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The House of Dis

white light - white heat

About Me

spendthrift.
creativity and the arts are what makes life enjoyable.
some words i can't stand that people use:
peeps
bro
stoked
yummy (in regards to anything not edible)
WaMu (no one takes a bank seriously that calls itself that
dude
wicked
totes (as in totally)
music is very important.
sometimes i like to pretend that i am my own rock group.
dancing, walking and riding my bike are my only forms of excercise, but i should really join a yoga studio.
the aesthetic of things is very important.
i will not remember your name unless i see it written down or have spoken to you mulitple times. sorry it's nothing personal, i'm just a visual person.
i am actually much more friendly than i look. just ask one of my friends.
i am not skilled in the art of small talk, nor do i want to be.

NOTE: all images and contents of this profile © 2007 Dustin Dis / www.thehouseofdis.com

My Interests

THIS:

designing, music, native instruments traktor dj studio, that vein that sticks out on my temple, acid yellow, the onion, antwerp, amsterdam, fog, girls in boys briefs, tokyo!, tofu, girls with strong personalities, contemporary/modern design, dark chocolate, ann demeulemeester, crows, skinny arms, trappist ales, raf simons, squares, quality, performance art, short scale basses, shaved people, flatwound strings, macintosh computers, art/music that makes people uncomfortable, smart people, interactive media arts, black, maison martin margiela, french bulldogs, travel, nars/shu uemura, modern art/artists, stumptown coffee, ableton live, fixed gear bikes, wolfords, benelux design, château neuf du pape, quinoa, dancing to the point of exhaustion, quality bourbon, stencil art, concerts, dj-ing, comme des garçons fragrances, theo eyewear, natural disasters, traveling, installation art, photography, fresh flowers, ripe organic peaches, raw concrete, wasabi, black shoes/boots, leather bags, the future...

I'd like to meet:

someone to give me free max/msp/jitter, live 6 and flemish lessons.

Music:

PJ Harvey*, Thomas Brinkmann, M83, Alog, Deathprod (and everything on the Rune Grammofon label), Pan Sonic, Gry, Einstürzende Neubauten*, Creatures*, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds*, Hazel Winter*, alaska!*, John Parish*, Swans, Pascal Comelade, The Cure*, The Velvet Underground, Komet, COH, Legendary Pink Dots*, Nina Hagen*, Do Make Say Think, Ryoji Ikeda, Ekkehard Ehlers, Siouxsie and the Banshees*, Stein, Mick Harvey*, Pimmon, Experimental Audio Research, Jan Jelinek, Lowercase*, Birthday Party, Jane's Addiction*, Smashing Pumpkins*, Zbigniew Karkowski, AUBE, Coil, Low*, Dirty Three*, Cat Power, Redd Kross*, Björk, Patti Smith*, Pluramon, Scout Niblett*, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Current 93, These Immortal Souls, Shellac*, Lou Reed, Alfred Schnittke, Dmitri Shostakovich, Arvo Pärt, Mirror, Mimir, Sonic Youth*, Henryk Gorecki, Matmos, Jim O'rourke*, Bauhaus*, Barbara Morgenstern, Malaria!, Small Fires*, Chola and the Cosmonauts

Movies:

INLAND EMPIRE, Little Miss Sunshine, Stalker, City of Lost Children, 2046, Celebration, Breaking the Waves, Cremaster Cycle, Totoro, Iron Giant, Book of Life, 5 Obstructions, Rivers Edge, Blue, White & Red trilogy, Rosie, Triplets of Belleville, The Panic in Needle Park, What Time is it There?, Sitcom, A Zed and Two Noughts, Henry Fool, Proposition

Television:

RABBITS, Twin Peaks, Carnival, Deadwood, The Supersizer Go... (it's a BBC thing)

Books:

IN PERSUASION NATION by George Saunders, JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, YES by Thomas Bernhard, A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole, FALSE FLAT by Aaron Betsky & Adam Eeuwens, THE GASHLEYCRUMB TINIES by Edward Gorey, WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT IS DONE by Crispin Hellion Glover, and of course COMEDY by Dante Alighieri

Heroes:

The person that can remove the TRUE and MATCH dating ads from this website.

My Blog

I’m Not There

My friend is on tour with his band and I'm not there to see any of the shows, so you, my friends, must go see the shows for me (a recording of the show would be extra cool). Seriously, this is one of...
Posted by The House of Dis on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:29:00 PST

Antwerp

Here's my first entry from Antwerp, my new home for the next three months.It's Sunday and there's a big open market outside my building. I can watch it from my terrace/balcony, where I can also pick ...
Posted by The House of Dis on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:47:00 PST

My Phone

My phone stopped working yesterday and I can't read text meassges or listen to voice messages or send/receive calls.  Also, I'm leaving for Europe tomorrow and will be turning off my phone. ...
Posted by The House of Dis on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:15:00 PST

New Flickr Photos Added

TOKYO+KYOTO PIX
Posted by The House of Dis on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:20:00 PST

New REAL Blog

I have started a new blog which will soon be linked to my REAL website.Please visit and if you have a blog of your own through gmail add my blog to your favorites.BLOG:THEBLOGOFDISWEBSITE:THEHOUSEOFDI...
Posted by The House of Dis on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:14:00 PST

Psychic Realities - New Opening in Vienna

Invitation to the opening of: PSYCHIC REALITIES October 18, 2007, 7.30 pm gabarage upcycling design Schleifmühlgasse 6, 1040 Vienna Exhibition: 10/22/07 to 11/06/07 Opening remarks: Michael M...
Posted by The House of Dis on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:46:00 PST

Max / MSP / Jitter

I'd like to start learning how to use the programs mentioned in the headline.  Anyone one in Portland or Seattle using these, or know anyone/place that teaches a class on them?  I'm not disc...
Posted by The House of Dis on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:02:00 PST

Merce Cunningham

I'm back from my trip to NYC and Boston and besides seeing friends and attending MIT for a day, the highlight of the trip was traveling to DIA Beacon in Beacon NY to see the Merce Cunningham Dance Com...
Posted by The House of Dis on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:34:00 PST

earth to dustin...

i had a nice time in boston and ended up staying with my friend. after visiting mit i REALLY want to go there next year. i met with joan jonas (a video/performance artist that began her work in the ...
Posted by The House of Dis on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:18:00 PST

NYC and Boston

If you know of any good/great concerts (including classical or modern jazz a la rune grammofon) happening in NYC Sept 28 - Oct 3 please let me know.  Also, if you are a friend of mine in the NY a...
Posted by The House of Dis on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:24:00 PST