People::: Music. Dance. dancing, dancing, dancing... Art. Architecture. History. Future. Fashion. Design. Style. Scandel. Theatre. Books. Writing. Science & Medicine. Natural Medicine. Snowboarding. Hiking. Watching skateboarders. Learning to surf. Marketing - cuz it's so dang easy! Seeing an idea through to fruition. Making a difference. Traveling. Cities. Life. E V E R Y T H I N G. (almost) --- ---
Everyone. Let's see if this genius concept Tom & his friends have devised is really gonna connect everyone... I managed to successfully avoid Friendster, will Tom here make Fortune 500..?
MAN - is it really possible to make this concise? Nope, doubt it. So I guess 1st is rhythm, plain rhythm - so basic, yet the endless heartbeat of it all... traditional drumming, particularly African rhythms. Next comes all else: Soul, Funk, Motown, Jazz (everything but "easy listening" - what is that crap anyway?! - is it just too much to have to think when listening to music?!), Philly Sound, funky New Orleans jazz, Detroit electronic dance music, TRUE Hip-Hop, TRUE House, Fusion-anything, Classical pieces that tell a full story, the power of being smack in the middle of a full orchestra... Hugh Masakela's "Train to Johannasburg", Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, The Roots, Erykah Badu - my GIRL, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Jr. Gong, Stevie-Stevie-Stevie, Michael, poor Michael, Parliament, the Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Ben Harper, Groove Collective, Botfly, Musturd Plug, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime, Gwen Stefani - don't care what anyone says, Dr. Dre's beats, The Average White Band, Talking Heads, Yaz, The Police, The B-52's, Brazlian Girls, Everything But the Girl, Lazy Dog, Zero 7, Bjork, Tortured Soul, Fertile Ground!, the Platinum Pied Pipers, ANY dirty, funky Jay Dee beat, Mos Def, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Kurtis Blow, Moodymann/KDJ, Nikki O, Straight Ahead, the Soul Rebels, Common, Jill Scott, Joss Stone, Slope, Cybotron/Model 500/Juan Atkins, Kraftwerk, Los Hermanos, Amp Fiddler, Paul Randolph, Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ursula Rucker, Bebel Gilberto, Sade, Angie Stone, Slave, Plantlife, Sting, Sun Ra, John Arnold, Ayro, Recloose, Jazzanova, Sundiata OM, Craig Huckaby, Sundiata Keita, Suwande Keita, James Brown, Jamiroquoi (live!), Dwele, Talib Kweli, Ab/Nrml, Joe Claussell, Osunlade, Elements of Life, John Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Roy Ayers, Prince, Bootsy Collins, Madonna - don't carr whatchu say, Depeche Mode, Alexander Robotnik, Malik Pittman, Norm Talley, Mike Huckaby, Delano Smith, Jovante, Billy Love, The Detroit Experiment, the Thornetta Davis Band, Marcus Belgrave, anything Detroit Beatdown... DJs that never fail to make me sweat: Mike Clark, Stacey Pullen, Rich Medina, HouseShoes, DJ DEZ, Malik Pittman, Rick Wilhite, Theo Parrish, Norm Talley, Kai Alce, Kemit, Ron Trent, Waajeed, Osunlade, Danny Krivit, Joe Claussell, Edwin Fabre...CHECK THIS: http://www.imeem.com/people/fwPFlHQ EPIC. PURE INSPIRATION.
The GOONIES, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Neverending Story, The Breakfast Club, Heathers, Dogma, Dead Poets Society, Crooklyn, Being John Malkovich, The Game, Hotel Rwanda, Fight Club, Frida, Basquiat, Surviving Picasso, Momento, Dancer in the Dark, Crash, WAR / DANCE, anything Michael Moore, anything John Waters;
Sex & The City, The King of Queens, Boston Legal, The Simpsons, South Park, Chapelle Show, Project Runway, The Boondocks
Anne of Green Gables, Jitterbug Perfume, The DaVinci Code - yeah, I admit it, the 48 Laws of Power, Jambolayah,
Anne of Green Gables, Lara Croft, Katherine Dunham, Jane Goodall, Frida Kahlo, Patricia Field, Zap Mama, Amp Fiddler: Now THIS is HOMETOWN LOVE!!! 3 cheers for Amp! We Believe in You, Amp! {PS: we were in that video shoot - crowd shot - @ 1515!} <<< >>> *** ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||