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Ionides

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About Me

I miss Philadelphia, except for the hostility and murders, that I can do without.You know the Bible 97%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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My Interests

Global history, mainland Southeast Asia, Vietnamese, ethnography, political theory, laissez-faire economics, non-coercion, religion, negative theology, music, ethnic cuisine, film, literature, comics, graphic novels, cats, snakes, lizards, tortoises, traditional conservative and classical liberal/libertarian philosophy (this derives from my temperment, not necessarily ideology, i.e I am not a political partisan), dynamic thinking, baseball and more baseball, professional wrestling, especially the Japanese variety,Mixed-Martial Arts, beer.

I'd like to meet:

A lot of dead people that's for sure. A host of public figures, writers, artists, musicians, directors etc. I'm sure Thomas Sowell would be fun to chat up as would Milton Friedman, Bernard Lewis, Eugene Volokh, Virginia Postrel, Tim Cavanaugh, Clive Barker, Lew Rockwell, Greg Djerejian, James Buchanon, the Tory Anarchist, Sacha Cohen, V.S Naipaul, Brian Doherty Gene Callahan, Dean Ripa, Roger Conant, people who recognize the brilliance of Cabaret Voltaire, love baseball and know the sagacity of the aristocratic anarchist Albert J. Nock. Pretty much anyone I can learn something from. Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko CroCop, Kazushi Sakuraba, Igor Vovchanchyn, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Bas Rutten and any other gentlemanly fighters. Friendly Austinites and Texans. The surviving member of COIL. I've always enjoyed the comedy of Steven Wright, so yeah, he's on the list. Brian Doyle Murray too, because I find his voice pleasant to listen to. And of course, Bob Newhart and Don Rickles because if you don't find them funny, then there's something wrong with you.

Music:

Where to begin? Classic 80's industrial/electro and post-punk, Cabaret Voltaire, Chrome, Gary Numan, Einsturzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, COIL (r.i.p Jhonn), Brian Eno, Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, all the dreamy stuff 4AD put out during the 80's, My Bloody Valentine, Butthole Surfers, Zombi, Curve, Collide, Ministry, Cranes, David Bowie, Bauhaus, Download, Doubting Thomas, Revolting Cocks, Dinosaur Jr. (You're Living All Over Me=pure sonic brilliance), Sebadoh, Pulp, Psychic TV, Human League, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Psychedelic Furs, Nurse With Wound, Scorn (prefer the work with Nik Bullen), Pelican, Neurosis, High On Fire, Electric Wizard, Xinli Supreme, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Replacements, John Cale (Paris 1919, not one bad note to be found on the entire album), Red House Painters, Rapoon along with a lot of the stuff World Serpent and Brainwashed put out, Meat Beat Manifesto, Mentallo & The Fixer, Joy Division, New Order, Lush, Eyeless In Gaza, Naked Raygun, Modern Lovers, Mettalica, Massive Attack, Autechre, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Fad Gadget, Galaxie 500, Swans, Echo & The Bunnymen, XTC, Simple Minds, A Flock of Seagulls, Pink Floyd (pre-Dark Side), Helios Creed (meet the man, shake his hand, he's an incredibly nice guy), Angels of Light, Akron/Family, Slayer, King Crimson, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry solo, Lovesliescrushing, Mercury Rev, Meat Puppets,My Morning Jacket, Magnetic Fields, Killing Koke, Jesu, Ice, James Brown, Jean-Michelle Jarre, The Hollies, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Van Gellis (Blade Runner soundtrack), Half Japanese, Head of David, Gorch Fock, Godflesh, Fall of Because, Final, Goblin, Giorgio Moroder, Severed Heads Fudge Tunnel, Earth, Dr. Octagon, Depeche Mode, Carlos Santana, some jazz, trying to get into Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Depeche Mode and many more that I'm forgetting.

Movies:

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara



Mauricio Shogun Rua caving in the head of the unfortunate Hiromitsu Kanehara.

Kevin Randleman vs Fedor Emelianenko - MMA fight



This is a MMA fight between Kevin Randleman and Fedor Emelianenko in the Pride organization in Japan. Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi, Takeshi Kitano, Truffaut, Wilder, Fuller, Peckinpah (Wild Bunch=genius), Classic Hollywood, 70's U.S cinema, Noir, Italian neo-realism, Satyajit Ray (one would think with a film industry as large as India's would produce at least 1 good movie out of 400, oh well, all the more reason to love Ray). Neo-noir, go see 1983's Tchao Pantin for a good example. Blade Runner, gee, someone who likes industrial music loves this movie, who'd a thunk it? This Is Spinal Tap, Borat, anything with Peter Sellers, Apocalypto, Woody Allen and lots more that aren't springing to mind at the moment.

Television:

King of the Hill (the most underrated and underappreciated show on television) Simpsons, before it went completely downhill, The Office, Seinfeld, 24, Lost, Prison Break and Heroes,Twilight Zone and the news.

Books:

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (brilliant) Human Action by Von Mises (incredible), Hayek's Road To Serfdom, A Theory of Justice, anything by Bernard Lewis. Harry J. Benda (doyen of Southeast Asian studies), sci-fi, the big names, Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke. Victor Davis Hanon's book on ancient Greek warfare. Intend on re-reading the Narnia books now with all the movie hype. Burmese Days by Orwell. Taras Bulba by Gogol, Creation by Gore Vidal. Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy. Stranger In a Strange Land by Heinlen. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Matheson is godlike, truly one of the most inspirational writers ever to live). War With the Newts by Karel Capec (Like Animal Farm? Read this, it's 100 times better) Anything by Clive Barker. The Gardens of Light by Amin Maalouf, Brideshead Revisted by Waugh. Guerillas by V.S Naipaul. My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigura.

Heroes:

Chuck Yeager, parents, Audie Murphy, Eric Hoffer, Ludwig Von Mises (the chap in the photo), F.A Hayek, Dith Pran, Someth May, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Chinny Ky, Milton Friedman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Alan Charles Kors, Congressman Ron Paul, Thomas Sowell, Micheal Oakeshott.

My Blog

How many five year olds can I take in a fight?

I don’t know about you but here’s my score.  http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/fight5" style="display: block; background: url(http://assets.justsayhi.com/badges/101/245/fight5.fid5py egal.j...
Posted by Ionides on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:04:00 PST

The Spiders bite.

Posted by Ionides on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:23:00 PST

Celebrity Colonialism brought to you by Angelina Jolie.

Here's an excellent artcicle courtesy of Spiked Online's Brendan O'Neil on the repellant actions of the one and only kid collecting, professional do-gooding, lousy acting, husband stealing, dilletante...
Posted by Ionides on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:46:00 PST

I hate these things.

I really don't see the point of this. I highly doubt anyone will read this (save for Stefan). Nor do I see how anyone's life will be enriched by learning about my myriad of quirks. That being said ...
Posted by Ionides on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:06:00 PST