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Steven

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About Me

A victim of bad PR.

My Interests

Filmmaking, electronic pop, progressive politics, celebrity, Buddhism.

I'd like to meet:

The creative, intelligent, artistic and compassionate. Musicians, filmmakers, artists, actors and writers.

Music:



Jens Buchert, Ulrich Schnauss, The Go! Team, Led Zeppelin, The Knife, Le Tigre, Air, Daft Punk, Ladytron, Broken Social Scene, Kraftwerk, Tycho, Steely Dan, Belbury Poly, Chicks on Speed, Stereolab, Nico, My Bloody Valentine, Cranes, Orbital, Kristin Hersh, Spa Lounge

Movies:

All or Nothing, Georgia, The Puffy Chair, Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows), The King is Alive, The Center of the World, The Anniversary Party, Lonesome Jim, Wanda, Amargosa, Raining Stones, Au Hasard Balthazar, Old Joy, The Wind Will Carry Us, Tokyo-Ga, Ten/10 on Ten, A Taste of Cherry, Mouchette, Maborosi, Opening Night, A Woman Under the Influence, Faces, Open Hearts, Pandora's Box, Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games), Trees Lounge, I Am a Sex Addict, Late Spring, Touch the Sound, Mikey and Nicky

Television:

Pssh. Battlestar Galactica and, I dunno, baseball?

Books:

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shelley: The Pursuit, Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire, Starlust, Neuromancer, Idoru, Holy Fire, The Singularity is Near

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, Dalai Lama, Ray McGovern, Louise Brooks, Kevin Shields, Sofia Coppola, You

My Blog

Me at the ’Margot at the Wedding’ Jennifer Jason Leigh Premiere

So I went to the Mill Valley Film Festival 'Spotlight on Jennifer Jason Leigh' career retrospective, award ceremony, screening of 'Margot at the Wedding'' and reception Saturday evening. Originally I...
Posted by Steven on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:07:00 PST

Wes Anderson Shags Natalie

A thought on Wes Anderson as we're approaching the release of 'The Darjeeling Limited'. First off, yes I will see the film. I've seen all his films and have had varying amounts of fun watching all o...
Posted by Steven on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:53:00 PST

Better Late

You know how they say everyone eventually goes to only 8 or so websites? Well, Last.fm wasn't one of those for me. Funny thing is, I'd actually worked for a social music startup for awhile but thou...
Posted by Steven on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:06:00 PST

Mediaspere

Days go by.Laurie Anderson sing-spoke that on one of her albums and somewhat less than amazingly it remains true to this day. Days *still* go by. So where's my head at? All the usual stuff (family/...
Posted by Steven on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:40:00 PST

Overcommitted

Days seem to go by in a blurry haze of miscellany that never results in too terribly much progress on various projects. I think my time management has greatly improved, and I've gotten really good at...
Posted by Steven on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:57:00 PST

Strife in Second Life

This is too funny:THAT'S not how Manhattanite Catherine Fitzpatrick, a Russian translator, sees it. Fitzpatrick, who in the game is a man named Prokofy Neva, worries that corporations will force small...
Posted by Steven on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:00:00 PST

MySpace is Clearly All About Surveys

What have you done. 1. smoked a cigarette? Evey kind, I think. Even though I don't smoke. 2. smoked a cigar? Yeah I'm a dad, right? 3. crashed a friend's car? I only crash my cars 4. stole...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:17:00 PST

Too Quiet

It's late, too quiet. I'm angsty and bored and wishing I could blare Einsturzende Neubauten's 'Haus der Luge' and dance 'round my living room. Trying to get into this MySpace thing. Still think t...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:44:00 PST