my friends, my dogs (all animals), love, (com)passion, and revolution.. trespassing, transcending the division between destruction and creation, and finding truth in contradiction... trains, travelling, getting respect and love, the library, having too many records but never having enough, getting closer to my food sources, liberating myself and supporting those who want to liberate themselves, building networks of mutual aid, and having fun while working towards sustainability/justice/ harmonious entropy....
I'd like to meet:
people down to build long-term sustainable networks of mutual aid... specifically i'd like to develop a dynamic, yet sustainable, non-profit, collectively-run organic farm (and orchard)/human (and animal) sanctuary/free school/advocacy center/community... but i'm always looking for any new interesting characters and points of view to share a part of this journey with....
Music:
i like lot's of music... generally, music from the soul.. and music that makes my head nod, my hips shake, and my boots knock... currently i'm listening to lots of old timey stuff--country/roots blues and bluegrass stuff... blind willie mctell, scrapper blackwell and leroy carr, elizabeth cotten, hank williams, etc... but i've spent many an hour listening to: syl johnson, lee dorsey, cymande, horace andy, dennis coffey, jack mcduff, the sylvers, shuggie otis, brothers unlimited, gil scott heron, billy childish, the animals, the stooges, the mc5, the rolling stones, hendrix, curtis knight, the yardbirds, the kinks, crimpshrine, op ivy, the functional blackouts, the romance novels, miss mother, the seeds, king khan and bbq show, the standells, the zero boys, the gizmos, the white stripes, the dirtbombs, the clash, t rex, david bowie, the temptations, rufus thomas, james brown, marva whitney, eddy senay, sly and the family stone, bill withers, joy division, jimmy cliff, the velvet underground, elliott smith, robert johnson, sonny boy williamson, woody guthrie, bob dylan (his 1st album is still amazing), against me!, defiance ohio, johnny hobo and the freight trains, whatever the (folk) it takes, the mountain goats, minor threat, embrace, fugazi, bright eyes, desaparecidos, dj shadow, cut chemist, rjd2, blackalicious, peaches, har mar superstar/sean na na, david axelrod, charles mingus, andre nickatina, dead prez, jeru, DITC, pep love, molemen, the coup, immortal technique, roots manuva, common sense, the streets, smif-n-wessun (dah shinin'), asheru and blue black, digable planets, el da sensei, hugh masekela, fela kuti, ali farka toure, antibalas, rusty bryant, herbie hancock, miles davis, the meters, etc.
Movies:
documentaries (fourth world war, the party's over, crumb, rivers and tides, style wars, spellbound, why we fight, pictures of a revolution, pickaxe, this is what democracy looks like, videograf, state your name, etc.) scorcese films (goodfellas, taxi driver, casino, mean streets, etc.) todd solondz (happiness, storytelling, welcome to the dollhouse) over the edge, breaking away, they live, soylent green, donnie darko, waking life, ghost world, carandiru, godfather, amelie, shawshank redemption, buffalo 66, good will hunting, american beauty, breaking away, harold and maude, the usual suspects, rockers, downtown 81, v for vendetta, battle of algiers, city of god (especially the documentary on the dvd), best in show, rushmore, napoleon dynamite, etc. i like the most of the stuff "film movement" puts out on dvd... you can find em all at the library..
Television:
"if you always look out the same window you'll always have the same view" - 1905
THE TRAILER PARK BOYS has been my viewing of choice for a while now...
Books:
i'm currently carrying 6 different library cards.. i read mostly non-fiction with the occasional gonzo/beat/drunken/outlaw literature thrown in for good measure... os cangaceiros translated by wolfi landstreicher, flaming arrows-a compilation of the writings of rod coronado, navigating the space between brilliance and madness by the icarus project, the autobiography of malcolm x, from a native son and pacifism as pathology by ward churchill, the black panthers speak edited by phillip s. foner, people's history of the united states by howard zinn, culture of make believe and endgame by derrick jensen, the monkey wrench gang by edward abbey, illuminatus trilogy by robert anton wilson, hunter s. thompson, charles bukowski, breakfast of champions by vonnegut, story of b by daniel quinn, really the blues by mezz mezzrow, days of war nights of love, gaviotas: a village to change the world, ringolevio by emmett grogan, kerouac, bury my heart at wounded knee by dee brown, the long haul by myles horton, true hallucinations and food of the gods by terrence mckenna, deep cover by cril payne (IF YOU HAVE MY COPY PLEASE RETURN IT...), savage inequalities by johnathan kozol, freedom and beyond by john holt, teaching the restless by chris mercogliano, you can't win by jack black, the anarchist collectives by sam dolgoff, defying corporations defining democracy by POCLAD, kon tiki by thor heyerdahl (one of the first books that made me enjoy reading... aside from the choose your own adventure series), the communities directory by www.ic.org , AERO , Infoshop News , The Anarchist FAQ , and everything at Quiver Distro and The Anarchist Archives are good reads too.....
Heroes:
i'm not down with the concept of heroes--the cult of personalities... but i've got mad respect for everyone who struggles for liberation, and attempts to live fully in each and every moment.... and of course i've got respect for all those who struggle to preserve their sustainable indigenous cultures, and those who strive to develop their own cultures of compassion/sustainability...
