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Equis I An

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

You know who I am. That makes one of us.

My Interests

Collecting vinyl (jazz, lounge/exotica, organ, children's, various odds and ends) and vintage 70's stereo equipment.

Current "Back Room" Setup:

    Yamaha CA-610II integrated amplifier Yamaha CT-610II tuner KAB modified Technics SL-1200MKII Turntable w/Stanton 681EEE cartridge Onkyo TA-630D Cassette Pioneer CT-F500 Cassette TEAC A-3300SX Reel-to-Reel Boston Acoustic A40 speakers Beyerdynamic DT880 headphones

I'd like to meet:

"You have to excuse me, I'm seven people away from myself at the moment... but I'm getting closer all the time."
Don Van Vliet

"Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
Bill Hicks

"Faith means not wanting to know what is true."
Friedrich Nietzsche

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."
Mark Twain

Music:

An eclectic mix...

Alien Sex Fiend, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Bonobo, Milt Buckner, Captain Beefheart, John Buzon, David Carroll, Cinematic Orchestra, Buddy Cole, Alice Cooper, Wild Bill Davis, Miles Davis, Lenny Dee, Deutsch Nepal, Four Tet, Peter Gabriel, Dick Hyman, Jaga Jazzist, Eddie Jefferson, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Kid Koala, Fela Kuti, James Last, Enoch Light, Lustmord, Roots Manuva, Charles Mingus, Mr. Scruff, Nils Petter Molvaer, MuZiq, Pete Rugolo, Sir Julian, Skinny Puppy, Ethel Smith, Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, Venetian Snares, Wagon Christ, Tom Waits, Walter Wanderley, Chuck E. Weiss, Bugge Wesseltoft, Wild Man Fischer, Saul Williams, World's End Girlfriend, Klaus Wunderlich, Yat-Kha, Yello, Frank Zappa

... and that's just a small sampling.

Movies:

The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Carnosaur, Cemetary Man, A Chinese Ghost Story, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Death To Smoochy, Evil Dead, Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, Fellini's Casanova, Frankenhooker, Godzilla films, Hammer Horror, Heavenly Creatures, Horror Express, The Icicle Thief, Matilda, Meet The Feebles, Mystery Train, Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, The Thing, The Thirteenth Floor, War of the Gargantuas

There's more but that should keep you busy for a while.

Television:

The Colbert Report, Hell's Kitchen, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

Books:

The Book of Xiantology

Heroes:

Frank Zappa
Ultraman
Gordon Solie
The Electrifying Mojo