my people.
the dying art of the darkroom.
art stores.
building my music collection.
long evenings.
kemet.
politics.
dreadlocks.
discussing race relations.
east indian culture.
french.
reading.
street art.
bossa nova on saturday mornings.
spoken word, written word, EVERYTHING WORD. word?
knowledge of self.
cooking.
artists, wordsmiths, protectors of the code, fellow audiophiles, musicians, progressive minds, people not afraid to question the very ground they stand on.
YOU...if you're ready to build, that is.
raphael saadiq, nas, the libertines, the strokes, incubus, yeah yeah yeahs, no doubt, miles davis, outkast, rhcp, mos def, nirvana, nada surf, les nubians, amel larrieux, pretty girls make graves, a tribe called quest, mf doom, zap mama, bloc party, common, fiona apple, billie holiday, the roots, a bit of tori, van hunt, erykah badu, bebel gilberto, thelonious monk, charlie parker, death cab for cutie, dwele, tonex, hendrix, k-os, outkast, stevie wonder, foo fighters, bilal, d'angelo, audioslave, sade, talib kweli, NERD, teedra moses, kenna, franz ferdinand, green day, old school janet jackson, jean grae, jill scott, lauryn hill, stevie wonder, fela, earth wind and fire, mary j blidge, raphael saadiq, musiq, radiohead, no doubt, santana, the fugees, stacey kent, sting, the smashing pumpkins, w. ellington felton, I COULD GO ON FOREVER...
i watch very few current movies...le fableux destin d'amelie poulain [bka amelie], a time to kill, fight club, pride and prejudice, fame, man on fire, breakfast at tiffany's...i can't remember the rest. oh well.
is a source of deception.
Pure Genius.
RIP, Gordon Parks.