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Miss L

The Phoenix will always rise from the ashes

About Me

Miss LBased in London but originally come from the most beautiful city in the world - Cape Town, South Africa. Currently working as a writer for SA newspaper in London and freelancing for various publications in SA and soon in London - if you need something covered, I'm your gal!From hip hop, trance, rock, dj interviews, event and album reviews, band and DJ bios, look no further.I love all kinds of music and am half way there into perfecting the art of beat matching - that's if my ADD doesnt kick in again, lolI'm into poerty writing, typography, digital art and a tad bit of film (someone wanna teach me how to make a music vid?- I've got some editing skills, well they were hanging around the last time I checked).Worked for:
Music Industry Online, AfricasGateway, MWEB, Tiscali, Media 24, Iafrica, 365.com, Nature.com, SA TimesI hope to combine my writing with film, a dash of alternative therapy and a sprinkle of motivational speaking/life coaching to offer people some real, no BS advice and practical skills to be the best version of themselves and take their lives to the next level.What's a life worth living in the shadow of yourself? ;-)

My Interests

Writing, Music, Tennis, Film, DJing, helping ppl and just anything creative

I'd like to meet:

People who love music
People who live music
Other writers and creative people
Open-minded and positive folks
Folks in the industry who have a passion for what they do

Music:

Radiohead, Massive Attack, Plumb, Immortal Technique, Tupac, Mos Def, Lady of Rage, Jean Grae, Nina Simone, Nas, DMX, Mobb Deep, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Nirvana, Neva Dinova, Toris Amos, Placebo, Gomez, Damien Rice, Snow Patrol, Amrin Van Buuren, Yoji Biomehanika, Derb plus moooooreeee

Movies:

too many to mention

Television:

Veronica Mars, Roswell, Medium, Scrubs, Weeds, Hustle

Books:

The Zahir, The Alchemist, Celestine Prophecy, Street Kid

Heroes:

Myself

My Blog

Trusting Life

The following is an excerpt from The Practice of Happiness, a book by John Kehoe.I've been looking for two months for somewhere to build my cabin. Nothing I've seen so far has felt right, but I knew t...
Posted by Miss L on Wed, 16 May 2007 02:01:00 PST

The Subconscious Mind  Part 1

John Kehoe - world reknowned speaker, teacher, philanthropist and author of the best seller Mind Power. As many of my readers of this site know, I have been on a three-year sabbatical. This time has b...
Posted by Miss L on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

Letting the Cables Sleep

You in the darkYou in the painYou on the runLiving a hellLiving your ghostLiving your endNever seem to get in the place that I belongDon't wanna lose the timeLose the time to comeWhatever you say it's...
Posted by Miss L on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

I Know It's Over

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well. Enough said. I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Oh ... Oh Mother, I ca...
Posted by Miss L on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:02:00 PST

The Cure

The Cure - LovesongWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am home againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am whole againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I a...
Posted by Miss L on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST

This Love

Craig Armstrong - This Love This loveThis love is a strange loveA faded kind of mellowThis loveThis loveI think I'm gonna fall againAnd ever when you held my handIt didn't mean a thing, this loveThis ...
Posted by Miss L on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST

The mind

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.- John Milton
Posted by Miss L on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:39:00 PST

The never-ending day (& week) ... save me!

Oh dear what a day. What a friggin week! I practically fell asleep at my desk not because I was out partying last night, heck I got under the covers at 8.30pm - I'm just uncontrollaby drained and tire...
Posted by Miss L on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:38:00 PST

Sat night Euphoric Session for some bangin & uplifting trance

Go to www.radiosa.co.uk now and chek out the Euphoric Session with DJ Stephan. Great way to get your Saturday night goin. :-)I'm off to see the wizardCiao,L
Posted by Miss L on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:50:00 PST

The Importance of Music in Our Society

Art and music are basic human functions. Humankind and art cannot function without one another. As humans we always strive to make or create things in any way be it little or small. Also as humans we ...
Posted by Miss L on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:45:00 PST