In 8th grade I choreographed a dance for a group of friends to perform in the talent show. I was too shy to join them, but it I think it did have some of these moves:* * * In 2007 I practice these moves at Solace at midnight: * * * (Jill Parker's Ultra Gypsy)
I'd like to meet all my FRIENDS at the BAR on MY CORNER (NGO HUE and NGO THI NHAN) on FRIDAY NIGHT.
I grew up listening to 100% ((RAP))!! (Thanks Ricky J! www.DJ14K.com) With some soft rock thrown in (Thanks Mom) ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------Hip hop (Quannam), dancehall, qawwali (NFAK), DJs: Pam the Funkstress, Triple Threat, Future Primitive, Renel since the 80s, Day Old Donuts DJs been sharing my musical taste since the mid-90s, Diplo, Soulsalaam, Dub Gabriel, punk rock (Minutemen, old DK), surf, garage, Arabic pop, Turkish pop, old R&B, old ska, 90's britpop, dub, Baile Funk, soul, Asian Massive, old blues, Ninja Tunes, white boy guitarists who got turned on to *world* music (David Byrne, Ry Cooder), South Asian/Middle Eastern/North African vocals and instruments over hip hop/electronic beats, beautiful screamers (Frank Black/Pixies, Joe Strummer/Clash), dreamy guitar pop (the Schande! BTS), classic rock, Miami Bass, everything MIA, and ZEPPELIN BABY! ************************************************************ ********** All the bands in my Friends list! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- yes all of them.
V for Vendetta was THE movie of 2006. Donnie Darko. the best movies to come out in the last few years were Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-Amelie-City of God. the movies I have seen most in my life are the Goonies-the Lost Boys-Stand by Me. If you has asked me 10 years ago I would have said Bladerunner, The Shining, or A Clockwork Orange (wait those are all Kubrick!). Also love Terry Gilliam and Mira Nair. SCARY MOVIES! Just saw the Exorcism of Emily Rose-recommended. I used to have the best scary movie collection ever. on BETA...
CARNIVAL! BRING IT BACK! Twin Peaks. Bollywood shows- India Waves and Showbiz India. The Korean Channel Arirang- lots of dancing from old school breakin and Korean poppers * * * * to crazy Soviet disco dancers. * * Nature documentaries. Animal Cops- San Francisco, New York, Houston, Detroit. I am very happy to report that the Vietnamese love animal shows too, I just can't understand the narration.
Classic: Post-apocalyptic-- Brave New World, Animal Farm, SF like Ray Bradbury, most Kurt Vonnegut RIP! Modern: South Asian/English language. Chita Banerjee Divakaruni, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry, Khaled Hosseini, Romesh Gunesekera, Vikram Chandra. Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai both won a Booker prize- Monica Ali is pretty cool too.
My mother, sister, and grandparents of course, but I want to introduce YOU to: Muhammad Yunus- just won the Nobel Prize, Amartya Sen has won it in the past- But Mukhtar Mai, Rachel Corrie, Shaima Rezayee, Zakia Zaki, and Shakiba Sanga are my real #1 heroes. (If you don't know, Google.) My dance teachers: Jill Parker (FINALLY on MySpace- what's up Jizelle!) and Ultra Gypsy. Here are some beautiful dancers (Indigo) with awesome outfits dancing to a great song (Amon Tobin)...