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Josh

Let Me Follow You Down

My Interests

Music:

Nirvana, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Liu Xuan, Twelve Girls Band, Fugazi, Neil Young, Avril Lavigne, Black Flag, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground, Tupac, Lightnin Hopkins, Traditional Chinese music, Paul Westerberg, The Clash, Weezer, Refused, Tom Petty, Millions of Dead Cops, Born Against, F.I.R., Coldplay, Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Notorius BIG, John Lennon, David Bowie, Local H, Minor Threat, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Yang Xiao-lin, Radiohead, Beck, Woody Guthrie, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Descendents, Rollins Band, George Gershwin, Foo Fighters, Duke Ellington, Michelle Branch, Brian Wilson, Dr. Dre, Joan Baez, The Sex Pistols, Mozart, Billy Bragg

Movies:

Zhang Ziyi, Bruce Lee, Cecilia Cheung, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Gong Li, Downfall, Gangs of New York, Forrest Gump

Books:

The Search For Modern China, T.S. Eliot, Ordinary Men, Tao Te Ching, Wang Ping, Chinese books, I Ching, The Chinese in America, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Ward Churchill, A Tale of the I Ching, Hegemony or Survival, Come As You Are, I Saw Ramallah, Earth Song- Sky Spirit, Media Control, Profit Over People, Propaganda and the Public Mind, A Problem From Hell, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Radical Priorities, Understanding Power, The American Indian, Thomas Jefferson, The Invasion of America, Now That the Buffalo's Gone, North American Indian Survival Skills, Native American Testimony, The Day The Chinese Invaded Korea, Lemon Book, Red- White & Black, Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, A Problem From Hell, Almanac of American History, The Stateman's Yearbook, The Indian Frontier, Ghosts of Mississippi, Nixon: The Fourth Year of Presidency, World Almanac, A People's History of The United States, Blueprints, A History of God, Mao's Generals Remember Korea, Deng Xiaoping: Selected Works, Chomsky for Beginners, The First Five, The Good Fight, The New World of International Relations, The Twentieth Century, Richard Nixon Memoirs, The Orgin of Species, German Dictionary, Yellow Wolf, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, the Complete Idiots Guide To Taoism

My Blog

Analyzing Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues

The song "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" by Bob Dylan deals with the paranoia with communism in the 1960's and a group that sees communist conspiracies in everything, the John Birch Society. Bob D...
Posted by Josh on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:55:00 PST

China's Four Modernizations

China is considered by many historians to be the oldest continuous surviving civilization in the world with over 5,000 years of continuous civilization, a glorious past, and over a billion people. Yet...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 11 May 2007 01:21:00 PST

Nixon In China

On Monday, February 21, 1972, the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, met with the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, for one hour in Mao's study in Beijing. The meetin...
Posted by Josh on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:27:00 PST

Chinese Culture As An Influence On Lao She's A Day In The Life

Lao She's story, A Day in the Life, reflects the culture of his life in 1933 China, and how chaotic daily life is reminiscent of a society and country in political upheaval. Lao She's story tells of a...
Posted by Josh on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:55:00 PST

Josh in China auf Deutsch

Ich bin nach China geflogen. Ich habe eine Fahrkarte gekauft. Ich bin nach Tibet gereist. Ich bin in den Himilaja gewandert. Ich habe in Shanghai gelesen. Ich habe Tee mit einer Frau getrunken. Ich un...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:07:00 PST

Political Asylum For Joan Jett

I am in support of Joan Jett receiving political asylum in the United States. The current situation in Albania is very unstable and it is highly possible that if Joan Jett returns there her safety wil...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:53:00 PST

Myspace Picture Video Barrage

Got the hand cut loose. Two ties knots. Like a submarine warfare monkey strapped across the inside. Got a head full of guts on a stomach empty of nothing. Seen the myspace picture video barrage full o...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:12:00 PST

The Buildup To Pearl Harbour

On December seventh, nineteen forty one, the Empire of Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor. Almost every American old enough to remember the attack recalls it as one of the defining momen...
Posted by Josh on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:06:00 PST

The Heart Grinder

I saw her on the hilltop. She was throwing out lines and spilling out hearts. Someone in the distance asked what the purpose was. She gave a nod and kept on throwing. Just about then, an acid rain sta...
Posted by Josh on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST

Pathways Changed

Pathways changedDoors unlocked Societies built on cider blocksHalf starved cities gone astray Men with tires change the dayCars that run on people's mindsMinds that run on saving timeEmpty standing pr...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:10:00 PST