Beatspoke: "If You Hunger" New Music Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpT8iiUdzh8
Sneak Preview of upcoming release of "No Rush"September, 2008!
Sneak Preview of upcoming release of "No Rush"September, 2008!
I drive a sportscar and / or a scooter. I have trouble with balance, I speak two regular languages and practice the language of speaking my heart and soul and I'm getting better at it every day. Macro politics interest me, campaigns don't. Poignant movies are my style. Art, music, meeting people with varied interests, who are open to adapting and changing to grow and accept. Idealism is fantastic, in practice nothing is perfect. It is our imperfections that teach us the most about life.
I like it when people leave comments on my myspace site, on photos and comment on blogs.
Like most people, I like interesting people. People who think, and don't blindly accept whatever is handed to them as truth, but who investigate and test whatever to see if it resonates and holds true.
This isn't to say I'm thrilled with terminal cynics. People who hold a spark, a flame of faith are inspiring. There has to be a ying to a yang, a spark of faith to the skeptic, a touch of belief combined with a willingness to learn.
Famous people I have held to be interesting: John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Hans Lilje, Noam Chomsky, Javier Bardem, Al Pacino, Ruth Gordon, Jimmy Stewart, Madeline Albright, Andy Worhal, Jackson Browne, Viggo Mortensen, Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. Quite sure there are many others, I'll be happy to add to this list as I go along. These are just a few who spring to mind and whom represent a sampling of the fabric of folks whom I hold in esteem.
Dar Williams / Nickel Creek / Bob Dylan / Sheryl Crow / Sarah McLachlan / Pink Floyd / Deadman / Allison Krauss / Ani DeFranco / Kris Doty, John McMahon & Louie Simon / Hayden / Alana Davis / Natalie Merchant / Counting Crows / Dave Matthews / Jesse Cook / Concrete Blonde / Smashing Pumpkins / Cowboy Junkies / Beatspoke / Clannad / Anna Nalick / Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Neil Young) / Dire Straits / Indigo Girls / Vivaldi / Joni Mitchell / Sade / Lauryn Hill / Lucinda Williams / Madonna (yes, really) / Mindy Smith / Joan Baez / Peter Gabriel / Nine Inch Nails / David Bowie / Tom Petty / John Lennon / The Pretenders / Ray Charles / Pure Prairie League / Eric Clapton / Eric McFadden Trio / Crack Daniels / Pat MacDonald / Rolling Stones / Annie Lennox / Norah Jones / Lucinda Williams / Rob Thomas / Stevie Ray Vaughn / Gordon Lightfoot / Talking Heads / Tori Amos / Tracy Chapman / U2 / Diana Krall / Bonnie Rait / Pearl Jam / Muddy Waters / BB King / Meredith Brooks / Les Nubians / Jonatha Brooke / Joan Osborne / Joan Baez / James Taylor / Altan / Michelle Malone / Grey Eye Glances / Fiona Apple / The Eagles / Ben Harper / Natalie Cole / Cat Powers / more...
pat mAcdonald, Co-founder Steel Bridge Songfest
Beatspoke (Sarah Gessler & Jos Fontan @ FNAC, Barcelona, Spain)
What Dreams May Come / Frida / Shipping News / KPax / The Constant Gardener / Under the Tuscan Sun / Spy Game / Fiddler on the Roof / Ray / Schindler's List / House of Flying Daggers / Bowling for Columbine / Gross Pointe Blank / Like Water for Chocolate / Chocolate / Emilie / The Last Emperor / High Fidelity / Bird Cage / Mrs. Doubtfire / Good Will Hunting / Mar Adentro / The Lives of Others / Pans Labyrinth / The Italian / Babel / Being John Malkovich / Children of Men / many, many others...
The Daily Show / Real Time with Bill Maher / Deadwood / Big Love / The Sopranos /The Colbert Report / Weeds / The Riches / No Reservations / The Naked Archeologist /
Come over for Weeds & Riches Nights!
Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff / People's History of the United States: Highlights of the 20th Century, by Howard Zinn / War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges / Portrait in Sepia / Maria Asinov / Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi / The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman / The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd / Currently reading: The Compassionate Revolution, Radical Politics and Buddhism, by David Edwards
Jeshua, Jesus Christ / John Lennon ... both misquoted and both grossly misunderstood.
Martin Luther King Jr. / Al Gore ... both telling us inconvenient truths
Rosa Parks / Cindy Sheehan / Dixie Chicks .. no one's telling them to sit in the back of the bus any longer
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert they are ballicious