Music junkie, Film junkie, published writer, art, photography, dance (flamenco, Middle Eastern folkloric), bellydancing -traditional and tribal), World music DJ, activist, drummer (mainly Middle Eastern), Astrology (Western / Vedic), politics of the world, history, cooking, books, writing, traveling to obscure locations, people watching and causing chaos! MECDA member (Middle Eastern Culture, Dance & Arts), Contributing member to Moksha Family and facilitator of the Miami Six Degrees Nights and other local label nights.
Activists, creative thinkers, music, art, dance and film enthusiasts!
Ozomatli, Bob Marley, Guided By Voices, Oingo Boingo, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Humbert, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Balkan Beat Box, System Of The Down, The Clash, Flaming Lips, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Kocani Orchestra, Rage Against The Machine, Soul Coughing, Jellyfish, Fishbone, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, Joy Division, Madness, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Tabla Beat Science, Arterciopelados, Mastretta, Koop, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Lila Downs, Ali Farka Toure, DJ Dolores, Ravi Shankar, Cafe Tacuba, mando diao, Franz Ferdinand, Jazzonova, Hedingarna, Ekova, Edith Piaf, googoosh, Mano Chao, the Client, Kraftwerk, Ojos de Brujo, Omar Sosa, Conjunto Progreso, The chieftains, Joao Gilberto, Bloque, Gabin, Issa Bagayogo, Thievery Corporation, Zuco 103, Gotan Project, Suenalo Sound System, Beny More, Antonio Carlos Jobim, sondre lerche, Apparat Organ Quartet, Carlos Vives, Bjork, Juana Molina, DiZman &; Kamain, Dead Can Dance, P18, Femi Kuti, MIDIval PundiZ, Afro Celt Sound System, the sounds, Poets Of Rhythm, os mutantes, the outernationalists, The Nag Champayons, Medeski Martin & Wood, St.Germain, King Chango, James Brown, K-OS, Karsh Kale, The Roots, J5, Quetzel, El Gran Silencio, Miles, Coltrane, C. Parker, C. Mariano, B.B.King, Antibalas, sidestepper, mosquitos, the bobby hughes experience, senor coconut, soundtrack of our lives, toto la momposina, the spiders, postal service, Saint Etienne, Badly Drawn Boy, Solex, squarepusher, The Streets, Nil Lara, King Brit, Molotov, Yerba Buena, The Sounds, The Ravonettes, Danny Elfman, DJ Krush, Cold Play, Ramiro Musotto, Radio Zumbido, Air, Ursula 1000, Bonobo, Tom Waits, traditional jazz, world music, blues and anything and everything that shakes the world.
Humbert Get this video and more at MySpace.com
Film Dork! Preferred genres: foreign film, drama, epics, sci-fi, experimental film, independent films and documentaries. Favorite movies? The Big Lebowski, Nightmare Before Christmas, Rabbit Proof Fence, Cook Thief His Wife Her Lover, Lost In Translation, 1 Giant Leap, What The Bleep Do We Know, Trainspotting, Barfly, Amandala, House of Yes - there are others but I can't think of them at the moment.
When I do watch television - Anything on Bravo, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, PBS, Sci-Fi, Food Network, Travel Channel, TLC and the Daily Show.
George Orwell's 1984 (kind of reflects our current government eh?), anything by Gary Larson, Anything by Shakespeare, anything biographical, Hunter S. Thompson, Edgar Allen Poe, Astrology, Health books, history, politics, science etc. Geek!
Anyone in a sober state of mind that realizes how fucked up our country really is yet instead of complaining about it from an armchair warrior perspective, tries to find a solution to the problem. I digress...