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flower vato

If the insects wont eat it, then why should we?

About Me

Co-host and alternate w/ Scott Soriano for a radio show every Tuesday, 11PM-midnight at KDVS 90.3 FM. Here's the link.... Tripping w/ the Rebel Kind, KDVS 90.3 Dance Party every Wednesday night at the G Street Pub in Davis, 10pm, free Spinning soul, funk, jazz, reggae & latin grooves from the 60's & 70's. Also play with Art Lessing, Night Nurse & Eat the People(RIP) whom I love very much. Please check them out on My-Space./

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My Interests

the bonobo apes, William Riech, listening to music with candlelight or in complete darkness, live music /shows, practical jokes/pranks, day dreaming, dreams, cooking, movies without tainted hollywood bullshit, nature, thrifting, flea markets, art, making somethin from nuthin, dj'ing, spirits, mind altering substances, halucinations, the virgin mary as vaginal shaped goddess figure, death and what comes after it, the end of the world 2012 (mayan calandar), honest conversation, mushroom hunting, salvia divinorum, absinthe, night terrors, the sea, i-ching, tarot, sleep, world travel, art, synchronicity and rebellion.

I'd like to meet:

People who aren't afraid of their own dookie. People who aren't too afraid of death, life lovers.

Music:

Keep coming back to these two albums. Never tired of them....Grouper Art Lessing - "Hook Echo" Don Cherry's "Orient" Ark Spurting Blood "Songs For Shipwrecks" the new Herb Diamante (soon to be released), moondog, climax golden twins, los llamarada, xyx, no trend, skull flower, nothing people, omar korshid, eric b., epmd, alas alak alaska, eet, ifsch, magic carpathians, goat girl, gowns, luis gasca, afrirampo, gal costa, houndog taylor, wire, hermeto pascoal, inca ore, milton nasciemento, dead raven choir, mainliner, little beaver, acid mothers temple, labial fricative, orlando owoh, au pairs, uptight, debris, dr.alimantado, the dave howard singers, joe cuba sextet, plants, the godz, faiyaz khan sahib, chromagnon, lsd march, kim fowley, les raizelles de nudes, green milk from the planet orange, wes montgomery, jack rose, mellisa nadler, yusef lateef, the dendrites, smegma, fushitsusha, trio, jennifer gentle, pucho & his latin soul brothers, sunshine songs, alan millman sect, F.I., militant childrens hour, dr. alimantado, can, the wooden cupboard, dead western, eugene chadbourne, spires that in the sunset rise, dmbq, funkadelic, the headhunters, war, dr.john & nightripper, tuxedomoon, the fall, snakefinger, pierre henry, os mutantes, airto & flora purim, sonic youth, scratch acid, thinking fellers union, chrome, sun ra, pharoah saunders, alice &; john coltrane, lord buckley, caroliner rainbow, sally strobelight, dick hyman, lucia pamela, art lessing, sun city girls, hunting game, the twinkyz, sexy prison, fela kuti, lisandro meza, arsenio rodriguez, terry riley, faust, neu, harmonium, cluster, brian eno, kieji haino, swell maps, anla courtis, curtis mayfield, sly stone, james brown, stevie wonder, mongo santamaria, willie bobo, eric dolphy, psychic paramount, chico hamilton, eddie harris, rhassan roland kirk, gabor szabo, sunburned hand... flipper, leather nun (early), bauhaus, joy division, birthday party, bongo joe, bo diddley, howlin'wolf, motorhead, the damned (early), stooges, archie shepp, cecil taylor, crazy horse, creedence clearwater, janis & big brother, west coast experimental pop art band, 50 ft. hose, gal costa (early), sandy bull, il gruppo, amor fati, billy holiday, duke ellington, gun club, cramps, dream syndicate (early), opal, hawkwind, sonny boy williamson, otis redding, hugh masekela, velvet underground, television, bruce haacke, anttenaes errupt, james chance, tales of terror, butthole surfers (early), factrix, throbbing gristle, flying lizards, a certain ratio, this heat, abbey lincoln, the last poets, gil scott heron, albert ayler, art bears, teenage jesus &; the jerks, lydia lunch, live skull (early), diamanda galas, mission of burma, lubricated goat, tall dwarves, chris knox, X (australia), feedtime, spacemen 3, jb hutto, bukka white, true west (1st ep), cocteau twins, nurse with wound, john fahey, living breathing music, mininokoto, m.b., luxurious bags, the boredoms, minutemen, modern lovers, pere ubu, cosmic jokers, birthday party, willie colon, steely dan, led zep, little richard, big joe turner, lionel hampton, red kross (1st ep/born innocent), ghost, savage republic, azalia snail, strappling field hands, screamin' jay hawkins, hazil adkins, link ray, the skaters, early floyd, tyranisaurus rex, syd barret, pink fairies, edgar broughton band, bobby brown (early 70's), bowie (select lp's), royal trux, sonny sharrock, mc5, 13 floor elevators, love, the seeds, the stones, the frogs, my whole hand was wet, Paula Abdul (singing into Sally's muff), etc. etc.

