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About Me

effusive, gracious, gregarious, impetuous heat-seeker

"love like an explosion of articulate shrapnel"

For further info on my musica, check myspace.com/qzendj & Qzen.dj & Moxie .

My Interests

growth. movement. love.

mmmusic, geeky things like computers and other friendly and not-so-friendly machines (does it make sound? bonus points), integrity, dismissing fuckery, learning, feelings, records & mixing them, color, communication, connection, construction, touches, touches, touches, stretching, keeping fit, capoeira, healthy eating, living vividly, not leaving well-enough alone, having priorities instead of managing them, keeping warm, pondering, design, photography, style, metaphysics, etymology & vocabulary & languages, felines, fueling the voracious taste-addiction of my tongue, sushi, sounds, extracurricular activies (no, I'm not still in school), music, tastes & taste. constant intrigue. doing what i can to save what's left of the other animals on this planet. cannot emphasize enough: making & playing music.

I'd like to meet:

I'm always willing to learn when you've got something to teach.

I know this is teh intarweb and all (and myspace to boot), but if you'd like to add me as a "friend," write me and gimme a reason — or at least an introduction of sorts.

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Music:

So, here is my confession: it's an obsession. I'm a firm believer and a warm receiver.

proper techno, contemporary disco, electrohaus, deep drum & bass, dancethismessaround, "modern" rock, strummy stuff, the dirty dirty, a dash of cheesepopnonsense, old jazz, old soul... Am I getting older? Silly question. Labels: DFA & affiliates, Playhouse, Palette, Permanent Vacation, Kitsuné, and so many more. Artists: Hercules & Love Affair, Jona, Jamie Lidell, Colder, Modeselektor, Office, Matias Aguayo, Isolée, Hot Chip, Trentemøller, The Knife, Luciano, Klute, Joakim, Mew, Muse, Jonny L, Calibre, MIST, Spirit, Tejada, Mu, Lindstrøm, Midnight Mike, Alexkid, Amit, Depeche Mode, Feist, Kate Bush, Björk... Erlend Øye's voice and melodies... so yum. No one will ever match Freddie Mercury. There's this collectors' plate featuring him that I totally want. Please let me know if you find it. R.I.P. John Peel . R.I.P. Bob Moog .

Movies:

The Jerk, Spaceballs, Princess Bride, Paris Is Burning, Labyrinth, all those dope '80s Henson-esque movies, The Triplets of Belleville, High Fidelity, The House of Yes, Spirited Away, Finding Nemo, American Beauty, Heathers, Amadeus, The Secret of Nimh, Young Frankenstein

"Are you being wise?"
"One day I woke up wise."
"One day I woke up stupid."
"What'd you do?"
"I went back to bed."
"That was wise."

Television:

"...and it's true we are immune, when fact is fiction and TV reality."

Books:

"Love Saves The Day," George R.R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire, "The Power of Myth," "A Brief History of Time," "Snow Crash," general trivia, myths, science fiction, comics, nerdy word stuffs

Heroes:

Jamie Lidell. Joseph Campbell. Robert Makus. Björk. Chelsa Smitsea. Mom & Pop.

My Blog

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO MMMM

ok, so, back to idiodic commercials: papa joe's garlic parmesan breadsticks! ...they use a derivative of the hip-house "things that make you go hmmm" for the tv ad. i'm now old. :/
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:59:00 PST

upcoming gigs vs janky myspace calendar

I will no longer be using the stupid myspace calendar to post my upcoming gigs as it doesn't allow editing and is generally janky. I could take the time to code a list myself, but I already update a ...
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:54:00 PST

kraft crumbelievable

that commercial makes me feel funny. :/ who did that to me?
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:17:00 PST

indie picks of today

unsigned bands that i'm feeling:http://myspace.com/officemusichttp://www.myspace.com /kingsandqueensmusichttp://myspace.com/deathvalleyhigh:Dq
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:31:00 PST

touch it.

so the annual miami music madness has ended for me, but oh mighty mighty was it a beauty & a doozy. highlights: live sets from silversurfer, jamie lidell, booka shade, dj sets from hell & damian laza...
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:35:00 PST

Alienation's for the rich, and I'm getting poorer everyday.

Ok, I'll be honest; I just needed to put that somewhere on my page. (Sheesh.) If you know where that quote comes from, 10 points and a fervent high five. Now, that we've gotten that out of the way....
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:19:00 PST

bees in my heineheinestraße

welcome to europe. nothing here costs more than ¬1.50 either. and you can just walk around the street with it. no bigs. so yah, that subject line's going to make NO sense to any of you, but suffi...
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:43:00 PST

ils fument en chocolat

there's something about a place that brings you a large bowl of mousse au chocolat from which to serve yourself as much as you please. SWEET! so, yes, i've arrived in paris, and it's so nice not t...
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:25:00 PST

i met eeyore

g'DAMN what a fun weekend! love parade, end-up, etc etc. off to europe tomorrow morning (GAH). hit me up if you're over there, yo yizzle! photo proof: :D q...
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:51:00 PST

baow fom froosh

so you wanna know something about what makes a qzen tick? or you just wanna be like wtf, mate? click here, my spanish galleons.
Posted by xqzes xqzes on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:11:00 PST