JACK "SUPERMODELS ONLY" EGO

About Me

I have finally figured out that 98% of America is broke, unhappy and just barely making it day to day. With that said there is only one soulution; make moves. Life is not about making one move that is socially acceptable to get to the top (everyone tries that); but about making so many combined MOVES to never be pushed to the bottom. So the best way to win this hustle is constantly making intersecting moves at all costs; so as not to finish last. The reality is, we are just too old to play. Either you make 10 stacks a month or are barely making a grand and your woman leaves you; because there is no middle ground. Safe is comfortable, yet no true success is ever safe. Cash money will never play out.My turnons are simplistic: Double Southern Comfort and Coke drinks# Issey Miachy and Joop Nights colonge# Kenneth Cole and Zegna clothing# Informational Media downloads# Vinyl Records, not CD's# Mac Powerbook G4 and Ipod# E-Commerce sales# N2O and Rolls# BMW 740il 1999# Tax Write-offs# Nike Airmax 90 and 95's# Dry Cleaning services# Hoodless windbreakers# Real Afterhours# BMX wall rides at LSD# Sweatpea Bath and Body lotion# My arrogant sarcasm# Clove cigarettes# Spumoni ice cream# Paul Mooney comedy# The mystery of kissing jazzy women# God#To get away, I relax by working out and riding my mountain bike excessively in the unincorperated suburban forest preserves, Lake Shore Drive and Wicker Park (with my cousins and friends) to the point of sparing no expense to keep it and myself in shape. Basically my cousin and I are the ones riding the wall at the Shedd Aquarium on Saturday afternoons. I also have a collection of cracked out vinyl records, so at times I like to see how they sound on two turntables; as people snap out on the dancefloor. I personally prefer spinning out of state only; as a rule. I refuse to spin in Chicago; because there is no scene. No fake-ass CD players, just turntables or my powerbook. Too bad things cannot be the same in America as they were in the late 80's and early 90's. Even afterhours are becoming wack these days.Like most from a city of pure house music genius, I grew up listening to WKKC and WBMX mix shows on my late uncle JJ's silver reciever and speaker at 14 years old. In the summer of 1993 I attended my first loft party in Chicago, which were legendary. One thing I noticed is that no matter who you were you were accepted, because the mission was to dance your problems away in the "jackpit". Violence was zero, because the love vibe was always key and fights scare the women away. I heard beat disco, acid tracks and vocals on vinyl from the decks; from simple DJ's with a deep message. I could get off work at 2:30am, and be at the party at 3am in my pajamas; and the party was just getting started. From what I remembered in the late 80's, club Medusas (on Sheffield not Milwalkee ave. posers) was the only outlet prior to this. It was magical to follow up in the early 90's by walking through an alley, up a dark staircase; into this dance crazed energy that afterhours provided. I could not believe there were still people jacking in a mosh pit to house tracks (like the movie Rize, with no rap); no other city does this.I ran into many afterhours promotors who were doing lofts every Friday and Saturday, even throwing day parties. Many would send the word, person to person or draw on a piece of paper in crayon the name, Dj's, and address. They would promote for a few days or people would just call them looking to expend energy from a pressurized week in Chicago. There were so many spaces, because the mayor was not trying so hard to boom real estate; and push out people who live paycheck to paycheck. When it comes to protecting the city's financial investments, the police always soldier up to wipe away any danger of potiential financial loss; for the rich. This makes Chicago parties the casualty.I then began really throwing my own afterhours parties in the winter of 1993, going only to larger raves and clubs to pass out flyers and network. I got a crowd of gays, art students, hustlers, pimps, strippers, skaters and stock exchange workers. That is a blend that is so appreciated. You see there is something totally sexy about being at a party with only like 150 dedicated, rather than an unknown multi-thousand. People now focus on the radio and videos for their musical tastes, then clubs cater to this to expand the cash yields. Also stepping into a club has always felt restrictive. I mean you freak and light up a Black and Mild cigar, and the security presses you; and tells you to take your hat off (La Passage). Then a woman takes you into a bathroom to scam and they want to throw you out of the club (Crobar). Hey, I am just trying to do me; and you want to kick me out for dancing (The Note) or promoting (Boom boom Room)? If you are a club or a rave that is cool and God bless you; but that makes things so impersonal for me and others I know who demand loft afterhours. No politics or superstars, just can you spread the word that you can do your thing and no one will judge you for being beautiful?What we used to do at Jack Ego is catch the people who missed the beauty of the 1985 to 1999 events in every way. What has been happening since 2000 is really a lot less than a crowd deserves. Basically we can still tell 20 people we are having a company soiree and it is always pretty packed out, by advance reservation only. Never passing out flyers or advertising, just caring about the needs of the crowd through email and a relaxing phone conversation. At these parties stress takes a back seat. You are free to enjoy the open concessions that we have available to serve; because you have already been placed on a private-members only list, based on you being a regular vinyl connisuer.I thew these private loft parties about once a month, and had been doing that for 13 years; because clubs cannot meet the needs of a real crowd. Afterhours are just sexier for people 21 to 50 over mainstream clubs. This is because I have a small clientelle every month that wants to party; and I never invite more than 100 people. The vibe is personal and fun, never standoffish or profit orientated. People pay one fee, and I provide everything. We let in only people who prove themselves as a love crowd, and no one else.In over 3 decades of life I realize that their are no jobs that pay you as much as you are worth, buy getting yourself paid. For example; I have an .. wholesale media export conglomerate named Jack Ego, that I use to sell hard to find records and imported films for collectors overseas. I noe devote my full time on that and haved retired from parties and spinning. I also allow myself to be subcontracted for PR field consulting; putting my past college major to work. I have stopped media business here in America. I would rather refer local interests to other Chicago and national businesses to keep my moves international; before I will decide to take control of the right oppurtunity. Keep in mind that praying at every meal; while abstaining from greed or jealousy are the keys that unlock the jail cell of unhappiness and ensure decades of success.
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My Interests

