill Evans, Buddy Guy, Buena Vista Social Club, B.B. King, Billy Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Count Bassie, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dizzy Gilespie, Joan Osborne, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Howlin Wolf, Iron and Wine, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, John Zorn, Jose Gonzalez, Kongar ol Ondar, Mile Davis, Muddy Water, Nora Jones, Old Crow Medicine Show, Oscar Peterson, Otis Taylor, Paul Pena, Ray Charles, Roberta Pinket Trio, Ry Cooder, Skip James, Snooks Eaglin, Son House, Stan Getz, Stefan Grossman, Stevie Wonder, Taj Mahal, Terry Dodd, Thelonious Monk, Stevie Ray Vaughn.CLASSICAL, SOUNDTRACKS, AND MINIMALISM: Arvo Part, Astor Piazzola, Akria soundtrack, Amelie soundtrack, Bach, Baroque music, Beethoven, Chopin, Claude Debussy, Clint Mansell soundtracks, Danny Elfman soundtracks, Dvorak, Felix Mendelsohn, John Adams, Kronos Quartet, Lou Harrison, The Matrix soundtracks, Mozart, Philip Glass, Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, Eric Satie, Scratch soundtrack,Schubert, Shastokovich, Steve Reich, Stravinsky, Tan Dun, Vivaldi, Yo Yo Ma, Zoe Keaton.
Movies:
METAPHYSCICAL OR MEDITATIVE MINDFUCK: A Clockwork Orange, A Scanner Darkly, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Charlie Kaufman films, Dark City, Darren Aronofsky films, Donnie Darko, Lost Highway, Memento, The Matrix trilogy, Mulholland Drive, The Ninth Gate, Open Your Eyes, The Seventh Seal, V for Vendetta, Vanilla Sky, Waking Life, What The BLEEP Do We Know?, and Wings of Desire.ANIME and ANIMATION:
Akira, Eureka 7, Ghost in The Shell (movies and series), The Fool and The Flying Ship, Hayao Miyazaki films, The Lion King, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ninja Scroll, Paprika, Pixar films, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, and Tron.ACTION AND HONG KONG: 28 Days Later, 300, Apocalypse Now, Apocalypto, Blade, Hard Boiled, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dragon Inn, El Mariachi, Equilibrium, Fearless, Ghost Dog:Way of the Samurai, Good Bad and The Ugly, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Iron Monkey, The Karate Kid (1 and 2), The Killer, Leon: the Professional, Le Femme Nikita, Lord of the Rings, Once Apon a Time in China trilogy, Ong Bak, The Protector, Quentin Tarantino films, Run Lola Run, Steven Chow films, Shiri, The Terminator duology, Star Wars sextilogy, Wasabi, and Willow.COMEDY: The Addams Family (1+2), Amelie, Mel Brooks films, Buster Keaton films, Charlie Chaplin films, Christopher Guest films, Dr.Strangelove, Garden State, Harold and Maude, Hott Fuzz, I Heart Huckabees, Jerry Meguire, Lord of War, Monty Python, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Princess Bride, Singing in The Rain, Office Space, Shaun of the Dead, Some Like it Hot, The Tao of Steve, Thank you for Smoking, Tim Burton films, Trainspotting, and Woody Allen films.DRAMA AND DOCUMENTARY: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould, Budo, Chocalate, The Corporation, Everything is Illuminated, Dead Poets Society, Ghengis Blues, Good Will Hunting, Lost in Translation, My Dinner with Andre, Nosterafu, Rize, Stanly Kubrick films, Super Size Me, Tango, The Tresure of The Sierra Madre, Thirteen, Vanya on 42nd Street, Whale Rider, Winged Migration, Yogis of Tibet. JAPANESE: Akira Kurosawa films: Seven Samurai, Ran, Rashomon, and Yojimbo; Fulltime Killer, Kwaidan, Lone Wolf and Cub series, Samurai Fiction, Samurai Spy, Shall We Dance?, Twilight Samurai, and Zatoichi (the new one by Beat Takashi and ones by Shintaro Katsu).
Television:
Is evil and a pathogen;guilty pleasures: Adult Swim, Colbert Report, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show, Discovery channel, Free Speech TV, Futurama, History Channel, IFC, LINK TV, PBS.
Books:
I really would not mind living at Barnes and Noble.
Curently assimilating:GRAPHIC NOVELS: 300, Blankets, Blacksad, Bone, The Dark Knight Returns, Goodbye Chunky Rice, Ronin, Sandman series, V for Vendetta, Watchmen. MANGA: Akria, Blade of The Immortal, The Great Catsby, Cromartie High School, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in The Shell, Hellsing, Lone Wolf and Cub, Naruto, One Piece, Peacemaker Kurogane, Ranma 1/2, Shaman King, Saiyuki and Saiyuki Reload, and Trigun.
Heroes:
Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Venom, Plankton, Nero, Caligula, Carnage, Mara, and Satan are my homeboys.
