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El-Mahdi

everybody needs time to recharge & replan. 2007 is ours!

About Me



I burn the midnight oil like nobody's business! I work hard and travel extensively...and one day I'm going to get the spa treatment I so desire LOL...but that day is posted on a waiting list that I'm too busy to check. In the meantime, I love meeting new people, supporting just causes and learning life's lessons one day at a time.

My Interests



I want all my brothers to join me
in electing a new type of leader
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My personal interests include volunteering with nonprofits, experiencing life in other Time Zones, dancing, running, hiking, whitewater rafting, political journalism, organizing community events, graphic arts design & website building, helping friends, photography (Yep, I'm an amateur), collecting music.

I'd like to meet:



You



(and not to brag, but yes, I actually Do Know & Have Met the majority of my friends on here)

Music:



THERE'S NO WAY for me to post everybody, so here's just a few highlights:

My favorites of all time: *OUTSIDE (Matt Cooper, Andreas Allen and friends); *SOUL II SOUL (Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Gota Yashiki and friends); *HERBIE HANCOCK; *SADE; *ERIC B. & RAKIM; *GANG STARR; *PETE ROCK + CL SMOOTH (and yes, they need to squash their silly beef & get back together again), *LL COOL J, *OLETA ADAMS; *NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA (unfortunately, ONLY his "Child's View" LP)



Notables, in no special order :

*John Beltran, *Stevie Ray Vaughan, *Masters At Work, *Blaze, *Larry Heard aka Fingers, *Ten City, *Donnie, *Stephanie Cooke, *Kyoto Jazz Massive, *Hajime Yoshizawa, *Grand Pianoramax, *DJ Spinna, *Selan, *the Native Tongues, *Swell Session, *M.O.P., *EPMD, *Koop, *DJ Kemit and Just1 = Kemetic Just, *Sandboy, *Marc Dorsey, *Jazzanova, *Bjork, *KRS-One, *Kenny Bobien, *the Gypsy Kings, *Obrie Smith III, *MARSHALL, *Caetano Veloso, *Cocoa Tea, *the Gershwins, *Ladysmith Black Mambazo, *Goldie and the Metalheadz, *Incognito, *modaji, *Robert Randolph and The Family Band, *Lonnie Liston Smith, *Roy Ayers, *Vinia Mojica, *Taral Hicks, *Brigette McWilliams, *Opolopo, *Ronny Jordan, *Goapele, *Donny Hathaway, *Yukihiro Fukitomi, *James Brown and the JB's, *Fela Anikulapo/Ransome Kuti, *Sun Ra, *Lizz Wright, *Vikter Duplaix, *Organized Konfusion, *4hero, *Kerri Chandler, *King Britt, *Antibalas, *La India, *Digable Planets, *James Ingram, *Alucidnation, *LTJ BUKEM and the whole Good Looking Records/Cookin' Records family (MC Conrad, Big Bud, Tayla, Words 2B Heard, DRS, K-Scope, Future Engineers, Bjorn, Makoto, Earth Leakage Trip, Vincent, White Rhino, etc. etc. etc.!!!), *Rebel MC, *Julie Dexter, *PM Dawn, *Hird, *Duke Ellington, *Nuspirit Helsinki, *Terrence Blanchard, *Marshall Jefferson, *Osunlade, *Stevie Ray Vaughan, *Marcus Roberts, *Gotan Project, *Photek, *Carleen and Jhelisa Anderson, *Ron Trent, *the Brand New Heavies, *Neon Phusion, *Aya, *Quentin Harris, *Tru.Ski, *Hip Hop during the years of 1988-1994

Television:

Foreign Exchange on PBS

The Wire (Seasons 1 & 2) on HBO

The Riches on F/X

Books:



Click above for a truly life-changing, mind-opening take on how we realistically might live in a more efficient society that doesn't necessarily have to function from depleting resources and adverse public policies.

Heroes: