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wandering around new places, basking in the mexican sun, being near the ocean, never being cold! discovering new things, being an aunt, people watching, dancing!: belly dancing, salsa, cumbia, samba...etc. full moon fire circles in the forest (miss them!), drumming, activism, fair trade, organic gardening, cooking and eating tasty healthy food, reading, mole tamales from the stand down the street, dia de los muertos, pumpkins, trees, camping, hiking, markets, local music & art....
my ancestors... and as for the living: fellow wanderers, dreamers, thinkers, artists, and world-changers.
the best music is local. a few old favorites from michigan: steppin in it, calliope, rootstand. from mexico: mama ruda, radioswap, ochencai. from london: mr.steev, elora dannon. here are some more well-known ones: the smashing pumpkins (probably my all-time fav), mazzy star, dead can dance, lisa gerrard, morcheeba, calexico, sigur ros, ani difranco, nick drake, pj harvey, immortal technique and other underground revolutionary hip hop, johnny cash (who doesn't like the man in black!?) bob dylan, depeche mode and other 80s new wave, blind melon, el gran silencio, buena vista social club, salsa, samba, flamenco, world, the putumayo series, ojos de brujo, arrested development and other early 90s hip hop, old and in the way and other bluegrass, massive attack, air, pink floyd, thievery corporation, steve roach and other ambient/electronica, ben harper, cat power, le tigre, fela kuti, herbie hancock, paul simon, bob marley, john lennon (and visual art), tracy chapman, the velvet underground, the eels, ben&jason, iron&wine, soundgarden/ nirvana/ pearl jam/ and other classics of my generation, manu chao, radiohead, thom yorke, mala rodriguez, java, shakira, sargent garcia, mexican reggae/ska/punk, gustavo cerati, soda stereo, cafe tecuba, julieta venegas, lhasa and more...
the motorcyle diaries, frida, baraka, legend, amelie, y tu mama tambien, amores perros, city of god and other foreign films, la bamba, edward scissorhands, my big fat greek wedding, chocolate, dogtown & z-boys, the corporation, the future of food and other documentaries, american beauty, saving face, 80s molly ringwold movies, the crow, clockwork orange, waking life, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, adaptation, and of course adam sandler and chris farley classics...
"turn off that mind-rotting noise box!" -my mom in the 80s. thanks mom, couldn't have said it better myself. however, there is one redeeming factor of tv: THE SIMPSONS...best show ever! i've also recently come to appreciate the family guy on dvd.
the kite runner-khaled housseni, the celestine prophecy series, tom robbins, barbara kingsolver, noam chomsky, women in the material world, daisaku ikeda-one by one, dr.seuss-the lorax, howard zinn-people's history, ya basta!10 years of zapatista uprising... zines: adbusters, mother jones, transitions abroad, yes!.
mothers (especially my own), zapatistas, and everyone in the struggle for justice, working for positive social change.