Well, Thanks to the chump who decided to hack my page and wipe away allof the info that i had written before, i guess i'll have to start from scratch. Hmmph. i love reading. i always have. i'm an only child so i had to learn to entertain myself and reading was my passport to other worlds, ideas,perspectives, philosophies. Reading eventually led me to writing. I love writing poetry and i just recently and finally own up to the fact that i am a poet. Interests...in no particular order. People wactching, Photography, all sorts of music, live shows, theatre (my first love) movies/films, documentaries, autobiographies, coffee table books, thrift stores, used book stores, used vinyl and cd stores, teas, pro wrestling ( hey i'm from North Carolina, Charlotte to be exact..Ric Flair's hometown Woooooo!!) rassling (heh! heh!). i collect miniature turtles. i dig graphic novels, poetry anthologies, eating, sleeping, flannel sheets, good conversation, TV trivia, public television, traveling. Visual art..collage..., some sketches..though they'll never see the light of day. I will always be a student so i love learning, i love cooking as well and would like to broaden my scope of dishes (more vegetarian meals). Swimming. Relaxation and meditation. Yoga!? Workshopping poems...ect...ect...
Music:
Whew. Where to begin? Well I'll say this. If you want to know what I listen to, check out the radio show that I co-host on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington D.C. Its called Soul Conversations and you can check it out every Friday Night/Saturday Morning from 12:30am to 3:00am. Pls you can hear us online at www.WPFW.org. We got a Myspace page too: www.myspace.com/soulconversationsliveBut here's a sample: Blue Note Jazz circa late 60's early 70's, CTI Jazz early to late 70's. The Native Tongue family extended and other wise. De La Soul, ATCQ, Mos Def, The Roots, J. Rawls, Stone's Throw Artists: MadLib, Quasimoto, Yesterday's New Quintet, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Breakestra, Georgia Ann Muldrow, J-Dilla, Platinum Pied Pipers, Tiombe Lockheart, Burnt Sugar, Malene Younglao,Incubus, Nirvana, Roy Hargrove, DJ Smash, DJ Spinna, DJ Cam, Skalpel, Zero Seven, 4-Hero, Little Brother, DJ Two-Tone Jones, DJ Jamad, Roni Size, SquarePusher, Beady Belle, Alice Russell, Alice Smith, Me'Shell NdegeOcello aka Bashir Shakur, Deborah Bond, Nea'Posey, Muhsinah, Dub-Ell, Opus Akoben, The Cornel West Theory, Asheru, D.I.T.C, Sade, Susheelah Raman, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Fields, Lizz Wright, GiGi, Nina Simone, Andy Bey, The Dirty Drummer, The Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Amos Lee, Lenny Kravitz, Betty Davis, Joi, Chokolate, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Scientist, Lee Scratch Perry, Beres Hammond, Lauryn...Ms. Hill, hell i really miss her. Jean Grae, Yerba Buena, Osunlade, Djinji Brown, N'Dambi, Jll Scott, Erykah Badu, Courtney Dowe, Monica and Marcia McIntyre,Billie Holiday....whew!!
Movies:
Favorite Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Terry Gilliam, Spike Lee, Kasi Lemmons, Carl Franklin, Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, John Singleton, The Hudlin Brothers, Charles Lane, Gina Price Blythewood, Malcolm Lee, Forrest Whitaker, Julie Dash, Steven Spielberg, Frank Oz, Jim Henson Theodore Witcher, Luc Besson, Wong Karwai, Ang Lee.Films: The Goonies, The Last Dragon, Leon The Professional, The Antoine Fisher Story, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, The 5th Element, Boys In The Hood, Fresh, Enter The Dragon, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings,I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, The Hollywood Shuffle, School Daze, Clockers, Hell Boy, Blade I., Spider Man, Ran, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House Of Flying Daggers,Bound, New Jack City, The Brother From Another Planet, X-Men, La Haine, Kontrol, Nught Stalkers, Snatch, City Of God, Bomb The System, Wild Style, Beat Street, The Freshest Kids, Girl 6, Jim Henson's Storyteller, The Dark Crystal, The Chronicles Of Narnia, Love Jones, Hav Plenty, Love, Sex, and Eating The Bones, Loving Jezebel, 2046, Ride With The Devil, Misissippi Masala, The Caveman's Valentine, Love And Basketball, Ray, Braveheart, Howard The Duck ( I know, I know), Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Letter To The President, Fear Of A Black Hat,Bamboozled.
Television:
Not much. PBS. Conan O'Brien, Lost, Charlie Rose, Inside The Actor's Studio, NetFlix.
Books:
whew....I work at a bookstore, I have a library card...what more do you want!?
Heroes:
Mom. Nana. All the Deans women who raised me. Bob Caison, Brother Yao, Tony Medina, Fred Joiner, Alan King, Venus Thrash, Ebony Golden, MLK, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Dorthy Baker, Toni Morrison, Cornelius Eady. Grandpa Hobbs (RIP), Uncle Don (RIP), Truth Thomas, Kali Ferguson, Mumia Abu Jamal, Muggsy Bouges, Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, His Holiness The Dali Lama, Arundhati Roy, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka and Noni Oloniyan..how could I forget you.
