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Videophile

A shadow of a reflection of an image of an illusion

About Me

I am lazy and suck at HTML so I edited my profile with this crap

"Attenuate the light of day
So I can see the lines and details
And not the hazy plastic blur
That floods my eyes 'till I can't see

Let the wind erase me
Like the memory of a kiss
Let these waters take me
Away from all of this

I long for anonymity
To wipe the features from my face
One single moment of escape
Then I can wake myself again

I need a respite from this noise
The distant roar of static oceans
Give me a haven from this bedlam
And let my senses rust away.
"
-Assemblage 23 "Let The Wind Erase Me"

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Your Pirate Name Is...
Lord One Eye What's Your Pirate Name?

I'm a published writer and photographer for love not money, and I no longer need a map to get anywhere in the lower 48.

My Interests

Photography (all images on this page are my own)

New York City, New Orleans (my second home), graffiti and street art, trains (subway and metro), Euro-trash-sports cars, martial arts (Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), Buddhism, Foreign and Independent film, non-mainstream music, poetry (that I'll probably never share with you).

My car is powered by:

I'd like to meet:

Just one last time...at The Sun Shoppe...we could have coffee...

Music:



LOCAL BOYS: THE NOTORIOUS MSG

Currently in my mp3 player: 311, Ani DiFranco, Assemblage 23, the Ataris, Audiophile, Audioslave, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Black 47, Blue October, Brookville, The Chemical Brothers, Cortez the Killer, The Crystal Method, The Cure, DJ Shadow, Death Cab for Cutie, Death From Above 1979, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dropkick Murphys, Erykah Badu, Far East Movement, Fatboy Slim, Front 242, Garbage, Gorillaz, Green Day, HelloGoodbye, Hifana, Incubus, Jay Chou, Jin, Jay Chou, KMFDM, Linkin Park, LL Cool J, Macy Gray, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Medeski Martin & Wood, Meshell N'Degochello, Method Man, Midtown, Muse, Musiq Soulchild, NAS, NOFX, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Notorious MSG, P J Harvey, Portishead, Primus, Prodigy, Public Enemy, The Raconteurs, The Radiators, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Rosetta Stone, Run DMC, Sade, Sakurai Atsushi, The Shanghai Restoration Project, Sonic Youth, Soul Coughing, Static-X, Sublime, Talvin Singh, Tigarah, Violent Femmes, Wumpscut

Movies:

Too many to list. Here are some good ones.
Donnie Darko
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Battle Royale
Un Chien Andalou
Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
The Eye
Cavite
A Bittersweet Life (Standard Edition) DVD
Rashomon - Criterion Collection
Infernal Affairs (Tartan Asia Extreme) [Region 2 Import - U
Cars (Widescreen Edition)
Oldboy
Videodrome - Criterion Collection
Brazil
The Blood of a Poet (Original French) [Criterion Collection
Versus (Special Edition)
Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
Fallen Angels
Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Bomb the System
Once Upon a Time in America (Two-Disc Special Edition)
MPD Psycho (Multiple Personality Detective)
Lost Highway [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australi
Pi
Re-cycle (Director's Edition) 2 disc/gift set
Mountain Patrol (Kekelixi)
Lady Vengeance
Eraserhead
Initial D
Also, ANYTHING from the following: Akira Kurosawa, Ryuhei Kitamura, Takashi Miike, Seijun Suzuki, ChanWook Park, Wong Kar Wei, Jia Zhang Ke, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Leone, John Woo, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Andy Warhol.
MySpace Movie Lists because I'm too lazy to do it myself at MySpace Toolbox !

Television:

I hate television. I rarely watch it. Most TV shows suck. I will watch the following channels: history, discovery, speed, ESPN.

And I do like Futurama, The Simpsons and The Family Guy, but I don't go out of my way to see them.

Books:

You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe.
and
On The Road by Jack Kerouac.

Heroes:

Sgt. Robert Eugene Foster, USAF. http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/f362.htm

My Blog

Chico/reflections/U2K/9 degrees/blahblahblah - NYC graffiti photo blog

Ever have one of those weekends that just goes on forever? Strengthened by the rockstar habit of getting I am currently operating on a combined cumulative score of So, you get the first part of my utt...
Posted by Videophile on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:50:00 PST

Signs of Hamamatsucho - Tokyo photo blog lite

...why? I actually keep getting requests to post more Japan photos.Makes me feel loved. So, what are we on, day 3? Ok, we took the train to Hamamatsucho Station and walked to Zojoji Temple (the last ...
Posted by Videophile on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:48:00 PST

BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING - another published movie review!

...and a warning to y'all Ok, so the movie was a little "light" for Fangoria but we still ran a review on the website. Here is the review that I wrote (and some of you kept online vigil while I w...
Posted by Videophile on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:47:00 PST

Abscond with aesthetic allurements in apathetic alleyways in Gotham - photo blog

I don't know, I'm feeling so very un-creative today and so couldn't think of yet ANOTHER decent blog title for the same old stuff I always post - graffiti taken in random spots in NYC. Maybe it has to...
Posted by Videophile on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:49:00 PST

Cycle World International Motorcycle Show NYC - photo blog

a/k/aAn exercise in frenetic overstimulationa/k/a/The Interminable Ducati Obsession by I. C. Weinera/k/aHow to fill up a 2 GB memory card in 4 hoursa/k/aThis is what happens on 3 hours of sleep and ex...
Posted by Videophile on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:12:00 PST

Dedicated to my friend Bill Van Riper - you will be missed

I didn't particularly like living in Melbourne (a/k/a Melboring), Florida, but I had a small, close group of friends that made my days and nights worthwhile.I've kept in touch sporadically with people...
Posted by Videophile on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:30:00 PST

Muted images from a fog-encased universe

A few images from a lethargic stroll around New York City on a cold, rainy, foggy day. Nothing special to see here kids. Move along now.This picture is specifically for Brandon. If you even read my bl...
Posted by Videophile on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:54:00 PST

Images from the JR Yamanote Line - Tokyo photo blog

Hey, all, I'm back and still slowly uploading photos from the Japan trip. I know you're all heartbroken that it's been days and days between photo blogs. I'm slackin', I know. On a side note, I w...
Posted by Videophile on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:23:00 PST

Intensity. Mental Torment, part 1

All (terrible) poetic drivel and (depressing) imagery by me. Enjoy!Dedicated to...someone...With you I am home   Breath in my ear, soft words caress my skin   In your warm embrace I'm safe &...
Posted by Videophile on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

Surfin' at the NJ shore - January weather anomaly - photo blog of odd

This photo blog is dedicated to all my friends out West who are dealing with snowstorm after snowstorm after snowstorm... Gee, hope I'm not rubbing it in! I'm sure we'll get ours, don't worry abo...
Posted by Videophile on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:46:00 PST