PHISH! Oh how I miss those boys..
*JAMCRUISE
*the summer time
*basking in the sun
*clouds
*sunsets
*starry nights
*being mesmerized by the moon
*fireflies
*festival hopping
*all things funk
*all things flair
*creativity
*conjuring up costumes
*the process of turning a vision into reality
*fairy wings
*wigs
*glitter
*powertools
*running wire
*the smell of sawdust
*the smell after it rains
*smelling yummy
*devouring books
*sharing knowledge
*sharing moments
*possessing hopeless adoration for my fabulous friends and family
*people watching while pigeon feeding
*putting myself in other's shoes
*compassion
*empathy
*acceptance
*epiphanies
*learning to embrace the quirks and idiosyncrasies of others, and myself
*whistling
*my kittycats
* animals
*not eating animals
*furry-eared animal hats
*politics
*(far)left leaning liberalism
*volunteering my time & energy to good causes
*pushin' the good vibe
*spreadin' the love
*smiling, laughing and/or giggling
*music that tickles my soul
*maintaining amazement at the magic that is
Music
*In no particular order*..Phish, The Dead, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie,GNmothafuckinR, moe., The Doors,The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Umphrey's McGee, Animal Liberation Orchestra,Bob Marley, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Greyboy Allstars, Sublime, anything with Les Claypool, Jaco Pastorius,Tea Leaf Green, ,The Disco Biscuits, Particle, Scarecrow Collection, Old Crow Medicine Show, Frank Zappa, The Black Crowes, The Rolling Stones, The Band, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Galactic, Garage a Trois, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Lotus, The Benevento/Russo Duo, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, MMW, Martin Sexton,Ray LaMontagne,The Spam Allstars,Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Toubab Krewe,Eric Clapton, The New Deal, Perpetual Groove, Deep Banana Blackout, The Postal Service, Brothers Past,Juggling Suns,The Motet, Magic Gravy,Soulive, Steve Kimock, George Clinton & P-Funk, The Meters, Dumpstaphunk,The Ominous Seapods, Donovan,MOFRO, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings,North Mississippi Allstars, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Codetalkers/ Aquarium Rescue Unit, Railroad Earth, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, the Jazz Mandolin Project, Gov't Mule, Toots,Steel Pulse, Barrington Levy, Damian Marley, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Fantastic 4, Critters Buggin,The Big Wu, Addison Groove Project, Rusted Root, Simple Kid, Bob Dylan, Neil Young,Laura Nyro, Aerosmith,Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, the Counting Crows, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction,Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Audioslave, System of a Down, Blind Melon, Tom Petty, Fiona Apple, Scissor Sisters,The Shins, Modest Mouse, Ryan Adams, Dispatch, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Blackalicious, J5, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Mos Def,a Tribe Called Quest, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Digable Planets, KRS-ONE, Eazy E, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Gang Star, Lost Boys, Aesop Rock, Lyrics Born, Al Howard, the Beastie Boys,Brazillian Girls, the Chemical Brothers, Ozric Tentacles,RJD2, DJ Venom, Bad Boy Bill, Bassnectar,Sasha, Aphex Twin, Prodigy, Ben Harper, Queen, Gorillaz, DJ Harry, Ozomatli, Zilla, Keller Williams, Brett Dennen, Moonshine Still, Herbie Hancock, The Who, and the list goes on and on and on...Anything that inspires me to bliss out and boogie, sport a ginormous perma-grin and shake my ass. :-)
Movies
The Big Lebowski, The Princess Bride, The Neverending Story, The Last Unicorn, Willow, The Sandlot, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dazed & Confused, To Wong Fu Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Almost Famous, Napoleon Dynamite, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Igby Goes Down, Gandhi, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Requiem for a Dream, Empire Records, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Drop Dead Fred, Being John Malcovich, Finding Nemo, Gia, The Sultan Sea, Wayne's World, 40 Year Old Virgin, Old School, Anchorman, Meet the Parents/Fockers, Zoolander, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, BioDome, Son in Law etc..
Documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth, Bush's Brain, McLibel, Paragraph 175, Born into Brothels, Jesus Camp, The Corporation, The US vs John Lennon, Sicko, The Yes Men, Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room...
Television
FOX news.............Psyche!! Gotcha, just kidding, but really the BBC world news on PBS, CSPAN, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Aquateen Hungerforce, Seinfeld, animal planet, the discovery channel, the history channel, comedy central.. I guess a good chunk of this list is theoretical, I would watch this if I had it- but alas I don't have a television, so 'fuck it Dude, let's go bowling.'
