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Matt Y

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About Me

VIEW MY DESIGN PORTFOLIO HERE

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

anyone who can uphold themselves in the areas of honesty, integrity and open-mindedness

Music:

midnite,opeth,bob marley,peter tosh,max roach, immortal technique,dead prez,confessor,coc,seemless, overcast,arise,dive,ras kass,canibus,don caballero,mingus, coltrane,davis,roland kirk,black sabbath,nina simone,fugees, most all v.i. reggae artists,80's metallica,nas,melvins, neurosis,killswitch engage,toumani diabate,ali farka toure, paris,hossom ramzy,public enemy,gang starr,krs-one, stevie wonder,slint,tortoise,cinematic orchestra,entombed, habib koite,meters,sunny day real estate,meshuggah, ras michael and sons of negus,lutan fiyah,billie holiday, freddie king,freddie hubbard,gentle giant,slowdive, john mclaughlin,earth wind and fire,killah priest, jimmy smith,last poets,gil scott heron,twinkle brothers, wu-tang clan,daweh congo,air,outkast,mood, into another,iceburn,gorilla biscuits,youth of today, only living witness,cynic,david grisman,herbie hancock, steve morse,bad brains,talib kweli,common mountain,assuck, kyuss,rorschach,gong,mighty diamonds,king crimson, billy cobham,art tatum,funkadelic,can,jean grae,girl talk, lupe fiasco,mos def,mystick krewe of clearlight,sleep, capleton,old sizzla,radiohead,strunz & farah,chris parkening, jill scott,goodie mob,oumou sangare,nick drake,etc . . .

Movies:

sometimes.

Television:

try to stay away.

Books:

yes.

Heroes:

good thoughts, good actions, good words, good rhythm and good riffs.

My Blog

the real deal.

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Posted by Matt Y on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:04:00 PST

just listen . . .

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Posted by Matt Y on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:24:00 PST

this will spin your head around . . .

Baghdad on the Bayou Redux: Wasting the Wetlands
Posted by Matt Y on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:31:00 PST

a hazy but definite outline in the distance . . .

What is this life? The more I grow, I come to realize some things . . . some of them more clear in the moments of revelation  like a hazy but definite outline in the distance. With the plethora of in...
Posted by Matt Y on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:05:00 PST

3 Important Articles

I feel these 3 articles are some of the better ones I have come across dissecting the current geo-political landscape that all of us are living under. There is always a tendency, then critiquing the s...
Posted by Matt Y on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:31:00 PST

U.S. constitution, FACT or FICTION?

This article explores the mythology surrounding the U.S. constitution, its reasons for implementation, and why George W. Bush is not necessarily an anamoly but perhaps rather an embodiment of the Amer...
Posted by Matt Y on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:16:00 PST

Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned

article hereLearn from the fall of Rome, US warnedBy Jeremy Grant in WashingtonPublished: August 14 2007 00:06 | Last updated: August 14 2007 00:06The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsus...
Posted by Matt Y on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:52:00 PST

for all you rockers out there . . .

if u like metal, rock, blues, whatever - you gotta know where i all comes from. check this out - this is NASTY. straight from the root in western africa - this is Vieux Farka Tour, the son of Ali Fa...
Posted by Matt Y on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:59:00 PST

Our Economy is on an Artificial Life-support System

for anyone interested in our future, please read. . . extremely informative, giving the "nuts and bolts" explanation of the illusion that we are living under and how it may soon come crashing down wit...
Posted by Matt Y on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:45:00 PST

Overgrown Kids, Unshackled Ids, & the Death of the Superego

link to original articleBy Jason Miller6/24/07Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.Sigmund FreudFrightening as it may be, the Earth'...
Posted by Matt Y on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:45:00 PST