music, classical piano, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, contortion, hand-balancing, composition/arranging, aerial hoop (lyra/cerceau), Universal Yoga as taught by Andrey Lappa, Dharma Mittra Yoga, mantra, Sanskrit, astrology, languages, India, counter-tenor, AcroYoga
...contortionists/acrobats, yogis, physical culture enthusiasts
...people as obsessed with music as I am
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FAVOURITE CLASSICAL COMPOSERS:
Franz Liszt
Maurice Ravel (Give me Ravel above Debussy anyday!)
Samuel Barber
Camille Saint-Saens
Frédéric Chopin
Robert Schumman
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Give me Mozart above Beethoven anyday!)
FAVOURITE ARTISTS:
Jeff Buckley
Regina Spektor
Ben Folds
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Tori Amos
The Arcade Fire
The Dresden Dolls
Rufus Wainwright
Jon McLaughlin
Bjork
Mercury Rev
Vampire Weeekend
Clap You Hands and Say Yeah
Antony and the Johnsons
The Gabe Dixon Band
David Bowie (up until Ziggy Stardust)
Wilco (since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
The Flaming Lips (since Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
Grandaddy
The Magnetic Fields
Golfrapp
Turin Brakes
Hot Chip
Daft Punk
Basement Jaxx
The Avalanches
John Legend
D'Angelo
Outkast
Nina Simone
Weezer
Green Day
Citizen Cope
The Cranberries
Edith Piaf
Bob Marley (fellow Jamaican AND fellow Aquarius)
SUMPTUOUS GUILTY (not really) PLEASURES:
WICKED! (Stephen Schwartz is a genius!)
My Chemical Romance
Queen
Muse (since Absolution)
Scooter
Kylie Minogue
Tarkan
Janet (since Damita Jo)
Missy Elliot
Sean Paul (fellow Jamaican)
Abba
The Carpenters
Rihanna
Jason & deMarco
SHORTBUS
Dancer in the Dark
Kill Bill
The Chumscrubber
Brokeback Mountain
Velvet Goldmine
Legends of the Fall
La Vie en rose (La Môme)
Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Fighting Tommy Riley
Stranger than Fiction
Lord of the Rings
Farinelli: Il Castrato
Edward Scissorhands
Making Love
Enchanted
Ma vie en rose
Pauline et Paulette
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Muriel's Wedding
Little Voice
Love Actually
American Beauty
The Lady in the Water
Lagaan: One Upon A Time In India
X-Men: The Last Stand
Jawbreaker
The Prince of Egypt
The Never-Ending Story (childhood favourite)
SIX FEET UNDER
Ninja Warrior
Frazier
Family Guy
Ugly Betty
Kyle XY
America's Funniest Videos
America's Got Talent
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Noah's Ark
Queer as Folk
...whatever's on LOGO
Edmund White: A Boy's Own Story / The Beautiful Room is Empty / The Farewell Symphony
Gregory Maquire: Wicked--The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Peter Cashorali: Fairy Tales--Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men
Plato: Symposium
Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar: Light on Yoga
Swami Vishnu-Devananda: The Sivananda Companion to Yoga (my introduction to Yoga!)
COUNTER-TENOR:
Philippe Jaroussky
MUCH RESPECT TO THE ABSTRACT BBOYS:
Fanantic vs. Freakazoid and Rubberlegz vs. Law
YOGA TEACHERS WITH WHOM I HAVE STUDIED (long- or short- -term):
Noah Williams
R. Alex Medin
William Duprey
Andrey Lappa
Darren Rhodes
Noah Mazé
Dharma Mittra
OTHER YOGIS I ADMIRE:
Matej Jurenka
Vladimir Kalabin
Yogananth Andiappan
Wang Xiangdong
Olaf Kalfas
CONTORTIONISTS:
Jonathan Nosan
Vadim Petchinski
Mukhtar Gussengadgiev
Dmitry Bulkin
Lazaru Gitu
...a fellow-Jamaican contortionist (How cool is that!?):
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PIANISTS:
Georges Chiffra
Leopold Godowsky
Sir Arthur Rubinstein
Martha Argerich
Marc-André Hamelin