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Yono Toko

Is it me or is the planet getting hot?

About Me

I'm a shy extroverted discreet pervert. I'm a photographers wife and an artists muse. I'm a proud omnivore. I'm a mother. I'm an editor. I am near-sided. I am on a constant mission to find something interesting. I lean to the Left and pass on the Right. I'm what you would call a music and film expert. And I have a thing for blueberries.

My Interests

I have many interests for I find everything interesting. I'm into music and films as mentioned. I like cats, diet coke and gardening. I enjoy politics, beer and vintage pornography. I love to travel. I have a natural Italian fondness for opera. I love watching films with subtitles and I dig audio commentaries the most. I appreciate modernism and I'm suspicious of gentrification.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to know there are others outthere who think freely. I don't dig people with egos and hang-ups, I don't mess with drama or bullshit. I like to keep it real and simple, and I like others who are on the same vibe. If you like to sit around listen to records, discuss ideas and make them happen...I'm there with you. If you're angry about the world and want to make a difference...I'm there with you. You want to start a movement, create a new genre or just blow peoples minds...I'm there with you. I like the unafraid...I like the unknown and where it leads to...if that's what you're about...I'm there with you.

Music:

Be it jazz or rock and roll, or esoteric new wave or Motown. Be it Cumbia Colombiana or Johnny Cash or Hip Hop or even funk from Munich...I'm "360" with this whole thing called music. It's what I do. MMMMMM and I love me some Mingus... MINGUS PAINTING BY CP127

Movies:

I'm not sure if I love movies more than I love music. I have a high tolerance for both, but movies tend to entertain me more. I once played hookie from work just so I could see that movie where Marlon Brando orders some French broad to stick two fingers up his ass. I'm a dedicated audience that's for sure. Here's my current favorite movie quote...it bottles up my sentiments exactly - ANTON EGO: "In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talents, new creations. The new, needs friends." And I totally agree...

Television:

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Chuck Jones

Heroes:

"In the strict political meaning of the word, I do not consider myself a revolutionary—if we are to understand revolution as an attempt to transform the world by use of violence. I believe in, and try to stimulate, the capacity for evolution by devising ideas and methods which can make a non-violent transformation possible." - Pedro Luis Ferrer

My Blog

ELP's I'LL SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD

EL-P's I'LL SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD (UrbaNews Issue May 07) Independent hip-hop will save the rapper's soul; it will transcend barriers to expression and communicate through music, not bling. Independ...
Posted by Yono Toko on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:01:00 PST

Lily Allen's ALRIGHT, STILL

I love British music. Specifically, I've always enjoyed the way the British interpreted American and Jamaican music. I mean, come on; The Police, Jamiroquai, Led Zeppelin, UB40, Dusty Springfield, The...
Posted by Yono Toko on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:55:00 PST

Mos Def: TRUE MAGIC

MOS DEF'S TRUE MAGIC: A HIP-HOP TREAT OR TRICKERY? by Nancy Casquarelli-Cardona  (UrbaNews May 07) Mos Def brought up the intelligence level of hip-hop. His words are weapons of ironic fury...
Posted by Yono Toko on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:50:00 PST

PITBULL  THE PRIDE OF MIAMI

"305 till I die" PITBULL  THE PRIDE OF MIAMI by Nancy Casquarelli-Cardona (UrbanNews Magazine) Miami is one of the most recognized cities in the world, known for its fashionable hot spots and world-...
Posted by Yono Toko on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:53:00 PST

MUSIC OUT OF CHAOS: PERCUSSION & ART-PUNK PIONEERS ON DVD

MUSIC OUT OF CHAOS: PERCUSSION & ART-PUNK PIONEERS ON DVD by Nancy Casquarelli-Cardona ([email protected]) (Connoisseur AEC Library Publication) Standard - structured - music follows scales a...
Posted by Yono Toko on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:54:00 PST

J Dilla - The Shining (Amped Magazine issue 10/23/06)

Hip-hop fans around the world suffered a great blow earlier this year the day that J Dilla passed away. James Yancey - known infamously as Jay Dee (aka J Dilla) - is considered to be one of the most i...
Posted by Yono Toko on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:19:00 PST

Amsterdam - 5/30 - 6/8

off to Holland and Belgium for a new perspective. don't worry, i'll be fine among the freaks and futbol fans. its Rambrants 400 yr birthday, the city is alive right now! art museums, hash, tea, cultur...
Posted by Yono Toko on Mon, 29 May 2006 06:19:00 PST