Thinking outside the box and then reinventing it. A good Gossip (LOL), People, Digital Art, Graphic Design, Venetian Mask Making, Ornamental Design, Photography, Writing, Poetry, Lyrics, Music (singing and songwriting), Languages (I've studied 6 and am relearning French), Metaphysics, Wicca and Witchcraft, Shamanism, Theology, Spirituality, Magick, Paganism, Travel, Astronomy, Reading. I am passionate about all things France and French! I love gaming on my PlayStation and Game Cube (or will do when I bother with a new television LOL!I also am a Consulting Editor, Features Writer and Columnist (at no cost) for a Pan-African magazine based in the UK.
Other Artists (Writers, Creative and Performing), as many Native American brothers and sisters as I possibly can and other aboriginal cultures globally... Je voudrais beacoup d'amis Francaises aussi... Those who really are genuinely open-minded...Acquaintances from deviantArt, HPFandom, FanFiction.net and LiveJournalDream meets: Nelson Mandela, Leonard Peltier, Wes Studi, Alan Wilder, Desmond Tutu, Chris Gardner, David Clennon, Alan Rickman (again), Peter Gabriel (again), Allen Payne, Me'shell Ndegeochello, Aung San Suu Kyi, The Dalai Lama (again), Sheila E, ordinary Palestinians in Gaza, ordinary Lebanese, the families of Admira Ismic and Boško Brkic (Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo), Mumia Abdul Jamal, Maya Angelou, Ralph Fiennes, Thomas Kretschmann, Hugo Weaving, Parminder Nagra, Aishwarya Rai....
There are two kinds of music: one with sound and one without. Jane Child, B21, Manhattan Transfer, Parachute Club, Rossington Collins Band, Lynrd Skynrd, The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, Ish Ledesma, Wu-Tang Clan, Antony & The Johnsons, Robert Palmer, Mes'hell Ndegeocello, Robin Clarke, Alan Wilder, Carlos Almovar, Sheila E., Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Miriam Makeba, Johnny Clegg, Within Temptation, Siobhan Donaghy, MirJennifer Holliday, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Billie Holliday (a late great relation on my grandmother's side), Icehouse, Basia, Prince, Octave One, NIN (Nine Inch Nails), The Monkees, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Mamas and the Papas, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, The Fifth Dimension, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Sade, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, T-Rex, The Libertines, Cock Robin, Robbie Nevil, Shaolin Temple of BooM, Diddy, Snoop, Mary J. Blige, TLC, James Morrison, Mint Royale, Squeeze, Robbie Robertson, John, Waite, Rita Coolidge, Eddie Three Eagles, AIRO, Roger Sanchez, John Legend, U2, Asani, Eagle & Hawk, Estun Bah, Jana, Joseph Fire Crow, Lakota Thunder, Fatboy Slim, Micki Free and The 9, Red Feather Woman, The Sex Pistols, Django Reinhardt, Res, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Miller, Raphael Siddiq, Incubus, Von Bondies, Mylene Farmer, The Mission UK, Goldfrapp, New Order, Joy Division, Aimee Mann, T'il Tuesday, Happy Mondays, Incubus, Placebo, Kate Bush, Jill Scott, Jeff Buckley (I saw him live at Sine and St. Anne's back home in NYC), Luci Silvas, Darren Hayes, Paul Draper, Mansun, Res, Sarah McLachlan, Floetry, Leela James, The Killers, T.A.T.U., Mary J. Blige, Armand Van Helden, Roger Sanchez, Prince, Peter Gabriel, The Upper Room, The Cult, Afro Celt Sound System, Johnny Clegg, Miriam Makeba, The Roots, Angela Bofill, Marco Borsato, The Verve, Volumia, Van Morrison, Billy Joel, Carole King, Janis Joplin, Mamas & the Papas, 5th Dimension, Carpenters, Texas, Coco Lee, Tan Dun, Splite Enz, Selena, Scorpions, Real Life, Scissor Sisters, Roxy Music, Roachford, Richard Marx, Phats & Small, Pretenders, Platinum Blonde, Gene Loves Jezebell, Patti LaBelle, Pat Benatar, Ofra Haza, David Gray, Massive Attack, Texas, Level 42, Falco, Lauryn Hill, KC & The Sunshine Band, K.T. Tunstall, Journey, INXS, Depeche Mode, Gorillaz, Goran Bregovic, Gaelic Storm, Clannad, The Chieftans, Altan, Gavin Friday, U2, Etta Scollo, Evanescence, Alicia Keys, Enya, Emiliana Torrini, Tears for Fears, Elton John, Edwyn Collins, Duran Duran, Shriekback, Staind, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, Alexander O'Neal, Keith Washington, Chris Rea, Bird York, Stevie Wonder, Super Furry Animals, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dandy Warhols, Muse, Primal Scream, Placebo, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Cirque du SoleilDance (esp House, Disco, Ministry of Sound), Post-Punk (i've still got my originals from back in the day), Beggars Banquet record label, Native American, Celtic, Brazilian, Cuban - huge lover of 'World Music; '80s New Wave, Bhangra, Rock, Alternative, Punk, R&B, Ska, Kwaito, Motown, Swing - the list is endless ... if it has a beat I'll listen to it!
