Vince

I'd like to meet:

Supermodels.....oh, and Bill Laswell.

Here are some tunes from my band, Secret Archives of the Vatican

Music:

I love the Global Beats scene, Asian Underground, Asian Massive, Tablatronica, Arabtronica, traditional music from Persia, Turkey, the Arab world, dub, electronica and more.

I like such artists as: Bill Laswell, Natasha Atlas, Ojos de Brujo, Transglobal Underground, Dhafer Youssef, Rachid Taha, Niyaz, dZihan & Kamien, The Spy From Cairo, U-Cef, Cheb I Sabbah, Dub Gabriel, Tabla Beat Science, MC Rai, Azzddine, Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects, Oojami, Aiwa, Clotaire K - hey! You get the gist. Anything with a cool beat and an Eastern vibe.

I play guitar; I have a Takamine EN10C acoustic, a custom-built Jerry Bix strat type, a Godin Glissentar 11-string fretless guitar, a 12-string Fender strat, a custom-built Oakwood octave mandola and some Vietnamese stringed things too, whose names elude me right now. I also have an electric oud which I bought in Istanbul. I play the Jerry Bix through a Roland VG8 and I also have a Fender Super 60 amp.

Movies:

Favourite movies are:

Jay & Silent Bob Strike BackCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonHouse of Flying DaggersKingdom of HeavenThe Princess BrideZoolanderLOTR trilogyHidalgoCasablancaFifth ElementSerenityTimecopSaving Private Ryan

Television:

One nation under god has turned into one nation under the influence of one drug
Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V., it satellite links our united states of unconsciousness apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive the methadone metronome pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day you can flip through all of them and still there's nothing worth watching T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our nation reads books daily why most people think Central America means Kansas socialism means unamerican and apartheid is a new headache remedy absorbed in its world it's so hard to find us it shapes our mind the most maybe the mother of our nation should remind us that we're sitting too close to...
Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V. is the stomping ground for political candidates where bears in the woods are chased by grecian formula'd bald eagles T.V. is mechanized politic's remote control over the masses co-sponsored by enironmentally safe gases watch for the PBS special it's the perpetuation of the two-party system where image takes precedence over wisdom where sound bite politics are served to the fastfood culture where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it race baiting is the way to get elected Willie Horton or will he not get elected on...
Televison, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.V., is it the reflector or the director does it imitate us or do we imitate it because a child watches 1500 murders before he's twelve years old and we wonder how we've created a Jason generation that learns to laugh rather than abhor the horror T.V. is the place where armchair generals and quarterbacks can experience first hand the excitement of video warfare as the themesong is sung in the background sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with a bad actor taste while pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars you saw the video you heard the soundtrack well now go buy the soft drink well, the only cola that I support is a union C.O.L.A. (cost of living allowance) on...
Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Back again, "new and improved" we return to our irregularly programmed schedule hidden cleverly between heavy breasted beer and car commmercials CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S. where oxymoronic language like "virtually spotless" "fresh frozen" light yet filling" and "military intelligence" have become standard T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined like "recession" to "necessary downturn" "crude oil" on a beach to "mousse" "civilian death" to "collateral damages" and being killed by your own army is now called "friendly fire" T.V. is the place where the pursuit of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects where imagination is sucked out of children by a cathode ray nipple T.V. is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple on...
Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Books:

Lord of the Ringsanything by Ian M Banks anything by Jon Courtenay Grimwoodanything by Tim MacIntosh-SmithWitchworld series by Andre NortonHistory and theology, particularly Middle_eastern

Heroes:

Isa al-MasihJohn PilgerMartin Luther KingGlenn KaiserJay & Silent BobAnyone who opposes American imperialism but isn't a terroristElvisJohnny CashHugo ChavezThe crew of SerenityAl Jazeera TV