creativity, imagination, intellect, music, film, photography, drawing, literature, painting, sculpture, design, architecture, nature, psychology, philosophy, politics, chess, pool, sports, fine dining, partying, culture, dance, travel, style, history, science, fitness, spontaneity, civility
the wizard
i love jazz, especially from the late 50s to the early 70s. i also like hip hop, reggae (especially heavy dub), afro beat, soul, funk, blues, rock, punk, percussion, turntablism, folk, classical, world/traditional (african, arab, asian, carribean, latin). i make music under the name JDAY with two digital turntables, a mixer, and a drum machine. i record loops, mixes, scratches, drums and basslines all live without any programming or editing.a few of my favorite artists/groups: ERIC DOLPHY, JOHN COLTRANE, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Booker Ervin, Wayne Shorter, Yusef Lateef, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Joe Harriott, Cannonball Adderly, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Booker Little, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Mary Lou Williams, Herbie Nichols, Horace Silver, Ahmad Jamal, George Russell, Bill Evans, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Idris Muhammad, Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey, Anthony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, Cal Tjader, Grachan Moncur III, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sam Rivers, Sonny Rollins, Tina Brooks, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Charles Tolliver, Lonnie Smith, Bud Powell, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Mal Waldron, Sabu Martinez, Ray Barretto, Fela Kuti, James Brown, Eddie Bo, Scientist, King Tubby, Bob Marley,Burning Spear, Lee Perry, Jacob Miller, Augustus Pablo, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Roy Ayers, Robert Johnson, Son House, BB King, Meters, Stylistics, Temptations, Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday, Wu-Tang Clan (Rza, Ghostface), ATCQ, Gang Starr, Common, Outkast, Roots, Eric B and Rakim, JayZ, Beatnuts, Madlib, MF Doom, Jay Dee, Neptunes, Timbaland, Erykah Badu, Antibilas, Baltimore AfroBeat Society, JDAY
Ikiru, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, High and Low, The Third Man, Le Cercle Rouge, Bob le Flambeur, Rififi, Passion of Joan of Arc, M, Battle of Algiers, Diabolique, Godfather I and II, Sword of Doom, City of God, In The Mood For Love, Amelie, The 400 Blows, Shoot The Piano Player, Breathless, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi, My Life to Live, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill I and II, Goodfellas, Amores Perros, Manhattan, Annie Hall, Notorious, Spellbound, The Apartment, Casablanca, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi Driver, Shawshank Redemption, Full Metal Jacket, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, Persona, The Pianist, Matrix, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Hero, Coming to America, Boomerang, Half-Baked, Dumb and Dumber, The Princess Bride, Little Shop of Horrors, The UP Series
the wonder years, the simpsons, star trek, cosby show, martin, family guy, futurama, jeopardy, the chapelle show, in living color, flight of the conchords, the boondocks, the wire, the history channel
fernando pessoa's 'book of disquiet', hl mencken's 'vintage mencken', james baldwin's 'nobody knows my name'. shakespeare is cool. edgar allen poe too. edward gorey. the giving tree (shel). art books. pop up books. i like to read informative literature about my interests (surprise, surprise).