music, learning, teaching, laughter, delicious food, traveling, un-apolojetic joy, dancing, the pacific ocean,
positive critical thinkers, the future buddha, freedom fighters, stevie wonder, people who want to join forces and teach arts to kids,
bob marley, nina simone, jimi hendrix, stevie wonder, the meters, billie holliday, donny hathaway, joni mitchell, james brown, tupac, wild tchapatoulas, mississippi john hurt, public enemy,miles davis, bjork, funkadelic, KRS 1, sam cooke, the coup, mingus, sarah vaughn, curtis mayfield, lila downs, beatles, al greene, anonimo consejo, E-40, ismael rivera, ray charles, jay-z, amadou et miriam, led zepplin, fela kuti, hector lavoe, biggie, lightnin hopkins, robert johnson, los lobos, reverend gary davis, bessie smith, wu-tang, santana, son house, citizen cope, oscar peterson, otis, ray brown, lauryn hill, skip james, nice n smooth, ella, black sabbath, manu chao, slick rick, stevie ray vaughn, miles davis, cannonball adderly, rokia traore, santana, rage againt the machine, bird, max roach, abbey lincoln, ali farka toure, hot tuna, majisterio, d'angelo, my 7 year old cousin quinn tassen, p.s.11q 2nd grade e.s.l., the roots, frank zappa, jaco, taj mahal, ben harper, audioslave, ojays, bob dylan, pharcyde, blackstar, bonnie raitt, the coup, supremes, peter tosh, zig, jimmy smith, rahzel, tower of power, los super 7, hamza el-din, raul midon, juan nelson, preston crump, deadweight, the police, primus, trulio disgracious, the sweet inspirations, not to mention my goddaughter luna, rasberries, wind, home cooked meals, spring, swimming in the ocean, redwood trees, things like that.
love em when they're funny and/or teach me stuff. go see al otro lado.
is unplugged.---"Happy as I ever been, lampin' in the Hamptons like 'what the fu*k is a hammock? The chef up in the kitchen like 'what the fu*c is a sammich? I'm like, 'we gotta find middle ground, we need balance" ---Lil Wayne
a peoples history of the united states, bury my heart at wounded knee, the alchemist, jitterbug perfume, snow crash, open veins of latin america, peace is every step, imagine the angels of bread (and all of martin espada's words), easy rawlins entire series, deep blues, autobio of malcolm x, duende, the white boy shuffle, jesse b. semple stories, beneath the underdog, confessions of a record producer, i know why the caged bird sings, the color of water, wretched of the earth, love in the time of cholera, 48 laws of power (know your enemy), catch 22, motorcycle diaries, black elk speaks, nixon's piano, miles, black skin white masks, the colonizer and the colonized, things fall apart, cryptonomicon, boondocks anthology, where the wild things are, harlem remembers the bronx and everything livingroom johnston writes down, i put a spell on you, another country, zodiac: an eco thriller, en nueva york, sorrow of war, possessing the secret of joy, empire of the ants, calvin and hobbes, botany of desire, motherless brooklyn, my brother, please recommend your favorites
refer to books and music, plus ghandi, harriet tubman, buddha, nat turner, tina turner, his holiness the dalai lama, mlk, richard pryor,bruce lee, charlie chaplin, my grandmother rita, there's many more...