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jess

It isn't a noise, it's my language.

About Me

I belong to the MTV generation.. not quite old enough to be an X'er or young enough to be a Y. I guess I scored the best of both. I grew up in the 80's and early 90's and what a time it was. One could never have enough scrunchies, or garbage pail kid cards, or Kris Kross, or Bros. My rusty old dragster bike. A time when pedaling backwards on a bike meant you slammed on the brakes. Happy pants and an even happier face while slurping on a Sunny Boy. Ohh the Zit Remedy. And if you were in G-Town in the late 80's... Expo '88 with that amazing laser show.

Dununba - Conakry, Guinea.. love the communication between drummer and dancer.

My Interests

West African drumming, street art, Nathan Jurevicius, the sea, swing dancing, blues dancing, storms, coffee, anime, triplej, reese's peanut butter cups, melbourne's laneways, my old atari, PLAN

I'd like to meet:

The black and white cat from next door who looks at me from a distance but won't come close enough for a pat.

Music:

Adama Dramé, Augie March, Belle & Sebastian, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Blue King Brown, Brian Eno, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, Chemical Brothers, Cornelius, Count Basie, David Bowie, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Fela Kuti, Gotye, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jimmy Smith, John Butler Trio, Jose Gonzales, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Leo Kottke, Louis Prima, Lou Rawls, Miriam Makeba, Modest Mouse, Muddy Waters, Muse, Nina Simone, Oscar Peterson Trio, Paul Simon, Radiohead, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sarah Blasko, Sigur Rós, Stevie Ray Vaughn, St Germain, Sufjan Stevens, Ray Charles, The Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, U2, Xavier Rudd

Heroes:

People who find the time and/or money to give to those who find themselves in less fortunate circumstances. Next time you're planning a drive to the shop to buy a snack, spare a thought for someone on the other side of the world planning a 5km walk to the nearest source of safe drinking water.

My Blog

The drought and foreigners.

I'm on a training course at the moment, they've flown the trainer in from Europe for it.  He's recently spent a bit of time in SE Asia and, well, isn't really happy with Melbourne's lack of ...
Posted by jess on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST

Graceland.

So I finally got around to buying the live DVD recording of one of my favourite records as a kid.  Whenever my dad used to let me pick something from his record collection to play without fail th...
Posted by jess on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:20:00 PST