Mack, Extreme Mountain Biking, Sometimes I borrow an occassional punk kids freestyle bike and try tailwhip bank hops like the late 80's.

I'd like to meet:

My Mother again, no other women have come that real..

Music:

Imported Techno; New Age; Gothic and Darkwave; Beat Disco; 80's House, 80's Hiphop and Metal, Freestyle, Hi-Energy makes more sense.I like all these artists tracks remixed:Loose Ends, El Debarge, Jefferry Osborne, 808 State, A-Ha, Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Leaders of the New School, ABC, Al B. Sure, Anything Box, Aphew Twin, Vanity, Appollonia, Prince, Morris Day, Beastie Boys, Berlin, Billy Idol, Bigod 20, Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Cabaret Voltaire, Camoflauge, Cassius, Cetu Javu, Xymox, Claude Young, Cocteau Twins, Colonel Abrams, Clock DVA, Pretty Poison, Cover Girls, Expose, Cause and Effect, Boy George, The Cure, David Bowie, De La Soul, Dead Can Dance, Vangelis, Deee-Lite, Deep Forest, Def Lepard, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, David Ghahn, Martin L. Gore, Recoil, Disturbed, Duran Duran, Electronic, New Order, Joy Division, Pet Shop Boys, Elvis, Enigma, Enya, Erasure, Rakim, Eurythmics, Everything but the Girl, Brian Eno, Michael McDonald, Front 242, Gene Loves Jezebel, George Michael and Wham, Geto Boys, INXS, U2, Issac Hayes, James Brown, Jan Hammer, Jane's Addiction, John Farnham, Bon Jovi, Kenny G, Kenny Larkin, Kool and the Gang, Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo, KRS-1, Linkin Park, LL Cool J, Lords of Acid, Luther Vandros, Keith Sweat, Madonna, Main Source, Bran Nubian, Mariah Carey, Mary Jane Girls, Massive Attack, MC Lyte, Metallica (before 1991), Michael Jackson, Ministry, Moby, Monkees, Smiths and Morrisey, Motley Crue, Naked Eyes, New Edition, Nine Inch Nail, Nitzer Ebb, NWA, Orbital, Phil Collins, The Prodigy, Public Enemy and Terminator X, Queen, Ready for the World, Red Flag, Revenge, Sade, Sainte Etienne, Samantha Fox, Sarah McLachlan, Scorpions, Skinny Puppy, Smokey Robinson, Spandu Ballet, Stacey Pullen, Suicidal Tendencies, The Sundays, Sweet Sensation, Sylvester, Tangerine Dream, Tears for Fears, Teena Marie, This Mortal Coil, Too Short, Vanessa Paradis, Whitney Houston, Barry White, Modern Talking, Violent Femmes, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Diana Ross, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, Maxwell...