Movies:

(before City of God, there was) Pixote, night of the hunter, the education of sonny carson, mondo balordo, midnight cowboy, coffin joe, a face in the crowd, santa sangre, the wanderers, satyricon, private parts (1972 paul bartel), the black orpheus, lolita, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, performance, koyaniskatsi, baraka, they live, paper moon, night of the hunter, angels with dirty faces, one flew over the cukoos nest, little big man, the swimmer, mean streets, taxi driver, los olvidados, the loved one, holy mountain, el topo, city of god, pixote, the fast runner, aguierre wrath of god, princess mononoki, spirited away, ray, coolie high, the tenant, rosemary's baby, the bicycle thief, la dolce vida, amores peros, y tu mama tambien, waking life, all the monty python movies, raging bull, the killing, dr. strangelove, freaks, freeway 1 & 2, kids, welcome to the dollhouse, storytelling, happiness, all of david lynch, gummo, raising victor vargas, battle of algiers, i am cuba, city of lost children, style wars, office space, orgasmo, where the buffalo roam, fear & loathing in las vegas, repo man, scorcerer, jacobs ladder, rififi, black cat white cat, latcho drom, time of the gypsy's, I shot andy warhol, japon, etc.

Television:

I rarely watch it, but when I do, this be what I dig....Boondocks, Wonder Showzen, Ali G., Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dave Chappell, currently not impressed with much else. Please never ask me to check out "the game". You will not like my response.

Books:

a war of witches, drugs are nice, the royal family, straight life, revolt of the cocaroach people, diary of a brown buffalo, the I-Ching, sidhartha, the monkeywrench gang, straight life, man myth and magic, the book of saints, hells angels, the family, borges' anthology, any william burroughs, zodiac, among the thugs, diary of a metaphysician, confessions of victor x, soul on ice, manchild in the promised land, any bukowski, the power of myth/or any joseph cambell i can get my mits on, the road to tamazunchale, chief lamedeer- seeker of visions, black elk speaks, The Other Hollywood

Heroes:

Phoolan Devi, william reich, mickey rat, sun ra, the cast of "Freaks", sitting bull, geronimo, malcolm x, acid mothers temple, john coltrane, hermeto pascoal, the black panther party, james brown, ray charles, oscar acosta, black elk, chief lamedeer, the american indian movement, dr. sweet (early 80's funk dj), diego rivera, emiliano zapata, any saint, mystic, or prophet that stood by their convictions at the face of death.

My Blog

After 23 years....

....she still sends neat stuff in the mail. Life is so cool. I need to send stuff back.
Posted by flower vato on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:20:00 PST

Art Lessing interview on Music Emissions

Since the day Dan Quillan's father brought a guitar home for him from a garage sale, he has been exploring found, random sounds and mixing all those unexpected blessings into a formidable hoodoo bre...
Posted by flower vato on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:42:00 PST

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists: (reposted from Simone Wanderlust/ Javier)1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should so...
Posted by flower vato on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:01:00 PST

Moz Angeles

Their Charming Man Dispatches from the Latino Morrissey love-in By Gustavo Arellano Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:00 am ..> Illustration by Kathryn Hyatt..>YUMA The crowd chants, "Me-xi-co!...
Posted by flower vato on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:55:00 PST

Wassup Rockers? - Larry Clark interview

Wassup RockersInterview by Andrea Dudley Perverse. Raw. Voyeuristic. Provocative. Mention Larry Clark's name and people say these words. From Kids to Ken Park, his portrayals of the underbelly of te...
Posted by flower vato on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:56:00 PST

Night Vibration

Last night while I was sleeping I felt a vibratrional energy subtly come over me. Usually I wake up right away, but this time I let it creep in more than usual to see what would happen. The pulsa...
Posted by flower vato on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:50:00 PST

Yahwerin

Erin was once a front gunner for the now defunct, Eat the People. Though she's never dabbled in psychedelic drugs, she brought a very unique dynamic to the band. Dishing out some of the...
Posted by flower vato on Fri, 19 May 2006 01:28:00 PST

Sun City Girls interview

Third Eye Staring ContestRick Bishop interview by Tim Bugbee (May 1999) They came from the midsection of the country, Michigan specifically, but publicly surfaced from the inter-region where the parch...
Posted by flower vato on Wed, 10 May 2006 03:36:00 PST

Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate, transcribed from KDVS radio interview

Transcribed by Andy Pastalaniec  Interview by Larry Rodriguez     Larry:  What years were you here at UC Davis and were you majoring in anything during the time you were here? &nbs...
Posted by flower vato on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:09:00 PST

"Love Music" originally printed in KDViations winter issue, last year

Love Music By The Flower Vato                  When I was 18, I used to have this comp tape that had soul oldies on one side, (WAR, Al...
Posted by flower vato on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:10:00 PST