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About Me


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VICTROLA O SOLE MIO ENRICO CARUSO
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....



Christian the Lion- Reunion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1pWzoLvT8

yay!



chocolate covered goodbye

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mr. eon wrote the first song for me. (hot)



um. well...you cant take all this personally...Â¥es.

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My Interests

fashion. graphics. yoga. love. sex. cupcakes. .

I'd like to meet:

Revelators. Masqueraders. Self depractors. Questioners. Blind Crusaders. CAVEAT EMPTOR: I am my own best company. I am intensely interesting and endlessly fascinating. If you think you can go toe to toe, I welcome the challenge.

Amazing Raw Chocolate Cake Made Simple!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LR9BlAlg6E

yum

Music:

ians good. djs and producers better (yum.)and... Many DJ's * 2 Unlimited * 4 Hero * 4 Strings * 666 (band) * 808 State (techno, electronica) [edit] A * Aa1 (Russia) * Aaron Clark (Pittsburgh, PA) * A Distant Signal * Acen * Adam F * Adamski * ADULT * Adventure Kid * Aes Dana (ambient trance morning, FR) * Air * Airwave Belgian trance producer and DJ * Alpha 606 * Amber * Anabolic Frolic (Happy Hardcore) * Angel City * Andy Hunter° * Annie (synth pop, Norway) * Antiloop * Aphex Twin (early ambient, intelligent dance music, UK) * Apotheosis * Arling & Cameron * Armand van Helden (House) * Armin van Buuren (trance) * Art of Noise (proto techno, UK) * Art of Trance (trance) * Asyrah * Astral Projection (trance) * Assemblage 23 * Atari Teenage Riot (digital hardcore, Germany) * Natacha Atlas * ATB * AQi Fzono * Aqua * Aquasky (drum and bass and breakbeats, UK) * Audesi * Autechre (IDM, UK) * Awaken * Ayla * Ayumi Hamasaki [edit] B * Baby D (House, UK) * Babe * Bad Boy Bill (various forms of house, USA) * Bad Company (drum & bass, UK) * Arthur Baker * Afrika Bambaataa * Banco de Gaia (world music-inflected electronica, trance) * Thomas Bangalter (member of Daft Punk) * Basement Jaxx (pop-slanted house, UK) * Olav Basoski * Beastie (Collaborative effort by Bedrock Records, including Sasha and John Digweed. Progressive house.) * Ashley Beedle, member of X-Press 2 * Beehive (band) duo * Niko Bellotto * Benjamin Speed * Benny Benassi * Binary Finary (trance Progressive electronica, electronica, UK) * Björk (ambient.) * Black Sun Productions * Black Sun Empire * Blame (drum and bass, UK) * Blank & Jones(Trance)(germany) * Blood Axis * Boards of Canada (IDM, electronic folk) * Bomb the Bass * Boom Boom Satellites (breakbeat, house) * Booka Shade * Boy George * Brainclaw * Bronski Beat(Trance) * Bruce Haack 1960s precursor to electronic music. * Ronnie Bruno * BT (Progressive Trance, Pop, Rock) * Bugz in the Attic (Brokenbeat) * Richard James Burgess * Ray Buttigieg [edit] C * Cabaret Voltaire * Cappella, a project by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti * Captain Jack * Carl Cox (Techno, house music, & Trance, UK) * Wendy Carlos * Ron Carroll * Cause 4 Concern (drum and bass, UK) * Cell (Chillout, Downtempo, FR) * Celldweller * Cerrone * The Chemical Brothers (breaks, big beat, funky breaks, breakbeat) * Chicane (trance, house, chill out) * Chris and Cosey * Chris Cox (dj) * Christ.(electronica), (ambient) * Christopher Lawrence * Clan of Xymox * Joe Claussell * Clock DVA * Cluster * Coil * Coldcut (breaks, electronica, UK) * M.J. Cole, responsible for popularizing two-step and UKG * Sandra Collins (breaks) * Concord Dawn (drum and bass, NZ) * Conjure One(Trance) * Cosmic Gate(germany) * Cultural Amnesia (post-punk, vocal electronica, UK) * Cut Copy Australia * The Crystal Method(Electronic) * Cygnus X * Cylob * The Cynic Project * Holger Czukay (ambient) * Cymphonic Ambient * Paul Anthony Cook, Pioneer in 3D mixing techniques [edit] D * D.Kay Austrian drum & bass producer * D.A.F. * Daft Punk (French house, leaders in the late 90s Filter/disco sound) * Dan the Automator (Underground hip-hop producer) * Danny Tenaglia (House, producer, USA) * Darren Tate (trance, UK) (a.k.a. DT8 Project, Citizen Caned, Jurgen Vries, et al) * Darren Styles British happy hardcore DJ and producer * Darude(Trance, Dance) * Dave Jonsen (a.k.a. Harvey Dent) * David Forbes (Trance) * Dead or Alive * Death in Vegas * Etienne de Crécy, famous for his Super Discount compilation * Deep Blue (drum and bass, UK) * Deep Dish(Trance, Dance) * Deep Forest * Deepspace (Ambient) * Delerium(Chill-Out, Ambient) * De Phazz (electronic bossa nova and Latin rhythms) * Depeche Mode (synthpop, UK) * Dido (trip hop, pop) * Dieselboy (One of the biggest names in drum and bass, USA) * Dillinja (drum and bass, UK) * John Digweed (progressive house, many collaborations with Sasha) * DHT(Dance) * digitalTRAFFIC(electronica industrial music artist from UK) * Dirty Vegas (techno rock crossover, UK) * Divine * DJ Baby Anne (breaks, florida breaks, US) * DJ Bobo * DJ Dara (drum and bass, USA) * DJ Dean (trance/hard trace, Germany) * DJ Encore(Dance) * DJ Format (Hip-hop, UK) * DJ Garth,(House, US) * DJ Hype, (drum and bass, UK) * DJ Icey, (funky breaks, florida breaks, breaks, US] * DJ leslie, (industrial) * DJ Meridian, (Drum and Bass, USA) * DJ Pierre * DJ Rap, (drum and bass and breakbeats, UK) * DJ Sammy(Dance) * DJ Sasha, (House|Trance) * DJ Scotch Egg * DJ Shadow (breakbeat) * DJ Spen & Karizma, also known for their Jasper Street Co. project * DJ Spooky (hip-hop and urban style, but has tints of trip hop in music) * DJ Tatana (Trance)(Switzerland) * DJ Tiësto, (trance)(the Netherlands) * DJ Tonka, one of the first house-DJs in Germany * DJ Z-Trip, (trip hop and hip-hop) * Boris Dlugosch, frequent collaborations with Mousse T * Thomas Dolby (electro-pop) * Dom and Roland (drum and bass, UK) * Rob Dougan * Dreamland * Dreamlin * dreamSTATE * Dust Brothers (breaks, big beat) [edit] E * E-Smoove * Eat Static * Ebn Ozn * Eiffel 65(Dance) * Einstürzende Neubauten (avant-garde punk, industrial) * Electrosexual * Electrovoya (Trance, UK) * Darren Emerson (techno, formerly 1/3 of Underworld) * Alec Empire * the Empty Quarter * Energy 52 * Enigma * Brian Eno (ambient pioneer (also together with David Byrne of Talking Heads collaborated on an early sampling album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts). * Jocelyn Enriquez * Erasure (pop) * Eric Ross * EZ Rollers (drum and bass, UK) Electromagnetic Impulses (Electronica)[http://www.myspace.com/somotitbee [edit] F * Fad Gadget * Faithless * Don Falcone * Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook (Breaks, big beat, house) * Felix Da Housecat (house) * Fergie * Ferry Corsten(Trance)(the netherlands) * Fevertech - founder of SonicRaider.com (Breaks, Electro, Trip Hop) * Filteria (Goa trance music)(sweden) * FISH (Psytrance)(Australia) * John Foxx * Fragma(Dance) * Christopher Franke * Frankie Bones (techno, USA. Responsible for essentially starting the rave scene in North America. Came up with the word "Rave". Came up with PLUR.) * Freaky Flow (drum and bass, Canada) * Freeloader * Freestylers * Freq Nasty (breakbeats, UK) * Freur * Fritsch Eloy (electronic music, new age, BRA) * Front 242 * Front Line Assembly aka Delerium aka Intermix aka Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb... * Funker Vogt * Future Sound of London(Chill-Out, Ambient) [edit] G * Gabriel & Dresden(Trance) Gant Garrard Gant-Man * Laurent Garnier (French DJ and techno artist) * Ghislain Poirier * Ghostland Observatory * Giorgio D'Angostino(Dance) * Johan Gielen(the netherlands) * Donald Glaude (house, techno, USA) * Goldie (drum and bass (a major progenitor of the genre), breakbeat, acid jazz, UK) * Goldfrapp (leftfield pop, Electro UK) * Gorillaz * Gouryella * Max Graham * The Grey Wolves * the Grid * Gridlok (drum and bass, USA) * Groove Armada (beats, house UK) * Grooverider (drum and bass, UK) * Gus Gus(Chill-Out, Ambient) * Frou Frou [edit] H * Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman (Minimalist, techno) * Paul Hardcastle * Hardfloor * Hardknox * Heaven 17 * Hernán Cattáneo * High Contrast Welsh drum & bass producer * Higher Intelligence Agency * Hocico (aggrotech) * Hooverphonic * Andrew H Trance DJ from York * The Human League, (post-punk from 1977-1980, Electropop, Synthpop, UK) * Hybrid (British progressive house, electronica outfit) [edit] I * Ian Van Dahl (Dance) * Ill.Skillz (Austrian drum & bass duo) * IIO * Infectator com * Infected Mushroom (Psychedelic trance and Goa, Israel) * Information Society * Inner City * Ken Ishii * Itch-E and Scratch-E (Australian techno and trance duo) [edit] J * Jean Michel Jarre (ambient) * Jaydee * Jay Jay Johanson * John B (drum and