loungin, my gals, espresso done good, sneakers, adidas, choosing the first album of the day, soundsystems, dancin, pinot noir, the female form, good communication, the beach, the sun, leather and links, hot lingerie and exciting ways to wear it, searching vintage treasure troves for a unique piece, fluoro anything, the extended and incredibly talented wellington posse, individuality, plants, creativity, writing, connecting with my whanau wherever they are in the world, chocolate, great literature, (day)dreaming, art, my friends' art, media theory, postmodernism, travel, taking funny pix, sexy pix, that adrenalne hit you get from working out, food food food and music (especially that cooked and produced by those I love). i adore music in all shapes and formats - as long as it's juicy.
myself in 10 years' time, adi dassler, dita von teese, the woman who founded agent provocateur, coco chanel, all my friends in one place for a right celebration, haruki murakami, missy elliott, gilles peterson, mos def, the dalai lama, al gore, michel gondry ... and more peeps like you.
the reason i get up in the morning (amongst others). mi gosh.... styles i dig: DUBSTEP, nu jazz, broken beat, downbeat, drum n bass, grime, hip hop, dancehall, dub, roots, soul, jazz, funk, trip hop.artists i'm feelin: my AOTEAROA brothers and sisters first and foremost. thankyou for doin what you do with soul and love. let's not forget freddie cruger, anything by JSTAR or on GAMM records, alice russell, anti-social entertainment (quest, silkie, heny g oh my goodness!!), shapeshifter, the illphonics, tiki taane, urban notion, kora, p-digsss, hollie smith, deva mahal, mala and DMZ!, ladi6 and parks, the sunshine soundsystem posse, otautahi allstars, dub syndicate, the mad professor, tm juke you pimp, subfocus, black sun empire, marcus intalex and the soul:r massive, digital, calibre, loefah, skream, kode9, the roots, shy fx, high contrast, nu:tone, dkay, marky, roots foundation, fat freddy's drop, pacific heights, snoop, the SONAR KOLLEKTIV posse, HOSPITAL RECORDS for providing some of the best musical memories yet, roots manuva, missy elliott (bad girl!), cian, manuel bundy, the turnaround, che fu, king kapisi, open souls, solaa, lazy daze soundsystem, motive, sean, jazzanova, eva be, kanye west, krafty kuts, t.i. king, stanton warriors, plump djs, silver, total science, mist:i:cal, london elektricity (i'll never forget the BBQ!), king tubby, jill scott you sweet soul sista, erykah badu, salmonella dub (RIP), a tribe called quest, mark farina, thievery corporation, mos def, talib kweli, black thought, guru, miles davis, billie holiday, nina simone, anything on GRAND CENTRAL, jungle brothers, soul jazz records, old skool outkast, les nubians, amp fiddler, the unabombers, fabio, andy c, twinset, goldie, makoto, logistics, kruder & dorfmeister, concord dawn, the chemical brothers, silverbeats, de la soul, 50hz, angie stone, sade, d'angelo, fila brazilia, slum village, platinum pied pipers, peanut butter wolf, mad lib, j-dilla, cee-lo green, dangermouse, nathan haines, michelle ndegeocello, barrington levy, dr dre, the neptunes, pharrell, beyonce, jay z, king britt, mr scruff, foxy brown, the foreign exchange, sola rosa, aretha franklin, us3, common, truby trio, mighty souls of mischief, pete rock and cl smooth, butch cassidy soundsystem, studio one, cyantific, burt bacharach, rodney p, skitz, ty, gillespeterson, oe brazil, cinematic orchestra ... the list goes on!!
Bladerunner, Secretary, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, The Constant Gardener, Motorcycle Diaries, Spirited Away, The Piano, Scarface, Dave Chapelle's Block Party, Napoleon Dynamite (gossssh!), City of God, Whale Rider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Twelve Monkeys, The Triplets of Belleville, Dog Day Afternoon, Cape Fear, Rules of Attraction, Rize, Adaptation, American Beauty, Once Were Warriors, American History X, Memento, Eddie Murphy 'Raw', Style Wars, Thriller, any heavy docos.
don't have one anymore. don't really miss it either, unless i'm in a questionable state with little mental capacity, then i miss it bad.
"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami, anything by Don de Lillo but most notably "Underworld", The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity, "Saturday" by Ian McEwan, "The Magic Faraway Tree" for childhood fantasy flashbacks, "Wall and Piece" by Banksy, "Freakonomics", Paulo Coehlo, James Ellroy, Bret Easton Ellis' "Less than Zero" and "Glamorama" and many more that I will add as they spring to mind...
anyone with the determination and nouse to make things happen and keep ish movin. those who speak their truth. funny fruity goofballs all over this world.