My main interests are film, history, art, music, literature, and dance.
Music
Cocteau Twins, Annie Lennox, Jamiroquai, New Order, Joy Division, Sade, Ziggy Stardust,David Bowie, Lucy Pearl, The Strokes, Macy Gray, Bjork,Tool,Rage Against the Machine, Nellie Hooper,Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Ruben Gonzalez, Buena Vista Social Club, Al Green, Damien Rice,Lily Allen, Over the Rhine, Feist, David Geraghty, Malcom Mclaren,Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, Kate Bush, Pixies, Angelique Kidjo, Johnny Cash, A Tribe Called Quest, Just Jack, Stevie Wonder,George Michaels,Beck,Portishead,Morcheeba,Radiohead,Moby, Edith Piaf,Regina Spektor, Tom Petty, Maxwell, The Stone Roses, Marrianne Faithful, Lauryn Hill, Switchfoot, Aretha Franklin, The White Stripes, Digable Planets, Modest Mouse,K.D. Lang, Catherine Wheel, Ella Fritzgerald, Billie Holiday,Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Dragonette, Ella Fritzgerald, Love and Rockets, Tears for Fears, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cowboy Junkies, Mazzy Star, Pet Shop Boys, Bronski Beat, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Stone Roses, Jesse Cook,Vivaldi,Bach,Beethoven,lots of Electronica and so much more!
Movies
The Color Purple, Breakfast at Tiffany's and all Audrey Hepburn flicks,The Legend of 1900, Shawshank Redemption, Blue-Red-White,Dead Man Walking, Matrix(the whole revolution),Paisa',Stromboli,The Notebook, Chocolate, Braveheart,Scarface, Love Story, Lord Of the Flies, Angelina, In Bruges, The Godfather,Turtles Can Swim,One Flew Over the CooKoo's Nest,Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman films, It's a Wonderful Life/You Can't Take It With You and all Jimmy Stewart flicks including Hitchcock,Run Lola Run, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,Bond flicks(Sean Connery is my fav Bond!), Lord of the Ring, Amistad,Life Is Beautiful, The Long Way Home, Rebel without a Cause,Phonebooth,Hart's War, Beauty and the Beast(Jean Cocteau), The Lake House, Walk the Line, Gladiator,The Pianist, The Piano, and much more.
Television
I do not watch much television...I don't really have time for it, and I do not appreciate the biased views of the various news channels. Cable has some interesting and informative channels such as the Discovery and History channels.I do like many past and present British shows though!! Oh, and Scrubs is fantastic!
Books
The New Testament, Torah(the Creator and man),On Liberty(John Stuart Mill),Anna Karenin(Tolstoy),Jane Eyre(Charlotte Bronte),The Artist's Way(Julia Cameron),The Bridges of Madison County(James Waller), The Picture of Dorian Gray(Oscar Wilde), Lord of the Flies(William Golding), The Taming of the Shrew(Shakespeare),The Divine Comedy(Dante),C.S. Lewis(Chronicles of Narnia), anything by Plato, Virginia Woolf, Dickens, Jane Austin, and Keats
Heroes
I believe anyone who tries to give more than they take from others and the world are heroes; people who reach out to those in need whether it be in a spiritual , physical, or mental manner...these people are beautiful and you know who you are...my mother,my daughter,my nephews,my grandmothers,Ghandi,Mother Theresa,the numerous people who dedicate themselves to serving the poor, nursing the sick, teaching our children,sharing their wisdom, finding cures for desease,and sharing unconditional love creating a positive universal outbreak of compassion.I believe Jesus, his appearance on earth caused humanity to think about how they lived their lives on a less carnal level...he gave man a better way to live their lives both physically and spiritually while emphasizing loving your neighbor as you would yourself. I think the real challenge is really learning to love yourself first, excepting,and balancing our negative traits and transforming these into positive energy. Only then can we begin to care for others: When we understand that imperfection is perfect, and we were all made perfectly and wonderfully and will be what we were intended to be eventually. I believe his birth, short life here on earth, and his death has impacted us and changed history in this age of Pisces.However, do not blame him for centuries of humans using the Creator's presence to wage their wars, claim their treasures, and consume the beauty of innocence.Every nation thinks "God" is on their side arrogantly, but I believe we will be illuminated to see how we were and are wrong on so many different levels becoming aware of the importance of conscience, its power to change the world, and the beauty of love.
About me: You know my name and see my face; All you need to know is that I am a complex individal who likes to try and live life on a simplistic level. This means I am not materialistic but value success in my area of work and in my personal life. Now I have to define success to me. It is loving, and living in the moment with the song, the character, and/or the project that I am creating or involved in as an artist and performer. Success to me is being able to look back and evaluate a project positively and without remorse.As for my private life, I am happily married to my art, and the love of my life is my beautiful, bright and creatively gifted daughter, Cheyenne.
