THE ART,MUSIC,CULTURE,& ARCHITECTURE,OF CIVILIZATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD; THROUGHOUT TIME!!!!!!ANCIENT RUINS,MACHU PICHU,ANKUR,EASTER ISLAND,THE PLAINS OF NASCAR,THE PYRAMIDS ALL OVER THE WORLD; IT FASCINATES ME TO THE CORE;BECAUSE BEING ONE WITH THE WORLD YOUR IN, INCLUDES IT'S HISTORY!BEING AN ARTIST I'M AMAZED AT THE AMMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT'S GONE ON FOR MILENIA IN THE MINDS EYE OF THE ARTIST,AND SEEING IT'S PROOF OF EXISTISTANCE SCATTERED ALONG THE TRAIL OF TIME! IMAGINE IF YOU COULD DOWNLOAD EVERY PIECE OF ART, & ARCHITECTURE,PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, MURALS,ALL IN A MATTER OF HOURS,[KIND OF LIKE MILLA JOVOVICH, IN 'THE FIFTH ELEMENT' WHEN SHE SPEED READS THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!]WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU PROUD TO BE A HUMAN! I THINK WE NEED TO BE PROUD TO BE HUMANS, IN A NEO- RENASCIANCE MOVEMENT THAT BRINGS BACK A RESPECT FOR LIFE AND THE PLANET! I'M VERY MUCH INTO ANYTHING JAPANESE;I THINK WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA,RUNNING A CLOSE 2ND, JAPAN'S ART & MUSIC,& CULTURE,[THEIR WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD THEY'RE IN,& LIVING IN IT, IS SOMEHOW KINDRED !I'M TRYING TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE SO THAT I MAY GO THERE SOMEDAY! I'M WORKING ON OPENING A STUDIO/GALLERY HERE AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A KILLER WEBSITE ON WHICH I COULD PEDDLE MY WORK,I THOUHGT IT WOULD BE VERY COOL TO MAKE A FEW GALLERY CONNECTIONS IN JAPAN,AS SORT OF A SISTER GALLERY,[WHERE I COULD SHOW JAPANESE ARTISTS & THEY COULD SHOW MY WORK] IT WOULD GIVE ME EVEN MORE OF A REASON TO HAVE TO GO TO JAPAN!!ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT! IT'S SUMMER TIME SO THE SILKSCREEN SHOP I WORK AT IS BUSY/INSANE, WE PRINT ALL THE SHIRTS FOR 'REGGAE ON THE RIVER' [SEE www.mateel.org while you're there check out the t-shirt/poster dezign I did for the Summer Arts Festival] YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YA HOW MANY T-SHIRTS FOR THAT WE PULL OFF;ALL IN A SHOP THAT'S STRAIGHT OUTA "THAT 70'S SHOW" ON TWO, EIGHT COLOR OLD SCHOOL SILKSCREEN PRESSES! I LUV MUSIC AS MUCH,& AS DEEP AS I DO ART, ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL! I LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS! ESPECIALLY HERE IN HUMBOLDT. AS TIME GOES ON I'LL DO A SLIDESHOW OR WHATEVER, OF IMAGES OF HUMBOLDT! I'LL BESIDES ALL MY ART WORK, BE SHOWING PICS OF MY 2 SONS & I,SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjsuoMrcEM&eurl=
I'd like to meet:
I met her!! Her name is Brenda!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYUkA2vEAo&eurl=ANYONE WITH A LOVE OF LIFE,A RESPECT FOR THE EARTH,SOME RYTHYM IN THEIR SOUL,A VISION IN THEIR MIND,A HEART THAT BEATS WITH THE RYTHYMS OF THE EARTH,AND A TONGUE THAT SPEAKS FOR TRUTH FOR ALL;THEN I GUESS ONE COULD SAY WE'RE LIKE MINDED, IN WHICH CA.. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- For SE GIVE ME A SHOUT! ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtHLyN22JQ4&eurl=
Music:
