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Svelte Tornado

Woe To You O Earth And Sea, For The Devil Sends The Beast With Wrath

About Me

Self Propelled, Baby! FOREVER, GRINDING, EVOLUTION.Who is Sven Torpedo? I am what I am, although I stole the name from the rather secretive real Torpedo.Slogans aside, I been a million things, thought a million thoughts, dreamed a million dreams, wish I could live a million years.For better or worse, I have opinions on pretty much everything. I like a good debate.It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. In an evolving universe, he who stands still moves backwards.I want "Ain't No Sunshine" played at my funeral....gotta make them cry.

My Interests

Music, Science, Art, Shoes, Jackets, Evolution, Books, Political Theory, Digging for vinyl, Philosophy, Mythology, Science, Analog Synths - they still sound better, Mac, Design, Photography, Taking things apart, Bikes, everything.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can teach me something new. Synthesists. Conversationalists. People who get irony. Really high people that try and talk to you while you're DJing. Women, not girls.

Music:

Gil Scott-Heron, Bill Withers, Iron & Wine, Brothers Johnson, Detroit, Chicago House, The Faint, Electric6, Cash, Rhythm & Sound, AC/DC, Miles Davis, Dead Can Dance, Beatles, Miles, Coltrane, Don Cherry, Monk, Parliment, Mozart, Arvo Part, Gorecki, Nina Simone, Heathen, Overkill, Pat Benatar, Prince, Sade, House, Electro, NWOBHM, old Metallica, Slayer, Sabbath, Purple, Underground Disco, ESG, DFA, Maurizio, Priest, Captain Beyond, Rush, Motorhead, Kraftwerk, Rare Groove, Muddy Waters, Slayer, Aphex Twin, Thin Lizzy, Orbital, Iron Maiden, Floyd, Techno, Hip Hop, Eno, etc.......

Movies:

Lynch, Gilliam, The Reflecting Skin, Naked, Documentaries - THX-1138 - Hardware - Emelie - City Of Lost Children - Kurosawa's - Das Boot - LOTR - 28 Days - Apocalypse Now - Red, White & Blue - Baraka - Tarkovsky - ..........too many to list

Television:

No. They tried , they failed...Okay, maybe there is some good stuff......Six Feet Under, Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy, Farscape, Futurama, Arrested Development,....World Cup 2010!!!

Books:

Born To Rebel - F. Sulloway; Anarchy State and Utopia - R Nozick; Guns Germs & Steels - J. Diamond; Hesse, Gogol, Dickens, Herbert, Joseph Conrad, Salinger, Lovecraft........

Heroes:

Those in history who, despite their flaws, tried to do their thing for the greater good. Detroit for their DIY attitude, Brian Eno, Vangelis, Bill Withers, Carl Sagan, Galileo, Richard Feynman, Bucky Fuller, Noam Chomsky, Baruch Spinoza, Carl Jung, My Parents for moving us to Canada, My friends.

My Blog

Leaky Heads

Sometimes when you work with computers for a long time your mind jumps from idea to image to song to nothing and back again. And then you really start to trip out. Maybe it's overthinking but you kind...
Posted by Svelte Tornado on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:40:00 PST

The Winter Of My Discontent

Repent Sinners. The end is nigh. I also have a cold.
Posted by Svelte Tornado on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST