Conscious
Evolution/ Involution/ Revolution
MUSIC:
Rock 'n Roll, rockabilly, r&b, doo-wop, gospel-soul, philly soul, motown, chicago soul, funk, brown-eyed soul, psychedelic soul, blaxploitation. hip-hop, electro, detroit techno, jungle, drum&bass, grime, triphop, downtempo, ambient.
britpop, mod rock, glam rock, garage rock, new york punk, british punk, post-punk, new-wave, synth-pop, new romantic, no-wave, noise rock, industrial, goth rock, death rock, hardcore, post-hardcore, emo(80s).
Psychedelic rock, space rock, kosmich rock, stoner rock, shoegaze, dreampop.
Americana, folk-rock, country-rock, southern gothic.
jazz: bop/hard bop/cool/modal/avant garde/free/fusion.
reggae: roots/dub/rocksteady/ska, cuban: son montuno/guaguanco/danzon, indian ragas/bhangra, afrobeat.
ART:
illustration/graphic design/screenprint, album art, rock-poster art, op-art, street art/stencil/graff, Dada/Surrealism/The Absurd, Situationist, visionary art, low-brow art, outsider art, high renaissance, iconography, Art Nouveau
Additional inspiration/interest:
Communication, networking, Reconstruction/Integral Theory, altered states of consciousness, capitalism, anarchy, holonic theory, Culture, gnosis/agnosis, philosophy, partnership, Psychedelia, SEEMABIT!, gothic/deco architechture, my family & friends, relating, synchronicity, walking colfax w/my headphones, Folksonomy, Mayan Cosmology, RESONANCE, the Internet, Enakai Re, Esotericism (Gnosticism, Qabala, Hermeticism, Sufism, etc), Irony (yes, i'm a gen xer...) & Satire.
Paradoxes(or the illusion thereof) are sustenance for my soul:
Counterculture vs. Pop Culture
Integrity vs Selling Out
idealism vs nihilism
inner vs outer
autonomy vs collectivity
Left vs Right(politics)
Faith vs. Logic
Real vs Artificial
Carbon vs Silicon
Monads vs Nomads(anarchy vs monarchy)
tastes/indulgences/preferences etc:
The Internet!, my ipod, Denver, warm rain, bourbon, Watercourse (Denver), the dark, Colfax, The End, del.icio.us, Spiderhouse (austin), Reddit, running, 4 elements of hiphop, hyperspace, romance, soulseek, coffeehouses, laughing/crying at politics/politicians, my Kangol, Satellite Bar (denver), popurls.com, Morphic Resonance, DIY, motorik, Enzo's End pizza (denver), walking, espresso, Getting fun-stuff in the mail, being a business owner, cantelope, hunting for new music, drawing, pinot noir, band t-shirts, light at the end of the tunnel, quicksilverscreen,com, NYC, one-on-one conversation, peanut butter, punk rock, Levi's 514s, lemon gelato, vacation, magazines, subways, my newsboy cap, flan, Amoeba Records, compassion, paranoia, Agora (houston), Electron Spin Resonance, art books, mangoes, This Eternal Moment, Lowenstein Center (Denver), wheatgrass, my Macbook Pro, tacos, reading, Tuaca shots, intelligent conversation, dragon rolls, PS Lounge (denver), Newcastle, THE Field, samosas, vortices, professional boxing, Earwax Caf? (chicago), fruit smoothies, comic books, Last.fm, pinot noir, chocolate, jazz cigarettes, hiking, gettin' my freak on, gray days, 60s mod style, outdoor cafes, Chubbies—on 38th (Denver), chocolate ice cream, time travel, margaritas on the patio, badunkadunkz, autumn, arguing, camping, spinach salads, science-fiction/faction, Denver Nuggets, Great Sand Dunes, being a pinche beaner, and talkin’ mad shit!!!
People who are interested in networking
and creating the new leading edge in human evolution,
BY EXAMPLE, NOT BY FORCE.