bass, UK) * Joshua Ryan (Trance, United States) * Joy Electric - (minimalist, Casio-ish) * Jungle Brothers (Jungle, Two-step, Tech-step, Breaks) * Junior Jack (Dance, House) * Junkie XL (Better known since 2000 as "JXL" - had a massive chart hit with his Elvis-remix) * Juno Reactor (Psychedelic trance, Goa trance music, Tribal) * Judge Jules (trance, hard house) * Just Jack (two step, downtempo, techno; takes after The Streets) [edit] K * Kaskade (Dance) * Finne Jager (trance, also known as Phynn) * K.I.A. (electronica * Keoki (Progressive trance) * François Kevorkian * Kid 606 (IDM) * Kid Kenobi (Mashups, Australian) * Kitaro ambient * Kinetic Distortion (Trance, Jungle, Breakbeat, Down Tempo, Industrial, House) * Sander Kleinenberg (Dutch progressive house wizkid) * The KLF - pioneers in the field of flagrant sampling * the Klinik * Klone (drum and bass, UK) * the Knife * Knifehandchop * Frankie Knuckles (Pioneered house music. Spun at a club called "The Warehouse", for which the genre was named.) * Kode IV * Kon Kan * Kraftwerk (pre-techno early electronica, experimental, one of the most-sampled artists ever) * Krafty Kuts (Breakbeats, UK) * Kristine W. * Kruder & Dorfmeister [edit] L * Jonny L * La Bouche * Ladytron (Electro) * Landscape * Lange * Paul Lansky * Laraaji * Lasgo (Dance) * Bill Laswell (ambient, electronica, electronic-influenced world music) * LaTour * James Lavelle * Layo and Bushwacka! (Chill-Out, Ambient) * LCD Soundsystem * Leftfield (Chill-Out, Ambient) * Lemon Jelly (Downtempo electronica duo) * Les Rythmes Digitales aka Jacques LuCont aka Thin White Duke * LFO (acid house) pseudonym under which Andy Weatherall released some of his best work. * Oliver Lieb (techno, trance) * Liquid Todd New York City * Lo Fidelity Allstars * Loop Guru * Lords of Acid * LTJ Bukem (Much of his work is described as "ambient music drum and bass") * Lyua Dust (Experimental Electronica, IDM) [edit] M * Timo Maas (progressive house, tech-house) * Madonna * Mariae Nascenti (dark ambient) * M/A/R/R/S * Massive Attack (Chill-Out)(trip hop pioneers) * Masters At Work, or simply "MAW" * Matt Darey * Malcolm McLaren * Maxx * Maxx Klaxon * Meat Beat Manifesto * Merzbow (avant-garde/noise) * M.I.K.E. (trance) * M.I. Loki * Robert Miles(Dance)(switzerland) * Jeff Mills (Detroit techno pioneer) * Ministry (early albums: "With Sympathy"; "Twitch") * Miss Kittin(Electro) * Moby (crossover techno) * Modjo * Modo (German Trance/Techno) * Monkey Mafia * Robert Moog * David Morales(Dance) * Morcheeba * Morgenstern * Giorgio Moroder * Mousse T, frequent collaborations with Boris Dlugosch * M.O.V.E. (Eurobeat J-Pop) * Mr. Pacman * Mr. Oizo * Music Instructor * My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult * Mylo [edit] N * Narcotic Thrust(Dance, Trance) * Nekokawa * New Order * Niki Belucci [edit] O * Paul Oakenfold (trance, early pioneer of the UK clubscene) * Obsil * Oceanlab(Trance, Dance) * Olive * Omni Trio (drum and bass, UK) * Optical (drum and bass, UK. Mostly collaborates with Ed Rush). * Opus III(Techno, UK. Group famous for 1992 hit "It's A Fine Day"; Kirsty Hawkshaw was their lead vocalist) * The Orb (trance, ambient, one of the earliest big names in the movement) * Orbital * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark * Oval * Overseer [edit] P * Jochem Paap aka Speedy J (Atmospheric) * Pakito (French djs) * Pan Sonic * Pendulum (drum and bass) * Mike Paradinas * Paranoid (experimental electronica, IDM, ambient) * Pet Shop Boys * Gilles Peterson * Perpetuous Dreamer * Phynn (trance(the netherlands) * Mauro Picotto (Progressive, Trance)(italy) * Larry Pignagnoli, Italian producer who puts Frank Farian to shame in the "fronting" department * Plaid (IDM, UK) * Ian Pooley, DJ Tonka's partner in their early years * Panda, drum and bass producer * Provate (IDM, Braindance, and Trance) * Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, from North Korea * Polaroid Kiss * Popol Vuh, electronic ambient pioneers in Germany 1970-1971, but then went acoustic in 1972 * Portishead (trip hop) * PPK * Praga Khan * The Prodigy (breaks, big beat) * DJ Project (Drum & Bass,Philla-P.A-USA) * Progression Progressive/trance artists, the Netherlands * Propaganda * Propellerheads (breaks, big beat) * Psyche * Psychic TV * Public Domain * Pulsedriver [edit] Q * DJ Q-Bert (Scratch artist, three time world champion turntablist) * Quadrophonia

