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FunkWino

A Funky Fine Wreck of a Man! - Our cultural vortex sucks everybody in, spiraling, down as in flushed

About Me

I'm a 6'5" tall 23nd century, bald "hippie" who self indulges on things that makes me happy and right now old school funky music makes me the happiest! I need a daily dose. I love people, DOGS, humor, circus clowns, the human condition, NYC, music, performance art, digital photographic art and of course computers. Computers; I make a living from them and the grief and frustration they cause others. Part of that "living" is working creatively to design internal software's, interfaces, reports and databases that make our company run with less people, adding accountability, structure and removing user frustrations.
I love to create and have a need to do so but musically I can't sing or play an instrument so I have become a great student of listening. I need to see a live show at least twice a month or I get very edgy and distracted. A few musician friends also send me their roughs to listen to and ask me to constructively critique it before the final version, or mix, which I gladly do. For work I am the Director of Technology for a wine and liquor company. I am very lucky that I work with the greatest and nicest of people who truly respect me, who really care about me and mentor me daily. I really love my job and these people and I am dedicated to doing the best I can 24/7 for them, they are like family to me and they treat me as one of theirs. I have also come to love the city I live in Stamford, CT, It's not NYC, but tries to bring NYC types of cultural experiences here with art and music. As I have been getting out more in Stamford I'm meeting warm sincere people who make this a community.At this point in my life I am truly happy with my job my family, and my good friends both new and old who give me support and strength and keep me pointed towards the light.
I’m an night owl and love doing new things and may go back into doing stand up comedy (1971-72) in the future.
Personal Growth never stops; I'm still learning about me by listening to people like you so talk to me. If you can't teach me something who the can?
I am now divorced 4/5/07 (amicable) and it seems like we divorced most all of our “couple” friends in the process. I now have few single friends other than some great and talented musicians and their friends so I am looking to make new friends in my area and NYC with similar activities and interests in seeing GOOD live music or comedy. It's a little funny sometimes being the oldest person in the room at some of the clubs I go to see a band in and because of this people either think I'm the owner or a musician. Were are my peers at the music events, home reading Fidelity statements...boring?
I LOVE NYC, the West Village, the clubs and the different foods...grabbing a Shawarma on McDougal Street?
Why is it that most Jazz clubs in New York City have the poorest excuse for stage lighting?
I am very content to be alone; I enjoy my own company and have enough interests to keep me busy. I also tend to get very quiet and just live in the moment to just enjoy the feeling of the moment when I am truly comfortable and happy. The most beautiful place I have ever been was Maui. I went three times, and each time it gets better. I could just sit there and watch that ocean and sky quietly for hours and be perfectly content.
Years ago I was a professional commercial photographer and I have been using photography as my creative expression for a while again. I hope to replace some of my post divorce lost income with freelance or stringer photography and have put up a website to show some of my work.
Please visit my website to see some of my photography at www.22pix.com Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Life is not a straight line, it is a tangent from someplace to somewhere; I am now discovering you can change your somewhere!

My main interest right now is in my general happiness, and fixing myself, which includes Photography, Music, good wines and if I've been a good boy, all 3 at the same time! Photoshop, computers, arts, movies, comedy and just plain people watching. I also love playing poker, it has such a tight rule structure, a perfect universe, a perfect place to be alone in a crowd. For me right now there is nothing better than some good music, good wine, good food, and interesting people to talk to and get to know. I love the fragrance of nice purfumes my current favorite is Boucheron a lovely spice scent. Anyway its like a drug and makes my eyes glaze a bit.

Photography in clubs shooting without flash... I never have enough light to freeze motion, I get "soft" shots so I manipulate them even softer and turn them into art images. In selecting photo's to change to images I look for shots that give feeling and spirit to what I felt at the performance.I try not to just freeze time for a shot but give my viewer an insight into my relationship with the artist at that moment in time, the organic connection to the music as I felt and saw it.I hope you enjoy some of my photography and digital art images. Lastly people watching, lets face it you and people like can be fun and interesting to watch.

I'd like to meet:

Passionate optimists and people of similar interests and passions. Creators not just consumers. Tellers of the universal truth. Recovered maniacs. Manic Depressives on their manic swing only. Quiet people, complete people. FUN PEOPLE WHO LAUGH OUT LOUD! People who love to go to live music outside of a stadium setting and lovers of comedy clubs. People who actually have fun shopping in the supermarket and like watching people thump the melons. Lastly anybody that can teach me to buy a Pepperidge Farm bread; I can't figure out the whole grain thing, 7,9,12,15,oat, nut, etc. I almost had a breakdown making a choice! Long ago we use to have only 2 choices Wonder or NOT Wonder. DAMN, I sound like Andy Rooney! (update; I now like the 12 grain for its toasting texture.)

I'm not interested in collecting pages of "friends" like trading stamps. I have denied flocks of people selling stuff, selling their butt, or just friend crazy, one denial was for a "bathing suit model" who lists her occupation as a MUSE (no explanation was given). You just don't meet enough muses in life do you? Do I need a muse, what does one do with a muse, a rather whimsical thought?

