I am fascinated by culture. I am interested in exploring how the artifacts of culture develop and how these artifacts affect culture. (what ever that means) I like reading books of a particular type. I like music. I enjoy traveling. I hope to become a competent Hiker/Backpacker before my next trip to Europe. I guess what I find most interesting, frustrating and, exhilarating are people. Other things I find interesting are: Madrid, Barcelona, Argentina, London ,Amsterdam, Paris, The Loire Valley, The Burgundy region of France, The European Alps, Berlin, Northern California, Vegetarian Cooking, Memetics, The Spanish language Fine Wine, Fine Women, Belgium Ale, Dutch Hydroponics. and Creative Writing.. I guess you could consider that an "interest".
I want to meet people who share at least a few of my interests... people who share my sincere delight in thinking about and discussing Ideas. I'm excited by, and deeply admire people who move past discussing and thinking about ideas and put those ideas into action,making them part of every moment of their lives. I want to meet people who value ideas, and most importantly, people who know how to(and can teach me how to) put the ideas down and do what needs to be done.. (or something)From the most prosiac to the most poetic, ideas and the bodies and minds which contain them, transport them, and trade them are what I enjoy most. Umm..I also get along well with other humans who are willing to(and enjoy) talk about books music films,beliefs, dreams, and hopes fears, and silence, i enjoy people who also enjoy drinking, smoking,eating,loving,singing screaming,laughing,dancing,fuc king,sucking,touching,listenin g.. and a multitude of combinations, permutations and variations of these activites
Minimal Techno, Free Jazz:Mingus, Dolphy, Be- Bop: Bird, Dexter Gordon etc. Cool Jazz: Miles Davis and stuff..umm.. Ed rush & Optical, Marky, Marcus Intallex, High Contrast, Andy C and Drum and Bass in general, Broken Beat, Nu jazz, Downtempo, Deep house, Old Punk, Garage Rock, Old Industrial: Coil, Psychic TV, Einstruzende Neubauten(sic), Hip Hop: Kool Keith, Anticon, Sixtoo, Sage Francis, Aceyalone, Awol one, A tribe Called Quest, Aseop Rock, Rjd2...and umm.. Indie stuff like: Bright Eyes, The Walkmen, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, The Decembrists, Broken Social Scene old 80's and 90's music etc..Joy Division, The Cure, The Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil and stuff.. oh and I LOVE the music of NICK DRAKE, TOM WAITS and LEONARD COHEN ...basically whatever suits my mood
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Spanish and Latin American poetry, novels,and short fiction: Borges, Lorca, Octavio Paz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda etc. French Surrealism and Existentialism: Sartre, Camus, Desnos, Breton, Eulard Etc. Beat Literature: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs etc. umm..lets see..Phenomenology, Zen, Gnostic Scriptures,Taoism..umm..BUKOWSKI.... P.K. Dick, Tom Robbins, Vonnegut and a bunch of other stuff