Movies:

http://retro.rodox.com yep. u heard...

Crop Circles: Quest for Truth
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....

Television:

sucks me in and spits me out.

chocolate covered goodbye-the count chocula mix.

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i heart my ex bf erik/mr. eon of high and mighty. hey baby!



um. well...you cant take all this personally...Â¥es.

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No He Didn't...LOVE obama....
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....

Books:

the complete kama sutra. and...paul ferinni everything. vintage cookbooks. quirky and obscure and random with great graphics. the one im writing. sextrology. cheesy 80s novellas. ancient first editions.

Heroes:

mom. gregg araki.(mysterious skin)

Free our activists!
http://usactions.greenpeace.org/action/start/203/



Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

My Blog

meat is murder..and call hormel...i sure did!!!

Dear melissa, Thank you for making your voice heard by telling thoseresponsible for the abuse documented in PETA's undercover videofootage that cruelty to animals is unacceptable. Please alsofollow up...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:21:00 PST

david sedaris on undecided voters....

love him. "I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I ...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:18:00 PST

bob dylan wrote this for me when i was 3.

Like A Rolling StoneOnce upon a time you dressed so fineYou threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"You thought they were all kiddin' you...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:45:00 PST

cleaning house/ even steven.

you know when you need to just clean HOUSE? emotionally, physically, and spiritually? well...whenever i get generally disgusted slash bored at the status quo...and get that little voice that just say...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:15:00 PST

im a sag sun, aquarius rising, scorpio/sag moon....oy!

a supporting role? moi? heavens no. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): A sidekick support role would suit you quite nicely this week, Sagittarius, thanks to a continued combination of astro-factor...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:53:00 PST

know thyself...or ELSE! as per astrobarry.com

good thing i dont give a flying fuck about "things" anymore. read on... 'Less than Friendly' Times Hit Home10.19.08I will speak from personal experience here: It's becoming increasingly hard to stay ...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:41:00 PST

love love love this site...

im kind of on a leotard thing...im going to start working my 80s leotard dance look at yoga cuz im just not into yoga clothing in its current incarnation. check it out darlin.. oh and the knee sox? lo...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:21:00 PST

huh? god is in my guest bathroom now...hogging my makeup and flatiron!

what do you mean they dont have a listed address??....shes right here now! should i send in my address? hmm. (!) Suit against God tossed over lack of addressJudge rules the Almighty wasn't properly...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:47:00 PST

i just adore shit like this...go jennifer!

this gives me a reason to maybe have kids one day. (maybe) CutoutDissection.com is teen's new nameThe girl changes her legal name to protest animal dissections in schools PT, Mon., Oct. 13, 2008ASHEVI...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:50:00 PST

hug me...

i know this sounds all earthy and new age book store but.....its kinds true right????so come here and kiss me. Many Folks falsely believe they've lost touch with their own Intuition.Our Intuition is o...
Posted by *thinktankdesignstudio on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:30:00 PST