Movies:

My favorite actors are Robert Downey Jr., Udo Kerr and Sherlynn Fenn. I adore all Criterion Collectibles, Andrew Blake, John Woo, Steven Segal (before 1995) and Clint Eastwood Films, Rad, Crank, Black Dahlia, The Last Dragon, Five Easy Pieces, American Psycho, The Departed, Ong Bak-The Tai Warrior, The Deer Hunter, Zatoichi, Hollywoodland, Against all Odds, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, F.I.S.T., A Scanner Darkly, Rodger Dodger, Jersey Girl, The Pianist, Kiss me Stupid, Born on the 4th of July, Paris is Burning, Flash Gordon, Videodrome, The Prisoner, The King of New York, All the King's Men, Deep Cover, Truck Turner, Coffee, Wall Street, War Wagon, Last Man Standing, Less Than Zero, Irreversible, Giant, The Hustler, Black Mask, Frequency, Catch me if you can, Good, Bad, and the Ugly, The Legend, Jarhead, MI2, U-turn, The Legend of Zu, Action Jackson, Hero, She Hate me, Caught Up, Maestro, Spiderman 2, Cliffhanger, The Falcon and the Snowman, 25th Hour, Across 110th street, Altered States, And Justice for all..., Any Given Sunday, Apocolypse Now, Assassins, Austin Powers, Back to the Future, Bad Boys (Sean Penn), Bad Influence, Bad Lieutenant, Basic Instinct, Behind Enemy Lines, Ben-Hur, All Beverly Hills Cops, Bladerunner, Blade, Blood in Blood out, Blow, Blue Streak, Blue Velvet, Boiler Room, Boiling Point, Bound, Bourne Identity, Boyz in the Hood, Braveheart, Broken Arrow, Bronx Tale, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Bullet Proof, Car Wash, Casino, Cat People, The Cell, The Chamber, Cobra, Colors, Commando, Coming to America, Con Air, Conan, Cool hand Luke, Copland, The Corruptor, Cradle to the Grave, Crossfire Trail, Croutching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Dark Crystal, Days of Thunder, Dangerous Liasons, Deep Cover, Belly, Desperado, Desperate Measures, Devil in a Blue Dress, Dog Day Afternoon, Donnie Brasco, Doors, Double Jeapordy, Dracula, Dune, Down by Law, El Dorado, All Evil Deads, Extreme Prejudice, Enemy Mine, Enemy of the State, All Batmans, Hellboy, Starsky and Hutch, The Rules of Attraction, Goodfellas, Titanic, Serpico, Crusin, Madonna: Truth or Dare, Reservoir Dogs, Best Man, Body Heat, Exorcist 1,2,3, Hurly Burly, JFK, Mad Max, Beyond Thunder Dome, Memphis Belle, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 9 1/2 Weeks, Some Like it hot, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Superman 1,2,4, Palmetto, Rebel Without a Cause, This World, Then the Fireworks, Set it off, The Professional, Gilgo 13, 2 Days in the Valley, Things to do in Denver When you are Dead, Wolf, Wild Orchid 2; 2 Shades of Blue, Wicked City, Untouchables, 2 Moon Junction, 3 O'clock High, Twin Peaks 1,2, Thomas Crown Affair 1969, Tales From the Darkside, Sugar Hill, Big Trouble in Little Chins, Black Dog, Boogie Boy, Jersey Drive, Caligula, Indiana Jones 1,2,3, Prophecy 1, 2,3, Payback, Only You, The Detective, Night and the City, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Illusionist, Light