public art spaces. riding bikes. epic guitar licks and dirty electro dance beats! Web Design. On-line Communications and Marketing. Concept Development. also: wood furniture conservation and design. ambiguous art stuff, expert computer systems, non-violence and eco-friendly architectures of all kinds. humanism . anarchistic pragmatism , social democracy, ethical capitalism...huh?...nm. community benefiting endeavors. sharp things! shiny things too!! some favorite reading topics include: internal medicine, microbiology, nanotech, biotech, DIY robotics, software design, psychology, philosophy, sci-fi, graphic novels, beat poetry, hokku.
also: exploring new cities, old buildings, and the natural world everywhere! learning about human cultures. identifying mushrooms. open and easy-going people. people that are curious. people that are interested/ing. people that ARE! sleeping under trees when i still can...
some things i would like to try: rockclimbing, kayaking, more mountain-biking, surfing on a different coastline, microbiology, macrobiology, nutrition, electronics, programming expert systems + intelligent agent software, learning another language (Spanish, French, Japanese, German -to read Rilke!), building furniture, joining or helping to create a co-op artists' studio. some other secret stuff that you'll have to email me to hear about...
I'd like to meet:
a talking slug.
the arctic.
maybe you.
Music:
right now: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. jenny wilson. chromeo. ymck. ram rider. fizzy dino pop! John Williams. SABERPULSE!! crystal castles. glass candy. black moth super rainbow! the octopus project. black octopus lipstick project the specials. the mars volta. yume bitsu. tangerine dream. architecture in helsinki.
recent: of montreal. super love attack! deerhoof. built to spill. eat avery's bones. ghosthustler. the advantage. coheed + cambria. broken spindles. eat tapes. bright eyes. record hop. the undoing of david wright. tussle. damien marley. baptist generals. 2MAI. yacht. the knife. mom. selections by Municiple Audio.
the classics: bjork3. chemical brothers. the beatles. bob dylan. future sound of london. rumbleseat. hot water music. charles mingus. explosions in the sky. godspeed! you black emporers. red hot chili peppers. smashing pumpkins. the doors. mates of state. erase errata. sonic youth. weezer. the postal service. the rentals. B-52's. dj shadow. aphex twin. !!!. orbital. brian eno. underworld. goldie. neutral milk hotel. elliot smith. kid606. kid koala. dan tha wildchild. portishead. fugazi. radiohead. buddy rich orchestra. ravi shankar. submission hold. the scofflaws. the surfaris. blind melon. sublime. wounded infidel. SDF-3. texas noise factory. ASHS. Ladytron. others.
Movies:
"A Clockwork Orange" - Kubrick
"Eyes Wide Shut" - Kubrick
"2001: A Space Odyssey" - Kubrick
"The Godfather I" - Francis Ford Copola
"Apocolypse Now" - Francis Ford Copola
"1900" - Bernito Bertolucci
"The Conformist" - Bernito Bertolucci
"Bande à Part" - Godard
"Eraserhead" - David Lynch
"Akira" - Katsuhiro Otomo
"Ghost in the Shell" - Masamune Shirow
"Night of the Living Dead" - Romero
"Dawn of the Dead" - George A. Romero
"Day of the Dead" - George A. Romero
"28 Days Later" - Danny Boyle
"28 Weeks Later" - Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
"Bladerunner" - Ridley Scott
"Alien" - Ridley Scott
"Aliens" - James Cameron
"Aliens 3" - David Fincher
"Metropolis" - dir. Rintaro, story Osamu Tezuka
"Suicide Club" - Sion Sono
"Daisies" - V,,ra Chytilová
"The Piano Teacher" - Michael Haneke
also "Trainspotting". "Hackers" (haha - i laugh at myself, too...ok, STOP LAUGHING BEFORE I NUKE YOUR BOX, FOOL! d0n'7 m3Zz Wi7 my l337 sk1z1LLZz!). "1984". "The Wall". "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". dorky 80's movies involving computer hacking: "War Games". "Sneakers". "Real Genius". and "Ranma 1/2". "The Life of Brian". "Planet of the Apes" series. old-school sci-fi. epics. art films.
Television:
?!xx#x*! ok...Simpsons, Futurama, Family guy, Aqua-Teen Hunger-Force, Cowboy Bebop, Shonen Jump: BLEACH, Adult Swim stuff, Sarah Silverman Show, Jon Stewart Show, Kids in the Hall.
Books:
currently "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson - awesome WWII/hacker pulp! "Education + the Significance of Life" by Krishnamurti - a rationalist philosophy of education. "Rules for Radicals" - 'a pragmatic primer for realistic radicals.' by Saul D. Alinsky.
"Anatomy of Peace" - Emery Reves
"Escape From Freedom" - Erich Fromm
"On Relationship" - Krishnamurti
"Art as Experience" - John Dewey
"Future Shock" - Alvin Toffler
"Otherland" - series by Tad Williams (awesome! sci-fi)
"Ode to Kirihito" - Osamu Tezuka
"Ghost in the Shell" - Masamune Shirow
"The Maxx" - Sam Keith
"The Sandman" - Neil Gaimen
"Slug and Lettuce" - newsprint by Chris(tine)
Fine Woodworking Magazine
also: Vonnegut. Rilke. Jung. Whitman. Ginsberg! Kenneth Rexroth!! Rumi. Katsuhiro Otomo.
Heroes:
Kevin Barnes. Jeff Mangum. Bob Dylan. Chris Flemmons. Osamu Tezuka. Bob Dylan. Allen Ginsberg.
