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Charlos

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About Me

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. JackassPhoto by Rob.Photo by Orth.Photo by Orth.Photo by Random Tourist.

My Interests

Exercising and Exorcising.

I'd like to meet:

Couches San Francisco Los Angeles San Francisco

Music:

/Jazz/- Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Rouse, Max Roach, Grant Green, Bennie Green, Kenny Drew, Ike Quebec, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderly, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Barney Bigard, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Bill Evans, Sam Jones, Dannie Richmond, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Art Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith, John Patton, Baby Face Willette, Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Rueben Wilson, Jackie McLean, Wynton Kelly, Eric Dolphy, Hank Mobley, Pepper Adams, Roland Kirk, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Harris, SunRa, Chano Dominguez, Jerry Gonzalez, Lee Morgan, Johnny Hodges, Richard Groove Holmes, Lou Donaldson, Ben Webster, Red Garland, Frank Rosolino, Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Clark, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker, Billy Holiday, Lisa Ekdahl, Jolie Holland, Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Collective West Jazz Orchestra, Fil Lorenz Soultet, Eaton/Barricks Quintet, Danny Grewen, Jazz Mafia, SpaceHeater, Realistic Jazz Orchestra, Mike Olmos, Hermann Hayte Jazz Quartet. --------------------------------- /Hip Hop/- The Coup, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Common, The Roots, Company Flow, Beastie Boys, Jurassic5, Mos Def, The Gravediggaz, Wu Tang, Lauren Hill, B.I.G., Biz Markie, Aceyalone, Freestyle Fellowship, Hieroglyphics, Living Legends, The Liks, TommyV, Imprints, Maleeko, Dr. Octagon, the Beatnuts, 7notas7colores. ---------------------------------/Reggae..Ska..Dancehall..Du b/- Peter, Bunny and Bob, LKJ, Steel Pulse, Culture, Eekamouse, The Specials, Op Ivy, Fishbone, Mealticket, Studio One, Desmond Decker, Tenor Sa.---------------------------------- /Rock and Roll/- The Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, John Mayall and the BluesBreakers, CCR, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Van Halen, The Zombies, Steven Orth, Shivshark ---------------------------------/Latin etc../- Los Latin Brothers, Sonora Dinamita, Joey Arroyo. Cachao, Francisco Aguabella, Mongo Santamaria, BuenaVistaSocialClub, Fania All-Stars, Roberto Baena, Ray Barreto, Pete Rodriguez, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Willie Bobo, Five Degrees of Soul, B-Side Players, Boogaloo Assassins, Very Be Careful. ---------------------------------/Plus/- Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, War, Ray Charles, Willie Dixon, The Meters, Booker T. and the MGs, Fela, Ojos de Brujo, Naked Aggression, Bad Religion, Manu Chao, Mano Negra, Portishead, Loop!Station, Bjork, Jenny Owens Young, Gotan Project, Lhasa de Sela, Flamenco, Vallenato,

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Cool Hand Luke, Vengo, Volver, Airbag, Y tu mama tambien, Amores Perros, Motorcycle Diaries, The Hidden Fortress, The Seven Samurai, Chinatown, Murder My Sweet, The Asphalt Jungle, D.O.A., Sunset Boulevard, The Conversation, Le Samurai, Le Cercle Rouge, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Stripes, Dancing Outlaw, Breaking Away, Brother from Another Planet, Miller's Crossing, Matewon, Caddyshack, Groundhog's Day, Tombstone, Every which way but Loose, The Breakfast Club, Stand by Me, Bladerunner, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Conan the Barbarian, Running Man, The Master Killer, Drunken Master, Shogun Assassin, Akira, The Incredibles, Goldfinger, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Detail, Bad Lieutenant, Hurly Burly, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Princess Bride, City of God, Anchorman, No Way Out, Serenity, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Eight Men Out, Major League, The Natural, The Perfect Game, The Rookie, Bang the Drum Slowly, Off The Black.

Television:

M*A*S*H*, George Lopez, Bernie Mac, Firefly, Jeopardy, SportCenter, PTI, Around the Horn, The Daily Show w/ John Stewart, The Colbert Report, Scrubs

Books:

Novels: Revolt of the Cockroach People, Autobiography of the Brown Buffalo - Oscar Zeta Acosta. Cien Anos de Soledad - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Long Goodbye, The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The High Window, The Little Sister, Playback - Raymond Chandler. October Heat - Gordon DeMarco. The Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, Gun with occasional music, Amnesia Moon - Jonathan Lethem. Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut. Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins. Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich. Reservation Blues - Sherman Alexie. gods go begging, The Silver Cloud Cafe - Alfredo Vea Jr.. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien. // Short Stories: The Acid House - Irvine Welsh. Blow-up and others, Julio Cortazar, 9 Stories, J.D. Salinger. // Poetry: Rebelion es el giro de manos del amante, City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - Martin Espada. El Gran Zoo, Songoro Cosongo - Nicolas Guillen. Playing Basketball with the Viet Cong - Kevin Bowen.// Non-fiction: People's History of the United States, Declarations of Independence - Howard Zinn. Funk - Rickey Vincent. Red Diapers - Kaplan & Shapiro. Moneyball - Micheal Lewis.

Heroes:

Kermit the Frog- It ain't easy being green. I am a superhero and I won't choose between invisibility and flying because I want both and also impervious to cold.

My Blog

un doble proposito

I joked a little bit about the Rockies making it to the postseason and how if they did well I'd be in Denver during the World Series. I really didn't think it was possible. The Rockies have been in ...
Posted by Charlos on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:30:00 PST

see you in Denver

going for a wedding, not the World Seriesalthough if someone has an extra ticket...i'll be back on Monday...
Posted by Charlos on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:22:00 PST

rant

last night i came home early from dinner with a friend (i'm a lame-O, can't stay awake past 10 o'clock) and watched Melville's Army of Shadows while i fell asleep.but then Gerbier stabs a Nazi in the ...
Posted by Charlos on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

i am a fucking photographer, asshole

thanks for the congratulations, here (Moms and DeeBees) and in person (everybody else).recently, i've been using the response, "I don't recommend it."which isn't to say that i don't think it's a good ...
Posted by Charlos on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:51:00 PST

blue chip

today is a year
Posted by Charlos on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:42:00 PST

bled

there's no roomit's too smalllined with old timesall old timesall old timesevery time i pass it byall is legscorner old timesall old timesall old timestucked down underwarnings gonegone old timesall o...
Posted by Charlos on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:24:00 PST

no respect for the rules.

having spent 10 years sticking my tongue out at death by skating these City streets, the karmic retribution of my accident isn't lost on me.it's amazing actually that the only permanent damage i did t...
Posted by Charlos on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST

Stinson 50.2

We met at Cafe Abir at 10 am.I had some tea.We went through the park and then up and over Arguello through the Presidio to the Bridge.Over the Bridge, down through Sausalito (or as Patrick calls it, "...
Posted by Charlos on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:40:00 PST

Stinson 50

i am hurting.serious physical breakdown.i have to eat for a while now.i'll update the story in a couple days with pictures.gorgeous day.food.pills.bath.
Posted by Charlos on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:51:00 PST

I like the buzz

I've gotten sick a couple of times over the last year. Normal, I guess.The last time I was barely sick for half a day, just a little scratch in my throat.This time I got a little sick.About a week of...
Posted by Charlos on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:22:00 PST