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Javad

About Me

I am a citizen of the world. I enjoy existing. I write a lot. I read often. I like reflecting and progressing. I am addicted to music. I love reaching for the sky and bowing to the ground. I am my own hip-hop crew (www.myspace.com/eyeoflayman). I love flowing like the billowing breeze. I strive to be beyond myself.

My Interests

Baha'i Faith, Music, Writing, Flowing, Reading, Learning, Teaching, Photography, Hiking, Biking, Listening, Hearing, Reflecting, Conversing, Communicating, Connecting, Collaborating, Growing, Deepening, Studying, Philosophizing, Internalizing, Discovering, Wondering, Realizing, Recognizing, Progressing, Uplifting, Pondering, Feeling, Existing, Serving, Loving, Transforming, Focusing, Systematizing, Being

I'd like to meet:

People, sometimes.

Music:

Well now you've done it:

Hip-hop: Illogic, Aesop Rock, Saul Williams, Common Market, RA Scion, Blue Scholars, Emanon, Half Caste, Breakdown Boys, Wine Poetry, Sol-illaquists of Sound, Sweatshop Union, Cannibal Ox, All-Natural Records, Rakim, The Coup, Atmosphere, Sage Francis, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Eyedea, Diverse, Living Legends, Poor Righteous Teachers, KRS-One, Deep Puddle Dynamics, Sole, Dose-One, Alias, Blueprint, Greenhouse Effect, Mr. Lif, Buck 65, Josh Martinez, Lightheaded, Latryx, Typical Cats, Immortal Technique, J-Live, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, Del, Hilltop Hoods, Jehst, Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, Anti-Pop Consortium, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprsy
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Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie, The Bad Plus, Andrew Hill, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Mulatu Astatke, Fela Kuti, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Vandermark 5, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck
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Ambient/Beats/Electronica: Boards of Canada, Amon Tobin, DJ Krush, Dagda, Secret Garden, Mehdi, Cinematic Orchestra, Boom Bip, Dan the Automater, Dzihan & Kamien, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Zero 7, Theivery Corp, DJ Shadow, Alias, Ant, Sabzi, Sixtoo, Blockhead, Bonobo
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Raggae/Dub: Bob Marley, Luciano, Morgan Heritage, Buju Banton, Israel Vibrations, Jah Cure, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Warrior King, Toots & the Maytals, Abyssians, Mad Professor, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry
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Some more stuff: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Tool, Sufjan Stevens, Floater, Bela Fleck, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scott-Heron, Portishead, Halou, Tierney Sutton, Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Kevin Kern, Ravi Shankar

Movies:

Hal Hartley movies (Book of Life, No Such Thing), Yes, City of God, Baraka (and movies like unto it), Waking Life, Tape, and others too, probably.

Television:

Lost, Simpsons, Jon Stewart

Books:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence, Brave New World, The Universe Within, Minimalism, 1984, Ishmael (and any other by Daniel Quinn), By The River Piedra I Sat and Wept (and any other by Paulo Coehlo), Choke (and any other by Chuck Palahunik), Can't Stop Won't Stop, Edgar Allen Poe, Rumi, The Seven Valleys (and anything by Baha'u'llah), The Secrets of Divine Civilization (and anything by Abdu'l-Baha), The World Order Letters (and anything by Shoghi Effendi), Theif in the Night, and others

Heroes:

my dad, my mom, my grandmas, my friends

My Blog

My Blog is Elsewhere

For anyone who wanders upon this blog entry section on my myspace profile, you will notice that there is a severe lack of any blog entries. However, fret not, for I do indeed have a blog, and you may ...
Posted by Javad on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:13:00 PST