MUSIC :: Dance Clubs :: Breakfast Clubs :: Supper Clubs :: Dinner Clubs (Do they have Lunch Clubs?) :: Comedy Clubs :: Night Clubs :: Jazz Clubs :: HAWAIIAN Strip Clubs :: Gamblin' Spots :: Gentlemen's Clubs :: Private Clubs :: Underground Clubs and After-Hours' People, Folks, Friends, Fam and Strangers. Capoiera :: Aikido :: Dancing :: MUSIC :: Design :: Architecture :: Lifestyle Technology :: Food :: Philosophy :: History and Culture. Reading, Writing, 'Rythmatic, Rest and Relaxation - Manners Matter.
"Now Sir, when you say 'everyone'..."" I mean 'Eeeeeeeeevrrrrryyyyyooonneeeee!"[From the Film; "Leon (The Professinal)"]
If you like any of this... or want to talk MUSIC... PLEASE hit me! I WILL help you find the CRAZY tunes! UH Oh: SHE WANTS REVENGE! Bembe Segue, Big L, Big Pun, Big Daddy Kane and Big Poppa! Lamb, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Blackalicious, Tones On Tail, Love & Rockets, Wayne Shorter, Iam, Oxo P (Hip Hop from France), ECM Jazz, Antonio Farao, Weather Report, Southern Death Cult, Death Cult, The Cult, Led Zeppelin, Old Parliament, Old Prince, Old Stevie Wonder, Old Cure, Old Sting, Old Peter Gabriel, Five Corners Quintet, Leo Tardin, Ursula Rucker, Old U2, Elvis Costello, Laurnea, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Brand X, Cinematic Orchestra, That EARLIEST Canibus stuff (My Gawd!), The Animals, Raggamuffin, Dancehall, Hefner , Bugz in the Attic, Jill Scott, Jam Master Jay and Run-DMC, The Clash, Kiss, The Fixx, Ridd-Lore, Dexter Gordon, Ohio Players, Statik Sound System, The Adolescents, Roni Size, Fiona Apple (yep, sorry), The Monkees, Kraftwerk, Joshua Redman, Lifsavas, The Rolling Stones, Plaid, Digable Planets, Brad Mehldau, Jay-Z, Charlie Haden, Organized Konfusion (Both Prince Po AND Monche), Da Lata, DJ Krush, Public Enemy, Saul Williams, Early Ice Cube, NuSpirit Helsinki, DKD, Keith Jarrett, Goodlife, Afterlife, Bugge Wesseltoft, Kaos Massive, Anja Garbarek, Portishead (new project coming in 2007!), Dave Alexander, The first few Jamiroquai CDs, Victor Malloy, Esthero, The Grassy Knoll, War, DJ Vadim, Queen, The Specials and Special AKA, Del, Souls of Mischief and The Heiroglyphics Crew en masse, Neil Young, Meitz, The Selekter, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Chick Corea, Re:Jazz, Fishbone, The Cramps, Les Gammas, D'angelo, 4Hero, Craig Armstrong, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Stan Ridgeway, Peshay, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Writer's Block, Christopher O'Riley, The heritage Orchestra, Slave, Fear, Zero 7, Eurythmics, Areatha Franklin, Red Snapper, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, The Herbaliser, Out Patients (Hospital Records), Bootsy Collins, Imhotep, Eric Roberson, Rush, Poor Righteous Teachers, SOME Bjork, AceyAlone, Sarah Jones, Freestyle Fellowship, Skalpel, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Maxwell, Beanie Sigel, Palm Skin Productions, Erik Truffaz, Old(er) DJ Shadow, The Supremes, The Temps, Motorhead, King Crimson, Young MC (thanks, dude), Smokey and The Miracles, Dzihan & Kamien, Minnie Ripperton, Genesis, Sisters of Mercy, The Monkees, Nuyorican Soul, The Four Tops, Curtis Mayfield, Swollen Members, Outkast (the FIRST is still my favorite), Dwele, Lateef, Pharcyde (da'sright), Elizabth Shepard Trio, Radio Citizen, Massive Attack, Brut Imperial Quintet, The first TWO Beastie Boys albums, Dead Can Dance, Nostalgia 77 Octet, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Kate Bush, Bad Manners, Bad Brains, Pearl Jam (I've only heard 10, but I like it!), Mos Def AND Talib Kweli, Eminem, Jazzanova, Black Sabbath, Afronaught, Agent K, Les Nubians, The Cars, Devo, Black Flag, Jimi FUNKING Hendrix, Marvin Gaye and Al Green, Restless Soul, Maroons, Micatone, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, LL (but only BEFORE he dropped the) Cool J, Dzihan & Kamien, Gil Scott Heron, Joy Division, Attica Blues, Rakim, Jol, Ernesto, The Young Disciples, Nitin Sawhney, Common, The Dears, The Roots, Redman Ready to Rock!, Seiji, Mal Waldron, Jaco Pastorious, Timbaland (his beats go well with OTHER people's stuff), Kanye West, Arturo Sandovol, Nuyorican Soul, Astor Piazzola, The Beatles, SOME of Wu-Tang, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Jay Z, Bjork, Ohio Players, Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, Lalo Schifrin, lots of '60's, '70's and '80's stuff and a few other things, that I haven't listed yet... I like Biggie, and Nas, and (some) 'Pac and even 50 cent, but the BEST??? C'mon man. Really? As for the DJ's! Party DJ's! Charlie Dark of Attica Blues! Seiji, Afronaught, Daz-I-Kue, DJ Valida, Jun, Jurgen (Jazzanova), Dixon, ?uestlove, Red Devil, Marques "MF'n Wyatt! Z-Trip, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Babu!, Louis Vega, Raul Campos Radio DJ's Garth Trinidad! Gilles Peterson, Mark Ronson and Benji B.! OK, of course there's more, but... gottaaamn!
