finding real documentation of people's movements, uprisings, and empowerment/ culture jamming/ D.I.Y. anything/ street art
those dissatisfied with the status quo & working toward a more just and open society that promotes individual creativity and community development. (among others, artist Stella Mars, authors Emma Goldman, Audre Lorde, Bell Hooks, and Assata Shakur.)
i don't really know music like i should. i like massive attack/ radiohead/ denali/ portishead/ bjork/ manu chao/ erik b and rakim/ dj diplo/ cool g rap/ mf doom/ dj shadow/ j-live/ z-trip/ coco rosie/ the gossip/ m.i.a./ yeah yeah yeahs/ ben harper/ ciara/ el cat power/ ten eleven/ sigur ros/ james brown/ we are wolves/ outkast/ dead prez/ tribe called quest/ mos def/ blackstar/ blackalicious/ beatjunkies/ digable planets/ basement jaxx/ gorillaz/ de la sol/ zap mama/ lauryn hill/ the roots/ eryka badu/ res/ missy elliot/ micheal jackson/ the jungle brothers/ le tigre/ deerhoof/ mirah/ neutral milk hotel/ the rapture/ nina simone/ lila downs/ broadcast/ nina simone/ damien marley
the edge of america/ medicine river/ teen witch/ death in gaza/ black cat, white cat/ wave twisters/ city of god/ wild style/ style wars/ little miss sunshine/ the science of sleep/ the freshest kids/ paper moon/ little voice/ the million dollar hotel/ harold and maude/ the triplets of bellville/ jean-pierre jeunet/ spike lee/ the war photographer/ born into brothels/ the yes men/ 16 candles/ the breakfast club/ the princess bride/ run lola run/ benny and joon/ eternal sunshine of the spotless mind/ dance me outside/ smoke signals/ the business of fancydancing/(the original) willy wonka and the chocolate factory/ adams family values/ what to do in case of fire/ party girl/ the life aquatic/ you me and everyone we know/ the corpse bride/ miss sarajevo/ brother to brother/ the terrorist (filmed in india)/maria full of grace ... and any cheesy dance movie
maybe if i had it
books about Art Nouveau, Victorian patterns and artists Mucha, William Morris, Erte, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Scheile. plus Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance" bout life for the working class in India/ Tom Robbin's "Jitterbug Perfume"/"Enrique's Journey" bout a Honduran immigrant to the states/ Naomi Shihab Nye/ Bell Hooks/ Howard Zinn/ Paulo Cuehlo's "The Alchemist"/ Saul Williams/ Patricia Smith/ Guillermo Gomez Pen~a/ Sandra Cisneros/ Leslie Marmon Silko/ Joy Harjo/ Sherman Alexie/ Louise Erdrich/ Henry Miller/ George Orwell/ Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"/ Alduos Huxley's "Brave New World"/ "Assata" by Assata Shakur/ Angela Davis' "Are Prisons Obsolete?"/ Raoul Veinegem's "The Revolution of Everyday Life"/ Hakim Bey's "TAZ. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy & Poetic Terrorism"/ "How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office"/ "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"/ Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar"/ Reinaldo Arenas' "Before Night Falls"/ Eduardo Galeano's "Days and Nights of Love and War"/ Ann Petry's "The Street"/ Richard Wright's "Black Boy"/ Crimethinc./ Adbusters/ Harold and the Purple Crayon/ Harriet the Spy/ James and the Giant Peach/ "Big Up" by Ben Watts/ Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"/ Emma Goldman's "Living My Life"/ "We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism"/ Audre Lorde's "Zami"/ Ruth Ozeki's "My Year of Meats"/ "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides/ "A Cherokee Feast of Days: Daily Meditations" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler/ "Illusions" by Robert Bach/ "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy/ "The Chronicles of Narnia" ...you should give me your lists
ALCHEMISTS who know how to stand up for what they believe and believe in themselves.