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Neshani

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About Me


"Neshani" by Sohrab Sepehri (Farsi translation)

“Where is the friend’s house?”
The horseman asked by twilight and,
The sky paused.
The passerby presented sands, the branch of light that he had in his mouth
And pointed to a poplar tree and said:

“Before reaching the tree,
There is a garden alley that is greener than God’s sleep.
And in it,love is as blue as the feathers of honesty.
Go to the end of the alley which stops at the back of adolescence.
Then turn to the flower of loneliness.
Two steps short of reaching the flower,
Stay by the fountain of eternal myth of earth
And you will feel a transparent fear.
And in the fluid sincerity of the air, you will hear a scratch:
You will see a child
who has gone up the pine tree, to grab a bird from the nest of light.
And you ask him
Where the friend’s house is.”

My Interests

Audioblogs, music, community radio, media reform, bbc news, the free press, reptiles,sunny days after endless rain, rainy days after endless sun, riding my bike, records, love, walking places, herb, shukas mast o khiyar, figs, jasmine oil, fir trees, dustygroove.com, sunday mornings in san francisco, hot summer nights in davis, figuring out the rest of my life, climbing things, falling off things, getting back up, being outdoors, turtles, exploring, salty ocean air, willow trees, deep fall colors, gael garcia bernal, early mornings, genuine down to earth people

I'd like to meet:


beautiful galloping beasts

Music:

The Breaktime Radio Show , KPFA, KDVS , RadioActive Radio , bollywood circa 1960/70, hip hop, soul, anything that gilles peterson puts together... I also like music with heavy beats and a lot of bass

Movies:

Anand Patwardhan films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Office Space, The Corporation, Dazed and Confused, Hustle and Flow, the Shawshank Redemption, Raising Victor Vargas, Reality Bites, Six Degrees of Separation, City of God, American History X, La Haine, Porco Rosso

Television:

remember amp on mtv? too bad mtv blows now

Books:

Wax Poetics magazine, Stranger in a Strange Land, Jitterbug Perfume, Junglee Girl, The Kite Runner, The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, The Four Agreements and anything by Salman Rushdie, Albert Camus, Arundhati Roy, Cornel West, Kurt Vonnegut, Isabelle Allende, Frantz Fanon

My Blog

Davey D on Payola and the Hip Hop Industry

Payola-The Dirty Industry Practice-That's Ruining Hip Hopby Davey DPayola is as old as radio. The legalities have also changed mostrecently allowing legal loopholes. Legal loopholes created playola th...
Posted by neshani on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:07:00 PST

Waxpoetics 5/8/06

Posting my show on radioActive Todays show featured special guest DJ Beatnick from the hear the sounds collective playing sweet sounds for san diego.  Check out his selections and his myspace pag...
Posted by neshani on Wed, 10 May 2006 10:24:00 PST

Waxpoetic Playlist 4/24

  Posting my show on radioActive You can download an MP3 of the show hereKing Britt - A day in the lifeDarondo - Sure know how to love meShuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (One Rascal Extended M...
Posted by neshani on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:28:00 PST

Waxpoetics 4/3

The show didnt record today - but heres the playlist..DJ Krush f/Boss MC - Candle ChantFat Jon - Back Seat AnonymousRae & Christian f/The Pharcyde - Ain't Nothin LikeBonob...
Posted by neshani on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:39:00 PST

Waxpoetics Playlist + Downloads 3/6

Posting my show from tonight on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.Saul Williams - Not In Our NameJali D - Take Ya Back Digable Planets - PacificsPlatinum Pied Pipers & Tiombe Lo...
Posted by neshani on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:49:00 PST

Waxpoetics - the many sounds of J Dilla...RIP

Rest in Peace James Yancey a.k.a. Jay Dee, Feb 7 1974-Feb 10 2006.Posting my show from Monday 2/6 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here. This Weeks show was dedicated to the memory ...
Posted by neshani on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:02:00 PST

Waxpoetics Playlist 2/6/06

Posting my show from Monday 2/6 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here. this monday's show was dedicated to the preservation and evolution of traditional african music and afrobeat/afr...
Posted by neshani on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:58:00 PST

Waxpoetics Radio 1/16/06

Posting my show from Monday 1/16 on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here.The Roots - Melting PotRoisin Murphy - Slow Into YouThe Breakestra - HidingSoul Vibrations - The DumpThe Isley B...
Posted by neshani on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:34:00 PST

Waxpoetics Radio 1/9/06 radioactiveradio.org

Posting my show from tonight on Radioactive. If you want to download it, click here. Quantic Soul Orchestra f/Alice Russell - Hold it Down Colossus f/Capitol A - Inner City Digable Planets - Three S...
Posted by neshani on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:17:00 PST