You will only make my friends list if you are really my friend... want to be a real friend... you are demonstrably funky, or you are a good musician in a style that I dig. You must have something to contribute to me and the community, just looking at your wonderful but lucky DNA patterns doesnt cut it for me.

I have been lucky to gather many friends here and most of them are FUNKY musicians, kind of like a compendium of funk! Please explore my pages of friends and I sincerely hope you find new and groove based music to listen to and enjoy!

Music:

I have the greatest of respect and appreciation for all musicians, it's a miracle how they create music, and I am a great listener getting into the details of song, arrangement, and method. Firstly I LOVE live performance regardless of style. For styles I love old school Funk, Soul Jazz, Groove, Jazz, Big Band Jazz, Blues, R&B and quality R&R which is usually called alternative, folk, pop and vocals sung by singers with voices twice their size. I love vocals when a singer lets it all out and holds nothing back, this gets me emotional but I like it. Music I really don't listen too... Country, Rap, Metal and any exploit somebodies style material. As for CD's I have an awful lot, I won't embarrass myself and say how many!

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Movies:

Love the old B+W stuff especially Film Noir styles with moody lighting, and I like most of the new indi stuff. I just watched "The Station Agent" and I really liked it. With mainstream Hollywood movies other than a Scorsese or Mamet film (I love the way Mamet characters repeat dialog so distinctive) or some action adventure movie that needs big screen I will wait till its on DVD or Cable.I won't watch horror, violent or other exploitation type films.

Television:

God bless the DVR. I love 24, Hustle, Bones, and House. I like CSI's except Miami, All Law and Order, Poker except "Celebrity Poker" and some geeky educational stuff on the 100+ channels you never visit. Once in a great while I will watch some sports maybe as a testosterone recharge or something?

TANGENT POINT: I have no real interest in following sports statistics, celebrity lives, anything including gossip or sightings or celebrity political views, nor in stopping or slowing down to look to see what happened at a car accident. Don't misunderstand me, I will stop to assist in a new accident but to slow down to see what's going on when there are 4 fire engines on scene is of no interest to me. Am I normal?

Books:

Unfortunately I need to read a lot of technical magazines and manuals as I am self taught and have not read for enjoyment in a quite a while. When I do read for pleasure its SI-FI, drama and suspense stuff.

Heroes:

I am very fortunate to see and meet real heroes on occasion, some are my friends. People who look into themselves, know themselves, reveal themselves openly, and try to always improve their life even if they need to take a hard road to get there. In other words seekers of universal truth. Others are those who have made themselves complete enough that they offer their skills to others.

As photographic artists, William Gottlieb and Herman Leonard for their work in music and Annie Leibovitz the Ansel Adams of portraiture.

My Blog

New York City

Today I spent the morning in the city on business and decided to stay there for the rest of the afternoon for enjoyment. The weather was most spectacular, sunny and dry in the 80's with a soft coolin...
Posted by FunkWino on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PST

Time Flies or is it flys?

WOW it’s been a while since I last blogged, maybe because I have less time due to activities and even less to bitch about? Anyway I just passed a life milestone, It’s been 1 yea...
Posted by FunkWino on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:18:00 PST

After the flood UPDATE

Well its over 3 weeks since the flood and I am still waiting for the contractor to meet with me and put my basement into "production". My house filled with dust from the fans that they used to dry the...
Posted by FunkWino on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:56:00 PST

Good Vibes...My Name Is Earl...Insurance...After the flood!

Do you believe in Karma? I have never been lucky in life in the past, I have stories to tell but not now about the winning Mega-Bucks numbers not getting played that night by my girl, and many bad bea...
Posted by FunkWino on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:27:00 PST

advertly too Happy?????

Well if you read my blog from yesterday you know I suffered a "hassle" and I came out feeling pretty OK from it all. My sister told me "to think of the bright side that I'll be getting all new stuff a...
Posted by FunkWino on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:31:00 PST

Waiting for the shoe to drop... and funk as a drug!

As most of my close friends know my life has been very wonderful the last 4 months since my divorce. Despite the financial hardships which I hope to get use to in time, I have been having a great time...
Posted by FunkWino on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:21:00 PST

I'm really lucky!

Many of the people reading this who know me personally or through messaging know of my passionate intensity for music and for having greatly talented friends for which I am truly thankful and ama...
Posted by FunkWino on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:01:00 PST

Quality of life = quality of friends

It's so funny how things you already know take on new meaning and new importance in you're life depending on the circumstances that you are involved with! Not that you ever forgot these things its jus...
Posted by FunkWino on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:43:00 PST

Staying Optimistic!!!

I had another brain cramp and bought 2 more website names... www.hardcoregroove.com & www.hardcoresoul.com so add these to these below.... and I think I have a few good names ready for some k...
Posted by FunkWino on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:46:00 PST

Well everything starts with an Idea and a little investment....

Several years ago I bought the website URL's www.higherfunk.com and www.higherjazz.com as both an investment in good names for a website and as a place to post my photo's and just be out and abou...
Posted by FunkWino on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:13:00 PST