I've seen a LOT of Films. I mean a WHOLE lot of Films and I've liked many of them. For the record I have NOT seen: ET, The Wizard of Oz, Napolean Dynamite, Ray, Office Space, Shrek or Half-Baked... sorry. Shucks, here we go again! The Godfather (I and II), Double Indemnity, Cool Hand Luke, Rosewood, The Master Gunfighter, Motorcycle Diaries, City of God, Rebound, Apocolypse Now, Shallow Grave, The Celebration, Hotel Rwanda, Gangster Number 1, Sexy Beast, Eternal Sunshine, Bugsy Malone,Old Boy, Sin City!, Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (Black Folks Know), Cornbread Earl and me (Lawrence Fishburne at about 12 years old), I Like it Like That, In America,Jesus Christ Superstar, Lost in Translation (but I didn't love it as much as you did), Fight Club, Willy Wonka,Old School, American Splendor, Bad Santa, Se7en, The Deer Hunter, Closer, 9 1/2 weeks, Alien(s), American History X, Gattaca, Basquiat, Being John Malkovich, The Big Blue, Mississippi Burning, The Conversation, Raising Victor Vargas, Le Femme Nikita, The Professional (Leon), The Big Sleep, Black Robe, Amistad, Chopper, Chinatown, Lock Stock, Virgin Suicides, Snatch (a bit), The Croupier, Dangerous Laison, The Duelists, Devil in a Blue Dress, Strangers on a Train, Made (Swingers, not so much, really)Sliding Doors, Go, Le Haine (The Hate), Donnie Brasco, Enter the Dragon, Open Your Eys (The ORIGINAL Vanilla Sky), King of New York, Roger Dodger, Streets is Watching (Jay-Z), GlengarryGlen Ross, Flirting (Thandie MF'n Newton!), Raise the Red Lantern, Trainspotting, Once Upon A Time in America, The General, Gia, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, A Fish Called Wanda, School Daze, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Gia ('Cause DANG), Glory, Ride with the Devil, Go, Goodfellas, The Harder They Come, Human Traffic (funny as all-get-out), I Can't Sleep, Kids (sad), Irreversable, The Beach (Mostly because of the book and Virginie Ledoyen!), Room with a View, Westworld, Citizen Kane, Love Honor and Obey, The Talented Mr Ripley, The OLD Alfie, Blackbelt Jones, Clue, In America, Any and (almost) ALL Akira Kurosawa movies (Richard Gere notwithstanding), The OLD Woody Allen Movies, Malcolm X, The Maltese Falcon, Boogie Nights, Bladerunner, Traffic, Man Bites Dog, Memento (Forgot that one, didn't you? How ironic), Gotta Love them Pixar joints, Menace II Society, Mo' Better Blues, My Life as A Dog, My Left Foot, Nightmare Before Christmas, Nothing Personal, Orphans, Out of Sight, Bullit, The Mechanic, Hard Times, Dial M for Murder, American Gigolo, The Boiler Room, Wall Street, Dog Day Afternoon, Carlito's Way, Plein Soleil, Vanishing, The Shining, Quadrophenia, Raging Bull, Casino, Run Lola Run, Sideways, Sleepers, Sliding Doors, It Takes a Thief, James Bond (60's and 70's)The Song Remains, Volver, Children Of Men,Stander, Superfly (tha'sright), True Romance, The Usual Suspects, Victem, The Wariors and it's bizarro twin, The Wanderers, of course there's more... but again...
The Sopranos, Entourage, Overhaulin', Daily Show, Curb your Enthusiam, Get Smart, Ned and Stacey, Law and Order, Chico and The Man, Strangers with Candy, Cracker (US and UK), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Poker, The Office, Cops, The Simpsons (not Ashford and or OJ), The Three Stooges, Speed Racer, Kevin Hill (Well-Dressed, Well-Spoken, Black, Successful, Lady lovin' Single Father? At least I'm not alone!), Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone (OLD), Perry Mason, The Shield, Mission Impossible, Night Gallery, G-Force, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Court TV, AMC, TMC, Perry Mason, Keen Eddie, Kids in the Hall, I don't know... stuff.
Thus Spake Zarathustra, Taking Lives, Collected Works of Kafka, Ripley Novels, Biograpies (I LOVE 'em), Book of Five Rings, Easy Rawlins Mysteries, Sword of No Sword (Biography of Tesshu), Great Men of Color (Vol. I & II), Sex and Race Three Volumes, Lao Tzu, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Cain, . Mishima. Folktales, Myths, Legends and Fables from around the world. Jazz Anecdotes & History. Our Kind of People (Class Struggles In African America) My favorites as a child were African-American Folktales (Stack'o'Lee, etc) Camus. Chandler, Hamnett and Himes Crime Novels, Chuck Palahniuk KILLS me, Vachss' short stories, The Religions of Man, Maurice LeBlanc, Jake Arnott, Stephen King (I stopped in the late 80's), Agents of Repression, Ego Trips Book of Rap Lists and ther book on Racism, Mail Room, This Business of Music, Caleb Carr, Shibumi, The Secret History, A Hundred Days of Solitude, Ernesto Quinonez' Bodega Dreams, The Masterworks of Neil Gaiman, I actually really like Shakespeare and any novels from the late 17th the early 20th Century simply becase of the way people spoke and wrote during that long period. Poetic and lyrical.
Mom, Malcom, Mahatma, Mishima, Martin and Many More!