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Brian

Yin and Yang

About Me

Yin and Yang

it's all about balance... I strive to balance my professional life with my artistic life, (singer/songwriter/guitar/bass) my work with play, the give with the take, the good with the bad. juggling it all can be hectic at times, but it's never dull! life's too short for boredom. The present is a gift... think about it and live for the now.

My Interests

playing music, listening to music, dancing to music....being active (working out, hiking, tennis, biking, surfing, etc...) cooking, fine dining, museums, amusement parks, finding cool new spots in LA, spending money!, meeting new peeps, texas hold 'em, Costa Rica, learning spanish, bringing the funk, cool peeps, good conversation, thinkers, those who question authority, hating the GOP and what it's done to my country, reading, writing, movies, completing my giant robot to take over the world! *snickers diabolically*, and most of all, loving Tunisia and caring for our wonderfully adorable little girl...

I'd like to meet:

Looking for some down-to-earth people, (preferably musicians and /or artists) to hang out w/ and further explore SoCal. One can never have too many friends! Intelligence, creativity, wit, and passion are a must...

Music:

Motown, Funk, Soul, Reggae, R & B, Jazz, Latin, Brazilian, Singer / Songwriter stuff mainly - basically anything that grooves - Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Steve Wonder, Sly Stone, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Coltrane, Miles, Monk, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Jobim, Buena Vista Social Club, Steely Dan, Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Nikka Costa, D'Angelo, Jeff Buckley, Nirvana (still), Chris Cornell, Weezer, Zeppelin, the Stones, and on and on...

My babies



Movies:

Tarantino to Capra - anything well made..... Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka, LOTR (sorry - I'm a geek like that!), Pulp Fiction, Star Wars (the original), Scarface, The Godfather, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (original animated not Jim Carey), South Park - The Movie, Spiderman and Superman (still have my childhood comics), Disney, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Manchurian Candidate (again the original), Ocean's Eleven (Rat Pack - are you sensing a trend here? I'm not fond of remakes...), No Way Out, Memento, Resevoir Dogs, the list goes on and on...

Television:

Yes - that's us on your TV...

I Rarely watch - but TiVo some things... The Daily Show, Celeb Poker, Chappelle... No Sitcom's! (I can watch the 1st ten minutes and tell you how it's gonna end) [exceptions - Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and South Park]

Books:

Charles Bukowski, J.D. Salinger, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Oscar Wilde, Edward Abbey, Shakespeare, Byron, Keats, Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Herman Hesse, Stephen King, John Irving, JRR Tolkien, Michael Crichton, J K Rowling, Dr. Seuss, etc...

My Blog

Three certainties in life...

Three things are certain in life people - Death, Taxes, and return engagements at The Kibitz!As the 1st two of these aren't very pleasant, come enjoy the 3rd Friday 4/14 and weep with me over our tax ...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:30:00 PST

Masquers Cabaret 3/29!

Brian Rifew/ very special guests:Olises Naranjo - drums&Richard Guttenberg - bass@ MASQUERS CABARET8334 WEST 3RD STREET,WEST HOLLYWOOD,CALIF 90048 RESERVATIONS - (323) 653-4848 $5 cover March 29th...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:53:00 PST

St. Patty's @ The Kibitz - It's my birfday! :)

Got any Irish in you? Would you like some? :)   Join us for a good, old fashioned, kosher, St. Patty's Day at The Kibitz Room  next Friday, March 17th and help me celebrate yet another birt...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:05:00 PST

Live @ The Kibitz w/ Moses Ingersoll and Olises Naranjo!

                          That's right folks! It's the 1st show of the&nb...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:31:00 PST

Lava Lounge Mon 11/14 - 9pm y'all!

Lava Lounge November, 14 2005 at bobby joyner and the sundowners, pistol opera, brian rife1533 n la brea ave, hollywood, CA 90028Cost: $5 (or free w/ guest list - contact me!)Show starts @ 9pm the ski...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:55:00 PST

Brian Rife @ The Kibitz Room, Friday - Sept 16th

Once again at your favorite spot and mine! I'll be performing a solo set opening for my good friends The Grievous Angels.When: Friday, September 16th @ 9pmWhere: The Kibitz Room419 N. Fairfax Ave.Los ...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:53:00 PST

Brian Rife solo @ The Kibitz Room next Friday 6/17

"What, Again?" you say? That's right baby! Because the last time was such a sucess (and thanks again to all of you who came!) I'm doing it again... I'll be performing a solo set opening for ...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

drinkin' - words from the wize...

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. --Frank Sinatra When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up read...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I like Ike...

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. The...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

No Dentist Left Behind

This came from John Steinmetz... some of you have read his research papers. Maybe this will ring a bell about learning by analogy. Professor Doreen Nelson Subject: No Dentist Left Behind I th...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST