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Henri!

I am not the Asian guy from Heroes!

About Me


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Amateur Rock n Roll Photographer

(Lily Allen @ Coachella 2007)

(Cut Chemist @ The Independent, San Francisco,2006)
Let me repeat I am not a professional photographer, I take pictures for the love of music. Music is my obsession.

My Favorite AZ Indie Recordstore
This picture was seen in July 06 issue of SpressO Magazine.

Coachella will always be my Music Mecca

Next Music Festival Destinations

Viva La France

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated.
You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so. Who's Your Inner European?

My Interests

MUSIC, concerts, movies, going to recordstores and bookstores, meeting famous people, driving, web surfing, browsing music magazines, playing pinball, traveling, soccer (the beautiful game), Politiks, Air America/NPR listener, I like to take pictures at concerts

I'd like to meet:

Dirty Pretty Things

OASIS (Actually I met Zak Starkey and Andy Bell)

Zinedine Zidane

Tang Wei

Note: if you want to be my friend, please send me message first and tell me where you found my profile. IF NOT, YOU WILL MARKED AS SPAM!!!

Music:



I am a music junkie, Brit-Rock, Garage rock, turntablism, Indie music, some indie hip hop, blur, U2, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals, Dirty Pretty Things, Garbage, Cut Chemist, Lyrics Born, The Zutons, Futureheads, Frausdots, Kings of Leon, Kasabian, Ryan Adams, Pulp, Yeti, The Beatles, Ash, Radiohead, BabyShambles, The Smiths, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, cornershop, BRMC, Electric 6, Flaming Lips, The Hiss, Pixies, Polyphonic Spree, Rapture, British Sea Power, Catatonia, Suede, delays, doves, Manic Street Preachers, Ravonettes, Stereophonics, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Hope of the States, Jem, Franz Ferdidnand, The cure, The Thrills, The Strokes, Travis, Sigur Ros, Beastie Boys, Rolling Stones, The Who, Air, Basement Jaxx, Norah Jones, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Portishead, Roni Size, Roysopp, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sounds, Concretes, T-Rex, David Bowie, New Order, pink floyd, robbie williams, Kate Bush, MF Doom, Talib Kewli, The Roots, M I A, bloc party, yeah yeah yeahs, white stripes, DJ ICON, Rachel Yamagata, beck, queen, kraftwerk, roxy music, mylo, LCD soundsystem, 12 Girls Band, Danger Mouse, DJ Shadow, Shout Out Louds, UNkle, Idaho Falls, Echo and the Bunnyman, The Tyde, The Prodigy, Mia Doi Todd, Arcade Fire, Ian Brown, gorilliaz, rilo kiley, kaiser chiefs, Death from Above 1979, coldplay, secret machines, sisters of mercy, jesus and mary chain, peter murphy, love and rockets, bauhaus, inspirial carpets, tears for fears, annie, Mew, Jet, The Darkness, Magic Numbers, Go Team, Madonna, Hot Chip, The Subways, Hard-Fi, Blondie, Dixie Chicks, ELO, Phoenix, lots of others

Henri's Video of the Week

Wham - Freedom

Movies:



Reservior Dogs, Mary Poppins, Fahrenheit 9-11, Bowling for Columbine, Time and Tide, Star Wars, The Notorious Bettie Page, Mullholland Drive, Peking Opera Blues, Almost Famous, Being John Malkovich, Grizzly Man, Bullet in the Head, Scarface, Hard Day's Night, High Fidelity, Far From Heaven, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boogie Nights, 24 Hour Party People, Adaptation, City of God, Galaxy Quest, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Once Upon a Time in China, A I, Ed Wood, Kiki's Delivery Service, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Bulworth, Lost in Translation, Traffic, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Amelie, American Psycho, Swingers, Wallace & Gromit movies

Television:

I don't watch much tv just these shows below:

The Amazing Race, Heroes, 60 Minutes, $40 a Day, FIFA World Cup Soccer, Any Soccer games, GlobeTrekker, Ebert and Roeper, McLaughlin Group, MTV2 Subterranean, Dancing with the Stars, No Reservations, VH1 Classic The Alternative, Fuse The Dive, X-Play, Attack of the Show, Countdown with Keith Olberman, whatever is on my dvd player

Books:

Animal Farm, The Orchid Thief, The World is Flat, Harrison Bergeron (short story), The Blue Pages, Hong Kong Babylon, Dude Where's My Country Favorite Music Magazines: NME, Rolling Stone, Q Magazine, Blender, Spin, I have to admit I like read the English subtitles on dvds.

Heroes:



John Lennon, Michael Moore, Rob Evans, Warren Beatty, Ralph Nader, Tsui Hark, Wong Fei Hung, Jeff Lynne, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Charles Barkley, Edward R. Murrow, Whistleblowers of the World, Rodney Bingenheimer, The Gallagher Brothers (Oasis, of course), MP George Galloway, Joseph & Valarie Plame Wilson, Capt. Benjamin Sisko (The Emissary), Zinedine Zidane, and all of my friends.

My Blog

San Franicso Outside Lands Festival...Here I come!

This lineup isn't as good as Coachella, but it has Radiohead which is the big draw for me.  I know it will have better weather than Indio too. I can't wait!...
Posted by Henri! on Mon, 12 May 2008 04:32:00 PST

Coachella 2008 Recap.

  2008 Coachella marks as my fifth and final Coachella for me!  You can't believe how many stunned faces I tell people when they ask me how times I had been to Coachella.  Tell you the...
Posted by Henri! on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:56:00 PST

My favorite albums of 2007!!! (I got some explaining to do)

Here is my favorite albums of 2007, another great year (in no particular order):The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever.  How can 2 bad singers make a great album?  Thanks to Alex Kapranos of...
Posted by Henri! on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:47:00 PST

Going to the Movies 2007

Here is my list of my Top 10 favorite movies in 2007. 1. Juno Why was this film top of my list?  Simply put; I still can't stop thinking about this film.  Credit the...
Posted by Henri! on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:35:00 PST

Henris Long March of China (Final Updates)

Back in October 2007, I went on an amazing trek through China.  It is actually my very first trip overseas.  I went on planes, boats, bus, car, and trains through my entire trip. I pos...
Posted by Henri! on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:57:00 PST

Morrissey

Yes, I am officially part of the Moz Posse...lol Morrissey, last night, came to the Maricopa County Event Center formerly known as the Sundome.  I have really a strange relationship as a fan of ...
Posted by Henri! on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:10:00 PST

Coachella 2007 recap

 I am still suffering from my bloody cold.  At least I got some time on my sick bed to finally work on this blog. Coachella Friday Day 1 With four hours of horrible sleep at onsite camp fo...
Posted by Henri! on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:53:00 PST

Point Shoot Click...My 2006 Concert Photos

Some guy told me when I was getting popcorn in the movie theatre.  "Hey I see you at every concerts especially those Brit concerts, you and your camera taking pictures." &nbs...
Posted by Henri! on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:47:00 PST

Fake Tales of San Francisco (w/ Mew, Cut Chemist, DJ ICON, The Tyde, the Secret Machines)

Sorry that I was kinda late on this blog, my San Francisco trip ended 2 weeks ago, and I felt like revisiting that exciting trip all over again.  If you expect this blog to be about all...
Posted by Henri! on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:11:00 PST

Coachella 2006 - The Aftermath

I just got back from two hot days at Coachella, my music mecca.  This is my third time going.  Sadly I have to say that this year was one  I liked the least. ...
Posted by Henri! on Wed, 03 May 2006 06:06:00 PST