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Evan

"All we do now, must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration, because We are the ones We have

About Me

I AM.? Functions and roles include(but are not limited to): Celebrator and Appreciator of All that is. Bassist. Composer. Ghetto Philanthropist.

My Interests

JOY.CELEBRATION.MUSIC. Hanging with warm cats and holistically beautiful women. Bourbon and Fine Spirits. Excitement. Humor.

I'd like to meet:

You at your most authentic and present. You can also throw in the sharing of whatever excites you most in creation.

Music:

Debussy,Ives,Ravel,Mozart,Kanye West,Common,Mos Def, Miles Davis mid 60's quintet,Bill Evans Trio,John Coltrane Quartet,Bjork,Radiohead,Sea and Cake,Stereolab, De La Soul,Stravinsky,Schoenberg,Berg,Jason Moran,Beck,OutKast,Wayne Shorter,Renaud Garcia-Fons,Puccini,The Police, The Cure,A Tribe Called Quest,Alice in Chains,Red Hot Chilli Peppers,Primus The majority of hip-hop 1977-1997,Mingus,The Roots,Grizzly Bear. A lot of music.

Movies:

Bloodsport,Star Wars(4-6),Batman,Heat,Scent of Woman,(most things Pacino)Shawshank Redemption,Usual Suspects,Office Space,Wes Anderson films. Many movies there are.

Television:

Seinfeld,Conan O'Brian,South Park,Chapelle's Show,Scrubs,The Boondocks,The Daily Show. PBS. Cooking shows.

Books:

Books that point to the essential. Poetry,non-fiction,ficiton what have you. I deeply enjoy Eckhart Tollee,Thich Nhat Hahn,Khalil Gibran,Rumi, cats of that sort.

Heroes:

I have cats that inspire me a great deal in many different ways. My mom, Bjork, Dave Chappele,Renaud Garcia-Fons, Eckhart Tolle,Bashar,Wayne Dyer,Byron Katie,Khalil Gibran,my dear friends and musical colaborators. CREATION.

My Blog

The Hang.

 For almost a year now, I been involved in an experiment in weekly evening entertainment known as "The Hang". For those who don’t know The Hang is a weekly music event,meeting place, jam se...
Posted by Evan on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:39:00 PST

Holy War: Only the insane focus on War itself.

 Religious misinterpretations equal intense suffering. The concept of  "Holy War" has been misunderstood big time. The extreme fundamentalists in any sect focus more on the violent mean...
Posted by Evan on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:30:00 PST

In Constant Revision.

 A brief point. Sometimes I revisit these blogs and I see they need revision. Oftentimes I write from a very open and intense place. The mind sometimes flows faster than the typing and ...
Posted by Evan on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:55:00 PST

Masculine and Feminine. Sexual Healing.

  So, I was having a conversation with a friend the other day and it got me considering alot of different things. So this past year has been what I like to call "the year of i...
Posted by Evan on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:03:00 PST

Enthusiastic Atheists.(In God without God)

  As I deepen and reveal what is within new thoughts and connections arise. One I had recently  was the joint purpose of those who deem themselves religious or spiritual and those who are at...
Posted by Evan on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:17:00 PST

get over yourself.

So, what is on the mind these days is the distance people take in relationships, all kinds of relationships, paticularly the budding of  romantic ones. I have experienced this in many forms....
Posted by Evan on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:49:00 PST

The Two Chief Causes of Human Dysfunction.

Being mad at what is and the avoidance of inevitabilities.
Posted by Evan on Fri, 04 May 2007 04:51:00 PST

Spaciousness. ..More to consider.

  The practice of transmutation is a powerful practice that arises with awareness. We often hear this word "awareness" and make some magic out of it. It is magical,wonderful even but not the way ...
Posted by Evan on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:53:00 PST

Something to Consider

   These days, people are struggling to find labels for themselves,their thoughts and viewpoints.This is of course troublesome because there are so many forms in existence and ...
Posted by Evan on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:17:00 PST

No past. No future.

   A question. If there were no past or future, no notions of racism,sexism,fascism,feminism,materialism,humanism,christia nity,buddhism,opression, depression, repression,indigenous resurgenc...
Posted by Evan on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:49:00 PST