I'M A CHILD OF THE 60'S SO THAT ERA WILL ALWAYS BE MAGICAL FOR ME,BUT I NEVER GOT CAUGHT IN ON GENRE;AS TIME WENT ON & THE MUSIC EVOVLED,SO DID I! IWAS A DEADHEAD FOR DECADES,TRAVELING ALL OVER THE STATES, SELLING T-SHIRTS & PRINTS TO PAY MY WAY!WHILE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY I'D CHECK OUT OTHER VENUES,SO THAT I COULD COME AWAY FROM A TOUR HAVING SEEN FOR EXAMPLE,BESIDES NIGHT AFTER NIGHT OF THE DEAD, & WHOEVER OPENED FOR THEM & PLAYED WITH THEM USUALLY AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED,LIKE,THE NEVILLE BROTHERS,SANTANA,THE BAND,BABA OLA TUNJI,BOB DYLAN; OTHER BANDS OF THE DAYZE WERE PLAYING IN THE SAME TOWNZ, SO THAT BY THE END OF A SUMMER YOU'D SEEN A TON OF MUSIC,MADE SOME COIN,LOT' OF STORIES TO TELL, AND BANDS TO ADD TO LIST OF EIGHT/TRACKS,ALBUMS CASSETTES,CD,YOU HAD TO GET!SO IF I HAVE TO LIST OFF MUSIC GENRES, I'D SAY RAP,HIP-HOP,REGGAE,ROCK PUNK,TECHNO,THE BLUES,I'LL THROW SOME NAMES AT YOU AS THEY COME TO MIND,STARTING WITH, KING HAPPY,THIEVERY CORPORATION!!![THEY RULE!] THE GORILLAZ,PARIS,BLACK EYED PEAS,APHRODESIA,LYRICS BORN,QUINTO SOL,POT LUCK, ELISION,LED ZEPLIN,PINK FLOYD,GRATEFUL DEAD,ERIC CLAPTON,LES CLAYPOOL & THE FABULOUS FLYING FROG BRIGADE,STYMIE & THE PIMP JONES LUV ORCHESTRA,DEZARIE,BOB MARLEY,PETER TOSH,THIRD WORLD,SEAN PAUL,GOD SPEED YOU BLACK EMPORER,BB KING, NINA SIMONE!!,BILLY HOLIDAY,SADE,TRACY CHAPMIN,JONI MITCHELL,ALANIS MORRISETTE,WU TANG CLAN,STACY FALCIS,ELISE & A JOHHNY WALKER,KULICA,EM&EM,WILLIE NELSON,STEVIE WONDER, KATE WOLF,TINA MALIA,YES, LEFTOVER SALMON,MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD,RAY CHARLES,THE DOORS,THE WHO,DAVID LINDLEY,HOT TUNA,ROBERT HUNTER, JERRY GARCIA,VAN MORRISON,ROD & THE IDEALS,RAVI SHANKAR, EARTH WIND & FIRE,TALKING HEADS,TRISTAN BLACKWELL/TREEDOGG [see www.myspace.com-treedogg],ETC.,ETC.,ETC.,
Movies:
7 SAMURAI,ZATOICHI,SONATINE,GHOST DOG,LEON THE PROFESSIONAL,POINT OF NO RETURN, LA FEMME NIKITA,FEMME FETALE,RESEVOIR DOGS,JACKIE BROWN, PULP FICTION,KILL BILL 1&2,TRUE ROMANCE, SIN CITY,ON THE BEACH,THE BEACH,GANGS OF NEW YORK, LAST OF THE MOHICANS,LAST OF THE SAMURAI,VANILLA SKY,ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND,BARAKA,KOYANOSKATZI,THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, OMEGA MAN, PLANET IF THE APES, FARENHEIT 911,REEFER MADNESS,METROPOLIS,CODE 46,HAROLD & MAUDE,AMERICAN BEAUTY,FIFTH ELEMENT,QUEST FOR FIRE,SCARFACE,SERPICO,SIMONE,ETC. ETC., ETC.,
Television:
OLD SCHOOL--TWILIGHT ZONE,OUTER LIMITS,TIME TUNNEL,THUNDERBIRDS,[WHICH IS WHAT TEAM AMERICA IS A SPOOF OF] MONTY PYTHON,JOSEPH CAMPELL INTERVIEWS WITH BILL MOYERS "THE POWER OF MYTH" DON'T REALLY WASTE TIME WATCHING TV!EXCEPT FOR MY OWN VAST COLLECTION OF DVD'S ON NIGHTS, WHEN I'M NOT PAINTIN'!
Books:
HAGAKURE,DUDE!WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?,CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER,THE ARTIST'S WAY,ILLUSIONS,THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY,ON THE ROAD,THE KARMA SUTRA,ISHMEAL,DANTE'S INFERNO,.
Heroes:
AMY GOODMAN, JAUN GONZALES, MICHAEL MOORE, ARENDATI ROY, HELEN CALDECOTT,REV. DESMUND TUTU,MARTIN LUTHER KING,JULIA BUTTERFLY,NEIL YOUNG,JOHN LENNON,BOB MARLEY,TRISTAN & SKYLER!
