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Johnathan

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About Me


Student. Artist. Human.

In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6. "What are you doing?" asked Minsky. "I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-tac-toe," Sussman replied. "Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play," Sussman said. Minsky then shut his eyes. "Why do you close your eyes?" Sussman asked his teacher. "So that the room will be empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

My Interests

Teddy Ruxpin, Brain Computer Interfaces, Art. (and pizza, love pizza)

I'd like to meet:


You?

Music:

Autechre, Animal Collective, Bjork, Daft Punk, Francis Dhomont, The Dirty Projectors, Luc Ferrari, Gyorgy Ligeti, My Bloody Valentine, Neu!, Panda Bear, Krzystof Penderecki, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Sonic Youth, Scott Walker, Wire

Movies:

2001: A Space Odyssey, 8 1/2, Basquiat, Blue Velvet, Il Conformiste, Dancer in the Dark, Eyes Wide Shut, Fitzcarraldo, Metropolis, Naked, Night of the Hunter, The Orphic Trilogy, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Ran, Riget, Rope, Rushmore, Satyricon, Stalker, Vampyr, Vivre Sa Vie

Television:

Star Trek (TNG and DS9),Twin Peaks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Adult Swim

Books:

White Noise, Theoretical Neuroscience, Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Sixty Stories, Matter and Memory, Cybernetics

Heroes:

Ben Franklin, Tesla, Oppenheimer, Einstein, human physiology

My Blog

Movies Consolidated

I've decided that no one wants to stalk me through my movies. So i've consolidated my lists into this single update post, which will get removed and reposted every month. I'm only giving recommends ...
Posted by Johnathan on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:29:00 PST

DXARTS BFA exhibition

Friday June 2nd 7-9 pm Conworks Gallery pARTy!Event InvitationDXBFACome see free ART!!!!...
Posted by Johnathan on Wed, 31 May 2006 03:04:00 PST

radiohead

berkeley! Greek theatre!! june 23th & 24th! i'm going!!! yay!! yay!!!
Posted by Johnathan on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:21:00 PST

coachella madness!!!!

____on the way thereso after a long weekend i'm finally back. alli's family was very hospitable and the food was amazing. visited uc berkeley, seems pretty cool, went the top of mt. diablo, caught a...
Posted by Johnathan on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:19:00 PST

divergence for all!!!

NES/Famicom Drum Machine Project My Ipod smells like poo Stories from the pizza delivery (wo)man Why we shake and nod for yes and no New games vs. old games The first web server What...
Posted by Johnathan on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:14:00 PST

OLAH

This blog goes out to all my homies who've been fragged in Danger Canyon. CabinBoy3K Garetjax Urbanater Don Kelito Animal Have Mercy Spanky Bender Pacifist Petemoss Edtang May all you...
Posted by Johnathan on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:19:00 PST

Top 30 Albums of 2005...

1. Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan: Prospect Hummer 2. Broadcast: Tender Buttons 3. Animal Collective: Feels 4. Autechre: Untilted 5. Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now 6. Caribou: The Mi...
Posted by Johnathan on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:23:00 PST

Top 15 Films of 2005...

Preface: I have not seen 4(Chetyre), Saraband, Yes, White Diamond, Good Night Good Luck, King Kong, or Mysterious Skin yet so my list may change in the near future. 1. Me And You And Everyone We ...
Posted by Johnathan on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:49:00 PST

Costco Nevermore!

Just finished my last morning ever at Costco today = yippee! I continued my long day on a film shoot DP'd by my good friend, Mr. Porter, along with a little art dept help from Apryl and Noel. I ...
Posted by Johnathan on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:20:00 PST

yacht rock!

Yacht Rock The term refers to smooth music during the late 70s early 80s. ..5 is the funniest yet, but if you don't understand the references to Michael McDonal, Toto, Koko, Skunk, Kenny Loggins, ...
Posted by Johnathan on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:14:00 PST