Amanda Robinson rocking the main room on NYE at the Rabbit in the Moon show.
Music
Lately? (November 2005) Deltron 3030, The Avalanches, The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, International Pony, Zero 7 with Dangermouse, RJD2, a bunch of white label stuff, CocoRosie, Blossom Dearie, Benny Benassi, Dara, The Strokes, The Killers, April March, The Postal Service, Césaria Évora, The Streets, Astrud Gilberto,Mark Farina, The White Stripes, Elliott Smith, Donald Glaude, Krafty Kuts, Royksopp, Rooney, Chicken Lips, Dimitri from Paris, Spoon, Moloko, Nouvelle Vague, The Amalgamation of Soundz, AK1200, Marcelo BPM, 220V, Dan the Automator, Billie Holiday, Gorillaz, mc chris, Ozomatli, & The Polyphonic Spree.
Movies
My movie watching has slowed down considerably, but if you're on Netflix, let me know and I'll add you to my friends list...
Television
I haven't had cable/sat since leaving midtown a number of years ago, so all of my TV watching is done via DVD: Coupling (BBC), The Office (BBC), Red Dwarf, Arrested Development, All Creatures Great and Small, ATHF, Sealab 2021, Home Movies.
Books
Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead, Anthem, Atlas Shrugged.
John Kennedy Toole: A Confederacy of Dunces.
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion, TLoTR.
Eji Yoshikawa: Musashi.
C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia.
Richard P. Vine: Wine Appreciation.
The Mountaineers: The Freedom of the Hills.
Douglas R. Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash.
Brian W Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie: The C Programming Language.
Victor Hugo: Les Miserables.
Heroes
Alan Turing, Henry Botkin, Richard Feynman, Kurt Gödel, Tim Berners-Lee, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Running along the bayou at night, letting the shimmering skyline pull me in, finding speed where none should exist, trusting my feet in the darkness.
That moment when the music becomes everything; my body unlocks and moves without my having to will it. Reaching the destination.
Seeing four moves into the game. Knowing the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Walking above the clouds. Gasping for air at 20,000 feet where life is fragile and uncertain; nature beautiful and unforgiving.
Those moments of uncertainty when the outcome is unclear. When your absolute best will not be enough.
Getting lost in a new city. Finding myself under unfamiliar stars. Falling in love with the ones I know over and over again.
alr
Who I'd like to meet: The Person who wrote this:
My hands . . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . My forest . . . This earth of mine. . . . What must I say besides? These are the words. This is the answer.
I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.
It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.
Sundays at Mosaic are back! Every last Sunday of the month Marcie Chapa, percussionist of Beyonce, will be joining me. So come prepared to get your ears soiled in some of the most wicked beats. No cover, and dress to dance!
April 27, 2008 Mosaic Lounge 530 Texas Ave. 7-11pm.
nothing fancy, just a refurbished unit i bought to do home recording on. i finally got the damn thing up and running. yeah! how's the dean's credit angle coming?
