politricks, history, hip hop, Tijuana, Susie, love, life, billiards, Schooner's, jukeboxes, traveling, jackets, newcastle, bass, san miguel, pacificos, books, shoplifting, my mom and dad, my homies... shoes, dreams, reading people, education, goals of conquest... the usual
Most of the people that I would like to meet have moved on... but here they go: Ricardo Flores Magon, Emiliano Zapata, Zeta Acosta, Malcolm X, Ernesto Guevara, Frantz Fanon, Shannyn Sossamon, Michael Jordan, Ana L. Castillo, Rigoberta Menchu, Betty Shabazz, Bell Hooks, Angela Davis, Frida, Khadija (i think thats how u spell it, but its one of the first wives of the Prophet Muhammad) Johnny Depp, Leanord Peltier, Assata Shakur, Tupac Amaru II, Tupac Shakur, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Common, Talib Kweli, Los Tigres Del Norte, adelita, the womyn of Juarez, Vicente Fernandez, Cesar Chavez, Scarlet Johanssen, Michael Rappaport, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Huey P., Mumia-Abu Jamal, Dwyane Wade etc.I know some of these seem random... but that's who i am.i'd also like to meet Yeshua Ben Yusef and the Prophet Muhammad and Abu-Bakr, Moses, and Abraham and any prophet who has had a positive impact on the world...
Tupac, Bob Marley, Los Lobos, Immortal Technique, Talib Kweli, Nina Simone, Dead Prez, The Smiths/Morrisey (unfortunately), Vicente Fernandez, Juan Gabriel, Ramon Ayala, Los Tigres, Tori Amos, the cure, NWA, Selena, 311, Binary Star, Sage Francis, jean grae, jill scott, sade, alicia keyes, dizzy galespie, the bird charlie parker, ray charles, bach, Non Phixion, Lynard Skynard, Pink Floyd, Doris Day, lila downs, wu tang, Led Zepp, Mano Negra, Ozomatli, Manu Chao, Brother Ali, Nortec, Dj Shadow, NoFX, Bad Religon, Julieta Venegas, Nirvana, Saul Williams, Rage, Molotov, Quinto Sol, Cash, Non Prophets, Billie Holiday, the Doors, dilated peoples, Indy Hip Hop that is relevant to the viability of the culture, and pretty much anything that has something interesting to say or sounds innovative like my homie shammy dee who yall listenin too... transcribed thoughts is the shit... DONT SLEEP!
The Friday Trilogy, Voces Inocentes, Brother Minister, Syriana, Bamboozled, Letter to the President, The Rules of Attraction, Menace II Society, Hotel Rwanda, City of God, Se7en, Grease, Boyz N the Hood, Real Women Have Curves, The Believer, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Memento, Higher Learning, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Anchorman, Meet the Parents, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Motorcycle Diaries, American Me, Rabbit Proof Fence. i remembered more... Shaun of the Dead, Go, American history X, American Beauty, Kids, Dogtown and the ZBoys, Style Wars, Leprechaun 1,2,3, and the first one where he goes to the hood because they r ridiculous. Rocky 1-5. Full Metal Jacket, and Cujo, Napolean Dynamite, Ghost World, Monster, Forrest Gump, Radio Flyer, 3 Strikes (yeah, im ghetto), When the Mountains Tremble, The Big One, Rebound, The Revolution will not be televised, El Fuego y La Palabra
The Simpsons because I think that people who do not like it or do not get it are not intelligent enough to understand true wit. Three's Company b/c it is one of the few shows i watched in my childhood that I remember truly being funny. Frontline because I am a nerd... America's Next Top Model (Is there any doubt why?) Family Guy because that shit is hilfuckenlarious! American Dad b/c i love comedy and politics (pretty much the same thing) and that show combines them both. and The Office starring Steve Carell (the 40 yr old virgin and brick the weather guy from anchorman)... that show is dry humor at its finest...
The Revolt of the Cockroach People, The Secret of Nimh, Tierra y Libertad (a play by Ricardo Flores Magon), What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States, Revolutionary Suicide, Wall Bangin', The Autobiography of Malcolm X, First World Ha Ha Ha!, The Pearl, Soul on Ice, Malign Neglect, Shadows of Tender Fury, Zapata's Disciples, Portnoy's Complaint (hilarious), Anarchy: From Theory to Practice (Great book), No More Prisons, Live From Death Row, Prison Writings, Massacre of the Dreamers, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Revolution by the Book etc. Chomsky, Parenti, Palast, Ali, Said etc.I could probably go on forever. Life is a journey and i think that books r important on any and all trips.
My mom, ricardo flores magon, talib kweli, imm tech, amir abdel malik, emiliano zapata, anyone who perseveres, malcolm x, Zeta Acosta, my dad... Freedom Fighters, womyn and men who fight the patriarchy actively through everyday actions...people who have survived sexual assault, abuse, or rape... those are definitely inspiring people.