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David

BE NOT AFRAID

About Me

a certified gentleman

My Interests

Getting that bastard George W Bush out of office and into jail, going to rock shows, tennis, hiking, pilates, yoga, art museums, biking, bar crawling, road trips, grooving

I'd like to meet:

a party

Music:

All that has fuzz (RIP Freddy Fender, and I still miss ya' Doug!) ..

Movies:

Ugetsu, SAMURAI MOVIES (HARAKIRI!!!!!), film noir, horror movies, b movies, shlock--KARLOFF FEST IS COMING TO BALBOA!

Television:

Ch. 32, UHF (MORE NUDITY ON FREE TV)

Books:

Current read: VICTORY by Joseph Conrad, WILD BOUQUET by Harry Martinson, THE LIME WORKS by Thomas Bernhard. Recent Reads: Joe by LARRY BROWN, The Five Books Of Moses as Translated by Robert Alter, God's Orchid by Hjalmar Bergman

Heroes:

Jack London, my Dad

Thai Elephant Orchestra


My Blog

Fire up the colortini...

"Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air."-Tom Snyder May 12, 1936 - July 29, 2007
Posted by David on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

When electricity allows...

"When electricity allows for the simultaneity of all information for every human being, it is Lucifer's moment"                   ...
Posted by David on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:01:00 PST

You must look past the pyramid...

"You must look past the pyramid, into its shadow, to find the truth."                   -Tommy Hall, 2006     ...
Posted by David on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:17:00 PST

A Diplomatic Statement

"A diplomatic statement is a statement of which everything is true but the sentiment which seems to prompt it."--Joseph Conrad (from Victory)
Posted by David on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:49:00 PST

The use of reason

"For the use of reason is to justify the obscure desires that move our conduct, impulses, passions, prejudices, and follies, and also our fears."-Joseph Conrad (from "Victory")
Posted by David on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:37:00 PST

"It is edifying to have something to admire, it is necessary to have something to despise"

"It is edifying to have something to admire, it is necessary to have something to despise" -Hjalmar Bergman from GOD'S ORCHID
Posted by David on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:30:00 PST

a poet...an enemy of all living by reflex action

Walt Whitman
Posted by David on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:48:00 PST

Feel free to cross the street and look back into the sun

Said by a nameless walker in Half Moon Bay to an invisible presence beside him.
Posted by David on Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:17:00 PST