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Riding fast, and living slow...

About Me

I'm Ian. I'm a photographer , drummer, student, geek, lover, and audiophile. I am sometimes purposefully speak in english of bad translation, and sometimes declare my intent to immediately move to california. I'm often accused of being somewhat hard to find- it's easy, if you know which bottle of sake to look behind.I live in Richmond, VA. Some call it Richmond. We call it Fist City. I call it home.
I work for rva . We're a local art.music.culture.rva magazine. We publish a mix of articles that we write, and other media that people send in; anything, really, as long as it (or a picture of it) can be printed. We also review a good bit of music, as well as films. I could go on and on about it all day- but if you're in this town, you can get a copy for free (if you can find it), or subscribe. It's available at a good portion of local bookstores, coffeehouses, cafes, and music stores.

My Interests

Photography, Urbex, Graphic Design, Art, Museums, Travel, Drumming, Percussion, Volvo, Sunsets, Nature, Hiking, Snowboarding, Philosophy, Poetry, Slam Poetry, Sunrises, Performance Art, Museums, Bagels, Coffeehouses, Stickfas, Motorcycles, Bicycles, Halo

I'd like to meet:

People of refined taste. As in, they taste good.I love it when I log on and someone that I met at a show has found me and sent me a message. People are neat.

Music:

beats, drums, guitars, voices, lyrics, bands, mcs, djs. also, sounds.

Movies:

amalie, sin city, kubrick, LoTR, metropolis, akira, Ghost in the Shell I & II, Gilliam, Hughes, H2G2, H&KgtWC. and on and on...

Television:

kill your TV- it lies to you. Otherwise, Adult Swim, Daily Show, Simpsons, Wonder Showzen, Sifl & Olly, anything involving David Cross, and the dorky channels. I don't actually HAVE a TV.

Books:

American Gods / Neil Gaiman, H2G2 / Douglas Adams, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay / Michael Chabon, Sirens of Titan / anything by Vonnegut, Prozac Nation / Elizabeth Wurtzel, an ever-growing stack of photoshop books.

Heroes:

my Mother, Father and Sister, Danny Carey, DJ Shadow, Buddha, Trent, Bresson, Brassai, and you

My Blog

The Bird Feeder

Subject: The Bird feederI was forwarded this from a friend. Below it, is my reply.-Ian>>> I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.>> Within a week we had hundreds of...
Posted by [img] on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:39:00 PST

Seldom spoken words of praise for Northern Virginia.

It's no secret that I hate Northern VA.  I went to high school up here, and I think that it's a cancer- growing in all directions with no reason other than the consumption of resources.  How...
Posted by [img] on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

switching.

In about two weeks I will switch completely away from Microsoft operating systems.  I'll have my new iMac, and I'm going to install Ubuntu (linux) on the laptop.  It's going to be fun to lea...
Posted by [img] on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

more smackdown from Keith Olbermann, but...

    The focus of vengance is narry the republicons, but the weak democratic congressors- Via: VideoSift...
Posted by [img] on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:43:00 PST

heavy blog - seriously.

    My Dad is dying.    I can hear it in his voice, and he even alluded to it when I talked to him on the phone.  He's always been very strong, and the last few days...
Posted by [img] on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:58:00 PST

parisphoto: 3 - Jazz

    I know there are some hip motherfuckers in RVA, but sorry, i don't think any of y'all are has hep as these cats here....
Posted by [img] on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:58:00 PST

parisphoto:2

Notre-Dame St. MichaelmetroWhat?  You've never been to a dance party in a 400 year old wine cellar?pretties."is it a revolt?" "No, Monseur, it is a Revolution."spicesRasul's heaven (cheeses as fa...
Posted by [img] on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:23:00 PST

paris - photo1

HollaI'll fix the keystone laterIt's the Louvre's butt.cafe and a smoke at Cafe Marly, inside of the Louvre.thank god for tripods.a cat!  wait, no.  a FRENCH cat.  wait, no- a parisian ...
Posted by [img] on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:24:00 PST

paris : 2

    It's thursday morning.  We are heading to a computer store in    a few minutes so I can replace the power supply for my laptop, after which I will be posting pictures...
Posted by [img] on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:34:00 PST

paris : 1

    the keyboard is wonky.  seriously, there are some vowels out of place.  I forgot the power suppy for my laptop, finding one will be a challenge . . .  picture post so...
Posted by [img] on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:16:00 PST