Figuring out new ways of painting on film, working on my dissertation proposal, great shoes, quirky clothes with a sense of humor, trying out every 'Lush' cosmetic ever made...for *free* if possible please, playing with my felines, catching up on old episodes of my favorite shows, looking up weird stuff on Netflix (and finding it!), Balinese chic, wabi sabi, kokeshi dolls, linguistics (on the side), the anthropology of island art, books and records, music music and more music...
I'd like to meet:
Passionate artists from all walks of life (graffiti, tattooists, "traditional" - ha-ha!, etc.), experimental filmmakers, videophiles, eye-people in general (but other senses are welcome too), designers (as in 'of ANYTHING' worth designing, which is just about everything), DJs who love vinyl (let's keep it real for as long as takes it to melt into oblivion ^_^) or not, writers and travelers and writer/travelers, anthropologists without a chip on their shoulder (where are you people?), nihongo no gakusei, did i say filmmakers?, musicians (tres important!), and people who don't seem like they take themselves "too" seriously but take themselves seriously enough to make something positive out of their lives. For those who have figured out that THAT kind of life is a pretty intense ride, and for those who are friends through MySpace, I have posted a f short conceptual film titled RIDE, which you can below...
Music:
Electro n breaks, drum'n'bass, techstep and neurofunk, State of Bengal, Visionary Underground, Asian Underground Massive (YUM!), ol' skool junglism, disco fever, Scissor Sisters, Prodigy, Nortec, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Afro-Cubana, bomba (y no de la que explota), salsa de la buena, Ladytron, Prince, glam, Goldfrapp, Indian (all kinds), Balinese (ALL!!!), Japanese (easy on the J-Pop though), JM Serrat, Ali Farka Toure, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, My Bloody Valentine, old Spanish folkloric and most flamenco, Lush, some classical & opera, Chicago & deep house, grimey, Cocteau Twins, Duran Duran (always!), Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Jimi Hendrix, Mecano, Soda Stereo, Bowie, T. Rex, Caparezza, Lady Sovereign, M.I.A., Fusssion, Tego, el Residente y el Visitante, y por ahi p'abajo...
Movies:
Best films I've seen lately: 'Decaysia', 'Ryan', 'The Taste of Tea', 'Last Life in the Universe', 'Survive Style No. 5', 'Taboo', 'Azumi', 'Ichi the Killer' (Kakiharaaaaa!) ...'Phoolan Devi'...just about any Almodovar film, but especially the old ones (como me flipan las burbujas!), 'Velvet Goldmine', any period film with great costumes! Check out my new film below titledFRUIT
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Television:
Ol' Skool: 'Monty Python', 'Blackadder II & III, 'The Young Ones' - deranged Brit humor slays me every time, 'Anacaona', 'Fuerza-G', 'Battlestar Galactica', 'Sesame Street' & 'The Muppets'Nu' Skool: 'The Riches', 'Samurai Champloo', 'House', 'Adult Swim', 'Family Guy', 'Futurama'PBS
Books:
Waiting for Betony's book to come out!!! (see my blog)
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule, My Cocaine Museum, Laughter Out of Place, cualquier libro del gran Gabo, cualquier poemario de Neruda, todos los relatos de Borges, Las Mil y Una Noches, Alice in Wonderland, Mishima novels, and Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows
Heroes:
Dali (for painting up to 20 hours a day while putting up with Gala even though she hit him), el Gabo y Borges (for writing the best books of my teenage years), mom and Erte (for teaching me to love fabric stores and inspiring me to design), Richard Chalfen (for opening the door to the East for me and for getting me to visit Italy after 14 years of longing and heartache), Quino and Berke Breathed (for making me laugh while teaching me politics), Hildred Geertz (for giving great solicited advice about the ambiguous relationship between art and anthropology), feminist anthropologists (all of the one's I've met or read so far!), Jorge Duany and Archadio Diaz (for being right as a on point about us Puerto Ricans - weeepa!), Jean Rouch (for scaring me into loving film), Maya Deren (same as JR), Susan Meiselas, Diane Arbus, Bill Morrison, Hiroshi Sugimoto (for being a genius), Tadanobu Asano (for being sizzling hot while retaining credibility as an actor), el Beni (for being so damn good at what he does while representing Puerto Ricans so well on the silver screen!), Elizam Escobar (for everything I can think of right now), Isaiah Zagar (for teaching me everything I needed to know about making large scale mosaics en un dos por tres)
