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Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia

Unburying myself from my life

About Me





The name's Billy, also known as BBoy Mantiis of Repstyles Crew Lithuanian/Welsh. Artist/animator/bboy/filmmaker/litigation support specialist/old soul. Been dancing for 6 years. Just bought a new house on the edge of Queen Village/South Philly. I'm usually working or dancing. Traveling the world when possible. I love to ride, cook, and create. Always looking for new interesting people. Kinda jaded... I could use a breath of fresh air.
Hit me up:
AIM= Mantiis
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My Interests

Breaking/dancing
Sneakers
Wine
Exploring new places
traveling to my own soundtrack
International Cinema
Graphic Design

Writing
Philosophy
and more... just ask.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a story to tell. Preferably one with explosions and pyrotechnics.

Music:

EPMD, Mos Def, Styles of Beyond, DJ Vadim, Premier, QBert, K-OS, Nas, Common, Dangermouse, The Roots, Busta Rhymes, The Beatnuts, Freddie Cruger, Lupe Fiasco, Ming & FS, Z-Trip, Blacklicious, MF Doom, Atmosphere, GURU, Q-Tip, Jurassic 5, Lootpack, Blacksheep, Eric B & Rakim, Keane, Snow Patrol, Radiohead, Blond Redhead, Phoenix, Tegan and Sara, Star Sailor, Postal Service, Home Video, The Killers, Cold Play, Death Cab for Cutie, Palo Alto, Cibo Mato, The Knife, The Shins, Panic at the disco, Saves the day, Athlete, Franz Ferdinand, Alkaline Trio, The Faint, Interpol , PJ Harvey, Massive Attack, M83, Sigur Ros, The Sneaker Pimps, Wax Poetic, Kenna, Mono, Jem, Placebo, Frou frou, Les Rythmes Digitales, Telepopmusik, St. Etienne, Tiesto, Jazzanova, Hooverphonic, Jamiroquai, Zero 7, Boards of Canada, DJ Shadow, DJ Coldcut, Thievery corporation, Prodigy, Olive, Morcheeba, Soulstice, High Contrast, Bebel Gilberto, Billie Holiday, Bjork, Nina Simone, Nora Jones, Sade, Maceo Parker, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Mozart, Lyn Collins, Marva Whitney, James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lou Courtney, Stabbing Westward, Filter, Deftones, God Lives Underwater, Nine Inch Nails, Cold, Disturbed, Mindless Self Indulgence, Alice in Chains

Movies:

some movies I like:

USA/English::
-Brazil
-Legend
-Memento
-A Clockwork Orange
-Labyrinth
-Waking Life
-Time Bandits
-The Dark Crystal
-American History X
-The Wedding Crashers
-Four Rooms
-Human Traffic
-Trainspotting
-Fresh
-The Last Unicorn
-Princess Bride
-Blade Runner
-La Bamba
-Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind
-Amadeus
-Dark City
-Willow
-Neverending Story
-Sideways
-Fight Club (my uncle made the soap)
-The Professional
-Requiem for a dream
-Anchorman
-LadyHawke
-Snatch
-Lock, Stock, and two smoking Barrels
-The Big Lebowski
-Lost Boys
-Super Troopers
-The Count of Monte Cristo
Foreign:
-Amores Perros
-Suicide Club
-Audition
-The Happiness of the Katakuris
-Character
-Battle Royale
-Infernal Affairs
-Fighter in the Wind
-Zatoichi
-Kung Fu Hustle
-The City of Lost Children
-City of God
-Seven Samurai
-The Promise
-Casshern
-Moonchild
-Old Boy
-Vision of Escaflowne
-Berserk
-Run Lola Run
-Ichi the Killer
-Grave of the Fireflies
-Spirited Away

Television:

Family Guy
Robot Chicken
Sifl & Olly
Rocko's Modern Life
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Space Ghost coast to coast
Upright Citizens Brigade
Law and Order
The Critic
Duckman
Venture Bros.

Books:

Some books I liked:
The Power of Now
The Republic by Plato
Enlightenment Unfolds
The Tao Te Ching
The Analects of Confucius
various things from Nietzsche
Yakuza Diary
Memoirs of a Geisha
Chronicles of the Cheysuli.

Heroes:



Rukkus
Metal
Phyz-Ed
Knuckles
Chad Money
KidNap
Lancealot
Steve Believe
ZUES

Tapu (R.I.P.)

My Blog

Billy on the web.

You know, I used to use the internet as an outlet to get things off my mind and connect with other interesting people. Now what the hell do I use it for?  Showing my face online to the people I o...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:30:00 PST

Sleep Paralysis

Wow.. all I can say is now I fully understand why people classically blamed this phenomena on ghosts! Last night I "woke up" from dreaming about 4 different times to find myself able to SEE everything...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:28:00 PST

Nas - Hiphop is Dead music video shoot

So the other week we rolled up to Jersey to the filming of the Nas video for "hiphop is dead" Initially there was supposed to be a scene at the end with bboys and we were going to be the bboys.  ...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:21:00 PST

The blog that could never be...

   Ok i'm gonna try this a frikkin second time... I actually decided a while back that I would make a blog entry for the first time in ages.  In my enthusiam to actually write...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:47:00 PST

Montreal, Quebec Trip: Just For Laughs Festival

Montreal was dope; we were one of eight crews invited to compete in the BBoy Battle at The Just For Laughs festival. It was a long trip up there, and I was able to take Friday off from ...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:14:00 PST

Cali Snowboarding pics

Selected pics from my Cali boardin trip...My friend accepted a bet to go down from the top of the mountain (double black diamonds, practically blizzard conditions at the top.  felt like sand...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:18:00 PST

Mighty 4 - 3vs3 winners: Repstyles!

Mighty 4 was great!  Metal, Knuckles and myself won the 3 vs 3 competition, beating out Flo-mo in the final battle.  There was so much raw shit goin down this past weekend.  Profo and ...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:46:00 PST

More traveling... it never ends.

 First on the schedule...I am going to Canada next week for a week.I will be going to London where I was invited to judge a battle and then from there I will go to Toronto and chill/train there f...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:59:00 PST

Breaks Kru vs Repstyles

*update*We beat Breaks Kru.  April we will be battling Team Japan in the next round.Feb. 11, 2006 Dynasty Rockers presents Bboy Contender Crew Battle Series Round 3 The Beacon I.S....
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:19:00 PST

New years

New years eve was interesting.  Ended up at a college party thing, quite inebriated.  I missed Midnight as I was walking in the door of the place.  So no new years kiss to speak of. I e...
Posted by Mantiis - Repstyles- Philadelphia on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:05:00 PST