Cronenberg, Lynch, Aronofsky, Gilliam, Kubrick, Coen, Wachowski, I??rritu, etc.
12 Monkeys, eXistenZ, Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Until the End of the World, 24 Hour Party People, Slam, Velvet Goldmine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, In the Mouth of Madness, Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko, Pi, Rocky, Jacob's Ladder, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Annie Hall, Heathers, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Batman Begins, Virgin Suicides, Vertigo, Time Bandits, Dead Man, Requiem for a Dream, Barton Fink, Butterfly Effect, Amorres Perros, Waking Life, Big Lebowski, Wild Style, Matrix trilogy & Animatrix, Hi-Fidelity, Natural Born Killers, I Heart Huckabees, Taxi Driver, Avalon(2003), Apocalypse Now, Alice in Wonderland, Ghost in the Shell, Hero, The Doors, The Game, Strange Days, 21 grams, Star Wars (all 6), Brazil, Lost in Translation, Closer, Minority Report, 2001: a Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, The Warriors, Blade Runner, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, AI, SimOne, Stay, Abre los Ojos/Vanilla Sky, Event Horizon, X, Godfather I & II, The Constant Gardener, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Prestige, The Fountain, Wild at Heart, The Jacket, Room 1408, Dreamland
series: twin peaks, heroes, lost, six feet under, sopranos, battlestar galactica, the west wing
the daily show, south park, colbert report, the simpsons, family guy, anything on Animal Planet.
Invisible Landscape(McKenna)
No Boundary(Wilber)
Think Kosmically Act Globally(Kimura)
V.A.L.I.S.(Dick)
Yes, Yes, Y'all: Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decade(Fricke/Ahearn)
Art in Theory 1900-2000(Harris/ Wood)
Tao te Ching(Lao Tzu)
Temporary Autonomous Zone(Bey)
Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy(Wilson
Book of Thoth(Crowley)
Autobiography of Malcolm X, Techgnosis(Davis)
Cosmic Trigger(Wilson)
Revolt of the Cockroach People(Acosta)
Where the Sidewalk Ends(Silverstein)
Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe(Schneider)
The Alchemist(Coehlo)
the Mayan Factor(Arguelles)
777(Crowley)
the Eye of Spirit(Wilber)
Nag Hammadi Library
Prometheus Rising(Wilson)
Rotten: No Dogs, No Irish, No Blacks (Lydon)
Godel/Esher/Bach(Hofstadter)
the Templar Revelation(Pickett & Prince)
Morals & Dogma of the Scottish Rite(Pike)
In Search of the Miraculous(Ouspensky)
Simulacra & Simulation(Baudrillard)
Quantum Mind(Mindell)
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond(John Savage)
Hip: The History (Leland), Please Kill Me - (McNeil/McCain)
Magazines: Anthem, Punk, Straight no Chaser, What is Enlightenment?, Wire, Art Prostitute, Anthem, Punk Planet(RIP), Wired, Mountain Astrologer, EYE, URB, Juxtapoz.
My father, Jack Roy Marquez (1955-1995)
My mom, Ana Gloria Marquez-Simanca
My uncle Vince Simanca (1948-2006)
David Bowie, The Clash, William Blake, Philip K. Dick, Ken Wilber, Lao Tzu, Jesus ben Joseph, Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, G.I. Gurdjieff, Cornel West, don Juan Matus, Ian MacKaye, Gandhi, Robert Anton Wilson, Frida Kahlo, Martin Luther King, Syd Barrett, John Coltrane, Shep Fairey, Dave "BOOST" Kinsey, Rick Griffin, Tristan Tzara, Victor Moscoso, Stewart/Colbert, Hieronymus Bosch, Alphonse Mucha, Woody Allen, Salvador Dali, Saul Williams, Oscar "ZETA" Acosta, John Lennon, Jose Marti, Aleister Crowley, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Jim Morrison, John Lydon, Brian Eno, Peter Saville, Ron Paul, John Mackay(whole foods), Aceyalone, Winston Churchill.