composing music... reading the thoughts and imaginations of enlightened people... creating my own visions and thoughts with words... and expressing my self to the world one individual at a time
anyone who shares the same love of the arts that i do... anyone who believes that with in ones life time there will be pain and beauty, and that it is merely not enough to exist life but to LIVE life.
ahhh music... how can i possibly list all my favorite bands? Let me take a Stab at it: Indie- Murder by Death, Tokyo Police Club, The Flaming Lips, Cold War Kids, Stellastar, Menomena, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Decemberists, Doves, modest mouse (mostly older albums), Wolf Parade, south, A whisper in the noise, massive attack, Love Drug, Death cab fo Cutie, bloc party, portishead... and so on... Instumental-God Speed you Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Mono, Mogwai, Silver Mt. Zion, and of course classical instrumental. Rock- The classics such as Led Zepplin, Doors, The Who, Cream... you know the rest. Just Plain Rock 'N Roll- Eagles of Death Metal, Wolfmother, The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age... Music from the 80's-The Cure, Joy Division, Depeche Mode... Modern Techno/Rock/Dance (these are bands with an electronic sound)- The Faint, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Under the Influence of Giants, Hot Chip.... Local D.C. bands-The Whips, Oddzar, Wooly Mammoth, The Scare, Pessimist Parade, Fugazi, The Dismemberment Plan... Blues-Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Junior Kilborough, Muddy Waters, B.B. King... This could go on forever!!! Old Country-Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Patsie Cline, Willy Nelson, Hank Williams Sr. (and of course Williams the III, but he's in everything), The Highway Men... HARDCORE-As i lay Dieing, unearth, Refused, Lamb of God. I have just scratched the surface, but i hope you get the point.
i love movies, but not really in the know. The last good movies i have had the privilege to see are "The Profesional," "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things," "The Devil & Daniel Johnston," & "Mind Walk." Some amazing asian films i would recommend would be- "Battle Royal I & II," "Itchi the Killer," "OLD Boy," & the "Audition." I would feel bad if i didn't warn you that the last 3 movies listed shouldn't be watched if you have a weak stomach. The "Audition" starts out nice, but i would have to say that it's the more grotesque of the 3.
not much on t.v. i find t.v. to be a useless, thoughtless form of entertainment in which so many people lose a sense of who they are and what they were planning to do. However, when i do watch the television, I watch the following: Cartoon Network (i love cartoons... and always will), History Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel... Lets just go ahead & include all the informative channels. And oh yeah, comedy central. I need my evening news with Mr. Stewart & Mr. Colbert.
When i was younger i read nothing but non-fiction, untill i found the very vivid and abstract author Clive Barker... i guess i traded television for reading.... which i couldn't have been happier with that turn of events. lately i've been reading novels by authors like Yukio Mishima, & Vladimir Nabokov.
..... I've never really thought about it.... Superman??