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BRIAN MONTES

Brian Montes

About Me

This is my personal site. I'm a poet-singer. I have a music myspace, if you want to listen to more songs just click on my first friend. I enjoy reading and pondering... Spending time with my beautiful family and going out into the wilderness alone. I thrive on interacting with people from all walks of life and talking about their history and experiences in life.
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My Interests

MUSIC, PEOPLE, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, LEARNING, EXPERIENCING, HISTORICAL TRENDS, CREATIVITY, MEXICAN CULTURE, FILIPINO CULTURE, LISTENING TO WHAT FOLKS HAVE SEEN AND BEEN THROUGH IN THEIR LIVES.
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I'd like to meet:

LOOKING TO CONTINUE SHARING MUSIC. I ENJOY COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE THAT THINK A LOT ABOUT THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF THE WORLD. I WANT TO MEET MORE ARTISTS, POETS, WRITERS, THINKERS, EXPLORERS, WORKERS AND FAMILIES.

Music:

ALL GENRES, HIP HOP, R&B, ALTERNATIVE. ARTISTS LIKE TUPAC SHAQUR, BILLY JOEL, NIRVANA, SCOTT JOPLIN, THE GERSHWINS, RODGERS & HART, COLE PORTER, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, LOUIS PRIMA, ELLA FITZGERALD, R KELLY, HARRY CONNICK JR., RAY CHARLES, CHUCK BERRY, BUDDY HOLLY, EDDIE COCHRAN, MOZART, EVERLY BROS., MARVIN GAYE, AL GREEN, PRINCE, LUNY TUNES(REGGAETON), FRANK SINATRA, KENNY ROGERS, ALICIA KEYES, AND MORE.

Movies:

APOCALYPTO, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, BOBBY, MATRIX, THIN RED LINE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, DR. STRANGELOVE, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, AUSTIN POWERS, LIAR LIAR, FARHENHEIT 9/11, PLATOON, SOMEWHERE IN TIME, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, STEEL MAGNOLIAS (DON'T LAUGH), MANUFACTURING CONSENT

Television:

DON'T WATCH MUCH, BUT WHEN I SEE SOMETHING: LAKER GAME, NBA PLAYOFF GAME, LATE NIGHT SHOWS, MUSIC VIDEOS

Books:

GUNS GERMS AND STEEL, BREAD AND WINE, ONE-DIMENSIONAL MAN, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, ROGUE STATES, I-RIGOBERTA MENCHU, FRANKENSTEIN, A FAREWELL TO ARMS, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, CATCH-22, CATCHER IN THE RYE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, SILAS MARNER, MACBETH, HATCHET, THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, BHAGAVAD GITA, THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH, PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED

Heroes:

My wife, my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, EMILIANO ZAPATA, PEOPLE WHO THINK FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE MILLIONS WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE.

My Blog

Waterfall

I wrote it feeling the weight of our history and our present moral meanderings as a burden on my soul. But with hope for the future. I recall some fateful words by the late rapper Tupac Shaqur that gr...
Posted by BRIAN MONTES on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:48:00 PST

Strangers

Strangers is a love song about a romantic fling from the past revisited. The effect is to wonder what could have been, as the subject reflects on the two lovers' naive notions of love and togetherness...
Posted by BRIAN MONTES on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:47:00 PST