Books
Mutant Message Down Under, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, ...and a hard rain fell, Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern Day Jordan, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lakota Woman, Black Elk Speaks, Walking with Grandfather, Nisa:The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, Hiroshima, 1984, Fast Food Nation, In Defense of Food:An Eater's Manifesto,The Wal-Mart Effect, Deer Hunting With Jesus:Dispatches from America's Class War, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, Slaughterhouse-Five,The Rape of Nanking, Murder of a Gentle Land: The Untold Story of Communist Genocide in Cambodia,The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi, We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda, Darfur Diaries, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nazi Officer's Wife, The Essential Ghandi, Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela,Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad, A Child Called It, The Color Purple, The Prince of Tides, Kafka on the Shore, The Phish Companion Vol. 1 and 2, Love is in the Earth:A Kaliedescope of Crystals, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, The Autobiography of Malcom X, No One Here Gets Out Alive,The Mists of Avalon, Interpreter of Maladies, The Glass Castle,Tuesdays with Morrie.. and mainly anything about different cultures, current events, crimes to humanity, wars and government, and memoirs dealing with those issues.
Heroes
My Mom, peaceful revolutionaries, and anyone who dares to defy the confines of convention to march to the beat of their own damn drum.
At Your Highest:
You are engrossed in passions that mentally stimulate you.
At Your Lowest:
You seek thrills and neglect what's important in your life.
In Love:
You see dating as adventure and approach it with an open attitude.
How You're Attractive:
You passion for life makes others passionate about you.
Your Eternal Question:
"Am I Having Fun?"
.."http://images.quizilla.com/I/IamOrange/1046047954_shuntitled.JPG" border="0" alt="Divided Sky"> Divided Sky! You're peaceful and content, and would like nothing more than to run out and fly a kite on a nice summer day. Your personality is complex and has several different facets, but in general you just tend to be in a good mood, which is why everyone likes you so much.
Who I'd like to meet: The dreamers, the doers, the shakers & the groovers. Those who keep me on my toes. Those who keep me cracking the f* up. And of course, Angelina Jolie, just so I can gawk at her.Yup.
Aaron Koppel Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club 11/20 and 11/21
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it.
Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club The Aaron Koppel Quartet 5-8:30p, Corey Wilkes group plays at 9:30p 11 E. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 The Aaron Koppel Quartet performing original music from "The Wild Call Of The Multi-Takser" and their new album "Falling Together Falling Apart", jazz standards, covers by Radiohead and James Brown. New album will be available for purchase at the show. 21+ Cover $10
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums http://www.andysjazzclub.com http://www.myspace.com/aaronkoppelmusic http://www.coreywilkes.com
TIESTO David Boggio, Alex Hall, DJ Rozz, Smashtime Super Stars- Bobby De Maria vs Tsunami, DJ Suspence Next Sunday, November 1st at 9pm The Rave / Eagles Club Milwaukee, WI
Visit THERAVE.COM for more info. and a chance to WIN TICKETS
THIS TUESDAY October 13th at 9p Aaron Koppel Quartet,Kelli Rudick,S Joel Norman Tuesday, 10/13, 9p @Martyrs 3855 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60613
The Aaron Koppel Quartet performing original music from "The Wild Call Of The Multi-Tasker" and their new album "Falling Together Falling Apart", covers by Radiohead and James Brown. New album will be available for purchase at the show. 21+ Cover $7
Check out all my buddies & campout w/ us next weekend. We've got Michael Kang (String Cheese) Ray White (Frank Zappa) Steve Molitz (Particle, Phil Lesh) John Molo (Phil Lesh) Tony Franklin (Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, The Firm) playing w/ my boy Willie Waldman on Friday along w/ Mr. Blotto & many other fine guests. We've got Los Lobos headlining Saturday. Please come out and support a good cause & have a great time w/ me and my friends.
As many of you know Phish tour etc. took a bit of a toll on me - please help me get out of the hole by buying some really cool stuff. Obviously I have a lot more than what's listed here, but its a start. Check back & I'll have many updates.
hello miss thang! I miss talkin to ya... and I can't call you cause my phone broke and my new one doesn't have your # in it. gimme a call soon, and we can catch up, or text me so I can call you-- you have to see my cute new belly! XO. mamasarah
hello miss thang! I miss talkin to ya... and I can't call you cause my phone broke and my new one doesn't have your # in it. gimme a call soon, and we can catch up, or text me so I can call you-- you have to see my cute new belly! XO. mamasarah
Check out sample tracks from our new album, Falling Together Falling Apart, on our Myspace Page.
"All in all, Aaron Koppel and company...have produced a lovely, lively collection marked by intelligent writing, emotional depth, and sterling musicianship." -Neil Tesser
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Miss me some AnimaLL! I can't wait to relive Hampton with you all summer long!! Hope to see you other than the Gorge. . I am still workin on your Jones Beach tix. Glitter face bearded boy seriously makes me laugh so much, I will never the look in your eyes when you said "Don't you think he needs just a little trim off the top?" hahahaha. . you did good- it looked much better post trim. I may be making some summer trips to Cali, can't wait to see you soon! XOX
Hi! How are you? Hope you are well. Have a listen to two new tunes that have never been on my myspace before that are on my CD which is now released! . They are the first 2 tunes on the myspace player. My CD is available now at cdbaby.com/waliditayim
