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Que Onda

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About Me

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Seattle-based XML developer, foodie, film festival enthusiast who likes music, films, food and travel.

Here are some fave sites, in no particular order -- so check 'em out! ;)

CURRENT TV
www.current.tv
UNIVERSES IN UNIVERSE
www.universes-in-universe.de
SPICEBLOG
www.manthatcooks.com
I KNOW WHERE BRUCE LEE LIVES
www.skop.com/brucelee/
XISPAS - CHICANO CULTURE, ART AND POLITICS
www.xispas.com/blog/
WAGAMAMA - POSITIVE EATING + POSITIVE LIVING
www.wagamama.com
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES
beta.amigosinvisibles.com
SMALLROOM
www.smallroom.co.th
GAMA-GO
www.gama-go.com
URBANPHOTO.NET
www.urbanphoto.net/
SHANGHAI FOTOS
www.shanghai-fotos.de
TSUNAMI SUSHI
soapbox.msn.com

Read my epinions reviews of hotels, films,
travel and dining!

My Interests

Sleeping. Eating. Drinking. Climate Change. Film Festivals. Travel. Meeting friends and getting to know people better.
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I'd like to meet:

¿Que onda amigos?
Sailors from Ecuador visiting Seattle in July 2002.
Photo: Eric *G*.

Music:

Inuit throat singing, taiko drumming, Pharoah Saunders, Coltrane, Miguel Migs, Satin Souls, Ernesto, Blue Six, David Alvarado, Mambana, Kaskade, Kruder Dorfmeister, old Chicago house (JM Silk, Frankie Knuckles, Fingers Inc., Jesse Saunders, Xavier Gold), new banda, salsa, corridos, Los Tigres del Norte, Tierra Cali, Paco Pena, Eno, Roedelius, Cluster, D. Moebius, La Dusseldorf, Krautrock, Kraftwerk, Thomas Koner, Fela, Rochereau, Sun Ra, Vinicius, Bossa Nova, Gotan Project, didjeridoo, lounge techno, ambient, old school dubs, King Tubby, Mad Professor, Mikey Dread, X, Thai Pop, Lim Giong . . .

Movies:

La Dolce Vita, The Eclipse, A Bout de Souffle, A Bande Apart, Crossing the Bridge, Yellowknife, East Side Story, El Mariachi, Whale Rider, Rain, Mad Max, Goodbye Dragon Inn, 3-Iron, Tropical Malady, El Cielo Divido, Apartment Zero, Bad Guy, Infernal Affairs, See the Sea, Under the Sand, Swimming Pool . . . Fassbinder, Almodovar, Godard, Kurosawa, Guy Maddin, D. Lynch, Lars von Trier, . . .

Television:

What, TV? I'm busy surfin' the web! Okay, I watch a little: The National, CCTV, and current.tv (it's addictive).

Books:

Currently Reading
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey by V.S. Naipaul.

On the Shelf
works by Richard Rodriguez, Sherman Alexie, Rane Arroyo, Gil Cuadros, Jaime Cortez, Alex Garland, Joseph Carrier, John Fante, Kerouac, Seicho Matsumoto, Gretel Ehrlich, Mike Davis, Robert D. Kaplan, Mark MacDonald, Annie Proulx, Everett Ruess, Allen Ginsberg's Howl, et al . . .

Heroes:

Tony Leung, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung . . . and Hiro! save the cheerleader and save the world . . .

some sites i do:

    Artdish - The Northwest's Forum on Visual Art
    artdish.com

    kinolina - exposing the margins of culture and image
    kinolina.com

My Blog

Thai Pop band Brothers and their fun hit Thaen Kum Wah Ruk

Check out this video by Thai pop stars Brothers posted on youtube.com. is is last year's upbeat pop hit "Thaen Kum Wah Ruk (Together with Love)" which has soulful appeal. Ahhh....
Posted by Que Onda on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:52:00 PST