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John

A work in progress

About Me

New to the big island. I moved out here about five months ago from Idaho after getting out of grad school. I was offered an incredible offer to move here and I couldn't say no. I'm loving it out here. The beauty and magnificence of this island is truly captivating. There is so much to see and explore...let the fun begin!

My Interests

Music, travel, design, arts, culture, live music, great food, the outdoors...skiing, mtn biking, hiking...need to explore more of that body of water that happens to be surrounding me.

I'd like to meet:

Superheros and villians alike...what a party could be had.

Music:

Music is a huge part of me...Rock, jam, blues, jazz, fusion, funk, reggae, dub, ambient, alt, indy, even sneak in a little old school country and rockabilly with the likes of Waylon, Willie and Johnny.The Black Keys, The White Stripes, The Police, Talking Heads, Kings of Leon, Thievey Corporation, Bob Marley, King Tubby, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Secret Machines, Beastie Boys, Wilco, Built To Spill, Portishead, Modest Mouse, Soledad Brothers, The Datsuns, Von Bondies, Kasabian, The Dandy Warhols, Nirvana, Spoon, The Dirt Bombs, DJ Shadow, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Crystal Method, Phish, Widespread Panic, Moe, ACDC, old stuff like The Doors, Dead, The Who, Allman Brothers, Led Zeppellin, Pink Floyd, Jimi, Rolling Stones....so much more....Beck, The Clash, Ben Harper, Cake, Lyrics Born, Death In Vegas, Lee Perry, The Eels, The Pixies, Coltrane, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Morcheeba, Jimmy Smith, Miles Davis, Janes Addiction, Jay Farrar, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, The Shins, Peter Tosh, The Upsetters, Toots & The Maytals, Medeski Martin & Wood, LCD Sound System, Morphine, New Bomb Turks, Rage Against The Machine, Reverend Horton Heat, Yeah Yeah Yeahs....more to come

Movies:

2001 Space Odyssey, Pulp Fiction, Stripes, Caddy Shack, Blade Runner, Donny Brasco, Heat, Office Space, Taxi Driver, Apocolypse Now, The Godfather I & II, all Wes Anderson films, Lost In Translation.

Books:

Reading In Cold Blood...have yet to see Capote, various architecture and design books are always close by.