Music:
Member Since: 10/11/2004
Influences: Lately, would have to be Jesse Rose, Dave Taylor, Lee Mortimer, Speaker Junk, and the rest of those crazy fidget bastards; The Sound Republic, Troydon, Swirl People, Justin Martin, Claude Von Stroke, Jacob London, Bryan Jones. In "the formative years" it was artists like Green Velvet (Cajmere, Half Pint, etc.,) Technotronic (First CD I ever bought,) M.A.R.R.S., Josh Wink, Fatboy Slim, Orbital, Mr. G., Linus, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Derrick Carter, Derrick May, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, The Jungle Brothers, Joey Beltram, Fries & Bridges, Phil Weeks, Hector Morales, DJ Pierre (I love that 303), Traxx Records, Daft Punk, Mark Farina, No Assembly Firm, Inland Knights, Da Sunlounge, Brett Johnson, and all the other DJ's, producers, and record labels who have rocked my socks off . . . Outside of the house realm; The Beatles, Heart, The Edgar Winter Group (just the song Frankenstein, which first introduced me to the sound of the synthesizer), Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, George Martin, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, The Doors, Jethro Tull, Supertramp, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Giorgio Moroder, Salsoul (the orchestra, but more importantly the label,) Blondie, Loleatta Holloway, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Curtis Mayfield, Biz Markie, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Herbie Hancock, Grand Mixer DST, The Beastie Boys, DJ Hurricane, Run DMC, Jam Master Jay, KRS-One, Kool Keith, Dr. Dre, Biggie Smalls . . . Michael Jackson (Single most influential artist, Billie Jean is my favorite song of all time,) Madonna (I LOVE Madonna), Prince, Thomas Dolby, all sorts of new wave, Depeche Mode, Yaz, INXS, Afrika Bambaataa, Italo Disco!, David Bowie, Eurythmics, King Tubby, Lee Perry, Sly & Robbie, Mix Master Mike, DJ Qbert, and, of course, Bruce Lee.
Sounds Like: House music! From deep and techy to bleep and peppy, I spin it if I like it.
Favorite Things
The color blue (all shades), the number seven, house music, my cat Bruce, fishing, being outdoors, tex-mex, tequila, Pacifico, things that are slightly obscure and completely unique, well directed films, sunshine, passion, beauty, desire, and love.
Poignant Quotes
"Take things always by their smooth handle."
--Thomas Jefferson
"Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech."
--Benjamin Franklin
"The ego is not master in its own house."
--Sigmund Freud
"Know thyself."
--Socrates
"For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly."
--Don Juan Matus
"In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the way toward flying up into the air, dancing."
--Friedrich Nietzsche
". . . I will be happy. . . The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
Record Label: Scorpio Records
Type of Label: None
