My recent mantra...We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. Adapted from Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Open-minded, fun-loving, passionate revolutionaries. Fire-spinners and hoopers, natural builders, fermenters, permaculturists, primitive skills enthusiasts, dancers, artists, activists, musicians...general life lovers and freaks... I'm also interested in seeing how old friends from childhood/highschool/college/etc...are doing...please say hello if that's you... I'm not looking for a date, thanks.
conscious hip hop, trip hop, jazz, reggae, folk, 60's music, funk, bluegrass, ethno techno, making music with friends... I love good horn playing, good drumming (it's all about the spaces in between), and sultry singing. From Michael Franti, Ben Harper, Digable Planets, Ernest Ranglin, Charlie Hunter, MMW, Bela Fleck, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, David Grisman, Paco de Lucia, John MacGlaughlin, John Scofield, Thievery Corporation, Disposable Heroes of Hipocricy, Prince, Beastie Boys, to Gillian Welch, Bonnie Rait, and Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, James Taylor, The Allman Bros Band, Madonna, Nora Jones, Fiona Apple, Blackalicious, The Beatles, Victor Wooten, David Bowie, Prince, The Pixies, Portishead, Rusted Root, Jamaroquai, Talking Heads, Tori Amos, Dubconscious, Bling the Children Back Home, Galactic, Bassnectar, G. Love and Special Sauce, Jazz Mandolin Project, Bob Marley, Sublime, oh the list is endless...
The Dark Crystal is my all-time favorite. Princess Mononoke, Cast Away, The Never Ending Story, 12 Monkeys, Tipping the Velvet, Being John Malcovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blood Simple, Pirates of the Caribbean, Chocolate, Being There, V for Vendetta, The Goonies, Microcosmos, The Invisible, House of Flying Daggers, The Illusionist, The Lord of the Rings, Stars Wars, Dreamgirls
Turn off TV, Turn on Life! I haven't had cable in more than 10 years...although, when I'm around it, I like the Daily Show, The Simpsons, Real Time with Bill Maher, Oprah.
Well, my favorite authors are: Herman Hesse, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Terrence McKenna, Jean Auel, Tolkien, JK Rowling, and Barbara Kingsolver... My favorite book is Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz. My new favorite book is Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold.
My Aunt Debra has been battling cancer for 15 years, and she still lights up a room with her laugh! My Grandparents and my Mom are amazingly strong, adaptive people who have given me so much. My friend Carolyn (who also lights up a room with her laughter) teaches me and so many others so much...I'm forever thankful for how much we have changed our lives together!