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la dolce vita ala somewhere faraway

Aaahh, La Dolce Vita f'n gangsta of love

About Me

a sometime drummer and guitarist looking for an ideal venue and a dreamy singer--like Astrud G or Gong Li. if that scenario doesn't unfold, there's a noir-ish club across from the deserted railway station near the old boarded up temple where mascara streaked girls walk in jasmine scented confirmation dresses. that could be tite...

My Interests

Miles Davis (especially "ascenseur pour l'echafaud") and modern art. all else is superfluous...

I'd like to meet:

a sweet girl with a nice smile and good taste in musee and musik...

Music:

on the iPod includes (in order) !!!, AGF, Air, Albert Ayler, Amiina, Andrew Hill, Annie, Arcade Fire, Art Bears, Astrud Gilberto, Autour De Lucie, Be Your Own Pet, Beach House, Beatles, Bebel Gilberto, Beck, Belle, Bikini Kill, Bill Evans, Birthday Party, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Boards of Canada, Bowling for Soup, Bows, Bratmobile, Brigitte Fontaine, Broadcast, Can, Cat Power, Cecil Taylor, Chantal Goya, Cocteau Twins, Colleen, Dead Can Dance, Dining Rooms, Dot Allison, Dream Syndicate, Dutronc, Efferklang, Elvis Costello, Eric Dolphy, The Fall, Faust, Francoise Hardy, Gang of Four, Gin Palace, Goldfrapp, Gong, Gossip, Grates, Hanne, Heavenly, Heldon, Ida, Iggy, Ilya, Ivy, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jimi Hendrix, Joanna Newsome, John Coltrane, John Zorn, June of 44, Klaxons, Knife, Laika, Lamb, Liars, Lily Allen, Low, Lullatone, Lush, Massive Attack, Max Roach, MC900 Foot Jesus, Melt Banana, Mice Parade, Miles Davis, Mogwai, Mojave 3, Mum, Murcof, My Bloody Valentine, My Brightest Diamond, My Life with the thrill kill cult, Neko Case, Neu!, OOIOO, Pavement, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Prototypes, Public Enemy, Revco, Serena Maneesh, Serge gainsbourg, Sigur Ros, Siouxsie, Sleater-Kinney, Slowdive, Slowly Minute, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Spacemen 3, Stan Getz, Stereolab, Sun Ra, Susumu Yokota, Thelonious Monk, Tiger Trap, TV on the Radio, Velvets, Whiskeytown, The Wreckers, X, Xinlisurpeme and Yeah Yeah Yeahs...

Movies:

nothing much matters after sunset boulevard 'cept mulholland drive and a few godard films... battle royale was pretty good.

Television:

spurs games?

Books:

amelie nothomb, haruki murakami, david foster wallace, marcel proust, f. scott fitzgerald, joseph conrad, raymond queneau, georges bataille and david mitchell

Heroes:

the tragically hip and shallow...

My Blog

missing miles

a couple of weeks ago, miles disappeared. i'm sure he's around somewhere, and i hope to hear from him soon. A cool cat but a bit of a flake. (for the record, miles is my musical alter ego)i've known o...
Posted by la dolce vita ala Tokyo on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:58:00 PST

walking and bfs

walking changed my life. really. for the longest time, i spent my days writing stories, selling guitars, listening to bad bands and even playing in a few. it was enough to drive anyone crazy. and then...
Posted by la dolce vita ala Tokyo on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:07:00 PST

on some days...

on some days, playing the guitar, i think i'm not so bad. and on other days...it's got to be about the feel, or it's nothing. a world can be developed with three chords, if they are played with dynami...
Posted by la dolce vita ala Tokyo on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:38:00 PST