Who I'd like to meet: I have met famous or well known people, some extraordinary, with a calm sense of clarity in knowing that they live in their element,and some tormented by extreme narcissism finding themselves in the grasp of fame; they are neither in their element and lack solidity and virtue. The famous people I would care to meet,both alive in physical form and not with us currently: Annie Lennox, Maya Angelou, David Bowie, Sade,Cary Grant, Elizabeth Fraser,Julia Cameron,Issabella Rossellini,The Rossellini,Marlon Brando,Paul Newman, Colin Farrell,Sean Connery,Adrien Brody, Al Pacino, Bjork, Juliet Binoche,Hemmingway,Charlotte Bronte,Keats,Jimmy Stewart,Tim Roth,Pruitt Taylor Vince,Robert Downey Jr.,Javier Bardem,Gary Oldman,Jon Cocteau,Edith Piaf,Plato, Abraham Lincoln,Virginia Woolf,Jane Austin,Giovanni Ribisi,Cate Blanchet,Neil Jordan,C.S. Lewis, Brendan Gleeson,Rosa Parks, Coldplay,Ingrid Bergman, Robert Redford,Morgan Freeman,Ridley Scott, Ryan Gosling,Johnny Depp, the Fiennes brothers,Coen Brothers,Jeremy Irons,Leo Dicaprio,Deniro and so many more that are known for their charisma and talent. These people are/were famous because of their spectacular art and craft, intelligence and ability to transform dreams into action; how many people/artists are not known that are equally talented or more interesting..I want to meet these people more than those who have attained fame.
Hello there April (from Ireland :)) and a kind welcome to our work.
Thank you very much for becoming our friend. Good to have you with us ! It is an unfortunate but very real fact that predators exist and their prey are the innocent children of the world, who are trapped behind a wall of silence.
Those innocents need you to be their voice, to break that silence!!
As ever, it is the musicians who come to the aid of the helpless and try to change the world... So come and have a listen to the great artists and bands that have become our friends...and show them your support the way they show us theirs! Stay in touch with us, spread the word, let your friends know and their friends in turn about our campaign.
The children must be protected, and we must all do our part...thank you for wanting to do yours and for adding your voice to ours, we grow louder every day...soon they WILL listen!!!
The Team @Rock Against Child Pornography UK
Please be so kind and have a look at our EVENTS page and become our friend there too? Thank you.
HI AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE ADD ON YOUR PAGE ...I HOPE YOU GET TIME TO LISTEN TO MY SONGS AND MAYBE LEAVE A COMMENT ...I WISH YOU WELL AND HOPE YOU ENJOY MY MUSIC BEST WISHES YOUR FRIEND PATRICK K
thanks for the add :) rock against is something that we as a band all agree with and we thought we had to get involved :) so if you go to the next concert expect to see us there :) thanks again :) the trends
Dear April, I cannot thank you enough for your kind support and friendship! Welcome to our ever growing family of friends. I'm really happy you have decided to become friends of the Wake Up (to child abuse) MySpace Music page. Just by adding us to your friends you have already demonstrated that you have a good heart and are willing to take a step towards ending the hidden suffering of so many.
We also dare to hope you will be able to persuade some of your other MySpace friends to join our just fight against child abuse by adding us to their friends too. The larger our family of friends becomes, the more people we will be able to reach and educate about this terrible ‘disease’ sweeping across the world which blights the lives of more children than you may imagine. Please take a moment to read some of the statistics on child abuse highlighted on our profile and within our blogs. I am sure you will be just as shocked and appalled as we are when you find out the full extent of this scourge.
The innocent children suffering such terrible abuse need all the help they can get. Increased awareness of this foul concealed crime will help to prevent more children living through the agonising torment which I was forced to experience.
I hope you have a great day and look forward to hearing from you soon with your views and comments on this important issue,
Thank you for joining us in our work…because we need all the help we can get in order to make a noise for the silenced children! For too long their voices have remained unheard, and now we want you to help us speak up for them, because if we don’t…who will?
So, please tell your friends about us and our work…visit our page and keep up with our news, and together…we WILL make a difference!!
Thank you for your support, stay in touch and lets spread the word together !!!
Hello April, thank you for your great message of support :) and our respect for your support and voice!
Welcome to our circle of friends :) and thank you for becoming an advocate for all children.
The helpless must be protected, and those with no voice of their own must be spoken up for. Those who prey on our children rely on SILENCE, and it must not be allowed to continue.
Thank you for adding your voice to ours, together the call will grow louder...AND WE WILL BREAK THE SILENCE.