Playlist Recommendations
Seeqpod Music
Now Voyager, The Maltese Falcon, V for Vendetta, Irreversible; La Haine (Hate), Brotherhood of the Wolf, United 93, 9-11, Sex & Lucia, What Dreams May Come, The Last of the Mohicans, Baise-Moi, Nine Songs, Jeepers CFavela Rising, Realm of the Senses, Sense & Sensibility, Beseiged, Paris Is Burning, Three Colours Trilogy, Betty Blue, Romance, Intimacy, Cidade de Deus (City of God), Diva, Leon (aka The Professional), La Femme Nikita, La Reine Margot, Sex & Luna , 4 Weddings & A Funeral, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Carrie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Raise the Red Lanter, The Last Emporer, Ma Mere, Amelie, Jean De Florette, Manon Des Sources, Sex - The Annabelle Chong Story, Seven, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, A Night To Remember, West Side Story, Emma, The Crow, Romeo & Juliet in Sarajevo, Central Station, Lower City, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Sea Inside- I love World Cinema especially French, Italian and Brazilian films; Wuxi? Chinese films...Independent cinema including CrashDirectors including Luc Besson, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ang Lee, David CronenbergIn the mainstream - Harry Potter films, Love Actually, Bridget Jones, King Kong, and I loved the Aliens in War of the Worlds (the only thing I liked about that film!)And I love classic films - Fred Astair, Gene Kelly, Clark Gable, Kathryn Hepburn, Better Davis, Paul HenreidThe list goes on and on...
I dont own one at the moment... but I loved Family Affairs, South Park, the British mini-series Pride & Prejudice, The Thorn Birds, Twin Peaks, the Brazilian series City of Men. I loved the History, Arts & Entertainment and Discovery Channels. MTV was great when the focus was actually on music and not dominated by American acts! Classic Game Shows (like Match Game, To Tell The Truth, Liar's Club and Card Sharks), The Gong Show, all Norman Lear Productions (Good Times, All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons etc), Emergency! I even used to like watching Xuxa on Spanish TV in the States! Graham Norton, Ali G, Spooks, Upstairs Downstairs, Bread, Doctor in the House, Doctor At Large, Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served?, Hill Street Blues, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Nanny and the Professor, The Monkees, The Bill, Brookside, EastEnders, Bread, St. Elsewhere
Theology, Spirituality, Biographies, Politics, History, Classical Literature...Currently reading Pride & Prejudice, Emma and Sense & SensibilityRecent good reads included tomes about British Comedy Legend Peter Cook; The Sleepers Awake by Jim Perry, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell; Diana Gabaldon's Cross Stitch/Outlander series; Harry Potter; Who Killed Mr Drum?; A Long Walk To Freedom - Nelson Mandela; Pimp - Iceberg Slim; Dude, Where Is My Country - Michael Moore... - Jane Austen. My reading is extremely diverse!
My Native American Brothers & Sisters, A.I.M., Russell Means, Wes Studi, Terry Longden, Alan Wilder, Angela Bassett, Tyra Ferrell, Laurence Fishburne, Sharon Osbourne, David Clennon, Mario Van Peebles, John Singleton, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, my two little girls I sponsor in Uganda (see my deviantArt gallery), Alan Wilder, Willi Ninja, Pepper Labeija, everybody from the old-school Houses in NYC - the mofo pioneers of Vogueing!, Leonard Peltier, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Leonard Peltier, Aung San Suu Kyi, Madiba (Nelson Mandela), Anthony Sampson, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi, Raffaela Anderson, Anne Rice, Christiane Amanpour, Forrest Sawyer, The Passengers and Crew of United 93, The men of Ladder 1 - Engine 7 in NYC, Jules Naudet and Gedeon Naudet, David Elsewhere, Mylene, Farmer, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Peter Gabriel (again!), Ang Lee, Chow Yun Fat, Michael Moore, Jonathan Breck, Sir Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, The Edge, Michael Moore, Cirque du Soleil, Bruce Lee, the Australian Aboriginal people, Sachems, the Lebanese, the Palestinians, NYFD, NYPD, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Biko, Walter Sisulu, Miriam Makeba, Mumia Abdul Jamal, Maya Angelou, Jill Scott, Leela James, Michael Moore, Neal Gabler, Gene (Gene Gene The Dancing Machine) Patton, Floetry, Jane Austen, The Brontes, Derek Jacobi, Hugo Weaving, Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee, Chuck Barris, Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Robbie Robertson, The Edge, David Easter. All the women of my blood who have gone before me...Survivors...A veritable pantheon...