Sleeper, Night Falls Over Manhattan, The Notebook, Maverick, Malcolm x, Wyatt Earp, Last of the Mohichans, Jungle Fever, Jade, Internal Affairs, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Cold Blooded, Truth or Consequences,N.M., Hudson hawk, Hoodlum, Grand Canyon, The Golden Child, Beverly Hills cop 2 & 3, Friday the 13 box set, Fresh, Beat Street, Excess Baggage, Carlitos Way, Dances with Wolves, The Crow 1,2, Clash of the Titans, War of the Roses, Back Draft, American Werewolf in Paris and London, The Booth, The Boost, American me, Real Genius, Beastmaster 1,3, Black Rain, The Mack, Juice, Jewel of the Nile, The Last Boy Scout, Wildside, Iron Monkey 2, Heavy Metal, Leaving Las Vegas, Wildstyle, Turn it up, Krush Groove, Cooley High, Papillion, Coffy, Sheba Baby, Foxy Brown, Hell up in Harlem, The Getaway, Jack Bull, On the Line, Flash Dance, Saturday Night Fever, Dead Man, Superfly, Staying Alive, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, Boggie Nights, Do the Right Thing, Drugstore Cowboy, Fatal Attraction, Jackie Brown, True Romance, LA Confidential, Unforgiven, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Straight Story, Sons of Kate Elder, The Commacheros, Vampire Hunter D, Red; White; Blue, Superfly, Cleopatra Jones.., Jacob's Ladder, Tree's Lounge, Star Trek: 1-6, First Contact, Generations, Insurrection, Elephant Man, Fist of the Northstar, God Father 1, 2, 3, Robin Hood, North by Northwest, Valley Girl, Legend, Coupling, Wild Things, Once Upon a Time in America, Happy-Texas, Gentleman's Agreement, White Sands, Running Scared, Rear Window, Vertigo, The Birds, XX/XY, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Sand Pebbles, On the Waterfront, Theif, Matchpoint, Pretty Persuasion, Wet; Hot Summer Once Upon a Time in Mexico, All James Bonds, All Rockys, All Rambos, All Die Hards, All Lethal Weapons...

Television:

I do not watch tv on the street, but situations to where tv is the only outlet; this is how I deal. My favorite tv actress is Megan Mullally a.k.a. Karen from Will and Grace, because she is a jazzy bitch indeed. Three's Company "is the Ultimate Jack", The Pretender, Miami Vice, The Rifleman, Diagnosis Murder, Perfect Strangers, Wild Wild West, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Jeffersons, The Big Valley, Bonanza, Knight Rider, The A Team, Mannimal, Brisco County Jr., Kids in the Hall, Automan, Sledge Hammer, The Cisco Kid, The Young and the Restless, Dynasty, Melrose Place, Stargate Atlantis, Chappelle's Show-Season 2, The L Word (so jazzy), Nip Tuck (pimps), The Shield (how cops really seem to be), Couplings-BBC

Books:

Devil Driver, Che Guevera, Anatomy of Motive, The Art of Steal, Rebel-James Dean, Sex-Madonna, I was Wrong-Tim Baker, For Money or Love, Memoirs of a Gheshia, The 48 Laws of Power, The Kuran, The Bible.

Heroes:

My Mother and Dr. Lauren Allen R.I.P.; because they said they loved me for everything I am really about, and meant that shit.