Epicurean:Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Cigarettes (Camel Infused), Corsets, Cheap Clothes, Expensive Shoes, Established Trees, Fluffy Little Alpacas, Hardwood Floors, Long Skirts, Porches, High Heels, Clinique Almost Lipstick, Showers in the Dark, Sleeping ALL Day, Mail, Good Company. Artichokes, Friends and a Commune out of the way. The sounds of the city.
Egregiousness, Kahimi Kare Dance Parties.
Electronica, Indie Rock, Alt Country, (Some) Industrial, Intelligent Dance Music, Rock and/or Roll. Piles of whatever sounds right.
The Southwest, New Mexico, Texas, Sandia Peak, White Sands, The Very Large Array, Mora, Austin, Heaven is Lubbock in the Rear View Mirror, The West Mesa, The Bosque, The Malpais.
Music
A hawk and a hacksaw, abigail washburn, adult, akron family, all girl summer fun band, amalia rodriguez, andrew bird, aimee mann, animal collective, annie, apples in stereo, appleseed cast, arizona amp and alternator, art of noise, asobi seksu, astor piazzolla, aurora, autolux, the animals, air, american analog set, atmosphere, amon tobin, audioslave, aphex twin, april march, aesop rock, azure ray, autechre, bad plus, band of horses, beastie boys, bebel gilberto, beirut, belly, ben kweller, benoit piolard, bethany curve, brian jonestown massacre, brightback morning light,
beck, blue oyster cult, be good tanyas, belle and sebastian, ben folds five, bjork, better than ezra, billie holliday, billy idol, blonde redhead, black box recorder, blur, boards of canada, bloodhound gang, bruce springsteen, broadcast, brittany spears, broken social scene, bjork, blackalicious, charlie feathers, calexico, camera obscura, canasta, carl orff, carnival in coal, charalambides, charles mingus, chico science, chris isaak, cat power, cibo matto, coco rosie, cynic, concrete blonde, cranes, can, cat stevens, creedence clearwater revival, cardigans, crystal method, clap your hands say yeah, coldplay, cowboy junkies, danger mouse, deerhoof, deltron 3030, devics, devotchka, dionysos, do make say think, don caballero, dj doom, doves, dandy warhols, danny elfman, david bowie, decembrists, devendra banhart, dead kennedys, dead milkmen, depeche mode, dick dale, dirty three, elton john, ella fitzgerald, elliot smith, etta james, echo and the bunnymen, elastica, electronica, elysian fields, erik satie, elliot sharp, emilie simon, emily haines, ephel duath, fiona apple, felix mendelssohn, fountains of wayne, fushnikins, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand, fischerspooner, francoise hardy, frou-frou, feist, fredricks goldman and jones, grandaddy, gescom, gorillaz, goldfrapp, guster, gillian welch, godspeed you! black emperor, gypsy kings, gang of four, go sailor, gogol bordello, grand salvo, guillemots, hexagon sun, hooverphonic, horse feathers, isis, imogen heap, iron & wine, jimmy eat world, john coltrane, johnny cash, jaques brel, j. ralph, j. s. bach, jane's addiction, jesus and mary chain, joy division, jurrasic five, jandek, jets to brazil, jolie holland, kahimi karie, kaiser chiefs, kanye west, kinky, the kinks, kings of leon, king missle, kmfdm, king crimson, ladytron, leonard cohen, les sans culottes, low, lou reed, le chevre, les savy fav, les wampas, lily allen, live, louise attaque, luke haines, m83, m. doughty, massive attack, mogwai, magnetic fields, mazzy star, mc chris, modest mouse, mono, mos def, mute records, morris day, my bloody valentine, manu chau, maria taylor, maudlin of the well, mclusky, merzbow, mew, midlake, mirah, morphine, mountain goats, mt eerie, mum, nelly furtado, neutral milk hotel, nirvana, nada surf, nick cave, nick drake, neko case, neurosis, norfolk and western, old 97's, oktober people, of montreal, old time relijun, orenda fink, os mutantes, outkast, pixies, plaid, portishead, prefuse 73, postal service, patsy cline, pelican, peter murphy, prayers and tears of arthur digby sellers, radiohead, rilo kiley, rolling stones, raconteurs, renaud, roxy music, sigur ros, sufjan stevens, soul coughing, spoon, soundgarden, stan ridgeway, simon and garfunkel, spacehog, squarepusher, steven malkmus, squirrel nut zippers, stereolab, snow patrol, the scorpions, stix, supergrass, seu jorge, siouxsie and the banshees, sleater-kinney, slowdive, softies, sparklehorse, stillgazer, sunset rubdown, tapes n’ tapes, the battles, the books, the boy least likely to, the breeders, the cardigans, the ex, the fabulous troubadors, the fiery furnaces, the hold steady, the kills, the kinks, the long winters, the notwist, the olivia tremor control, the postal service, the sisters of mercy, the unicorns, the islands, the walkmen, the beatles, tom petty, toto, the flaming lips, the faint, the go! team, the strokes, the white stripes, the cure, the magnetic fields, the microphones, the pixies, the arcade fire, toadies, the shins, they might be giants, tom waits, tori amos, thom yorke, tiger trap, tv on the radio, unkle, violent femmes, vetiver, vanessa paradis, voxtrot, weezer, westside gay grandpas, wilco, woven hand, yeah yeah yeahs, yo la tengo
Movies
The graduate.
Books
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J.D. Salinger - The Nine Stories, Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey
Albert Camus - The Plague, The Rebel, The Myth of Sisyphus, A Happy Death
Giovanni Boccacio - The Decameron
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Kobo Abe - Kangaroo Notebook, The Woman in the Dunes, The Box Man
Carl Sagan - Contact, The Demon-Haunted World, Broca's Brain
Charles Baudelaire - Le Spleen de Paris, Les Fleurs du Mal
Barth - The Floating Opera, The End of the Road
Celine - Journey to the End of the Night
Aldous Huxley - Eyeless in Gaza
Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Walter Miller Jr. - A Canticle for Liebowitz
Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita, Invitation to a Beheading
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (Fuck all y'all)
Alain de Botton - Consolations of Philosophy
Euripides - Alcestis
Tom Robbins - Still Life with Woodpecker
Ecclasiastes
The Epic of Gilgamesh
D'Aurvilly - Les Diaboliques
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
Heroes
Google Earth.
Nikola Tesla
"Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world. Our hearing extends to a small distance. Our sight is impeded by intervening bodies and shadows. To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions. We must transmit our intelligence, travel, transport the materials and transfer the energies necessary for our existence. Following this thought we now realize, forcibly enough to dispense with argument, that of all other conquests of man, without exception, that which is most desirable, which would be most helpful in the establishment of universal peaceful relations is — the complete ANNIHILATION OF DISTANCE.
To achieve this wonder, electricity is the one and only means."
What has the future in store for this strange being, born of a breath, of perishable tissue, yet Immortal, with his powers fearful and Divine? What magic will be wrought by him in the end? What is to be his greatest deed, his crowning achievement?
If he could do this, he would have powers almost unlimited and supernatural. At his command, with but a slight effort on his part, old worlds would disappear and new ones of his planning would spring into being. He could fix, solidify and preserve the ethereal shapes of his imagining, the fleeting visions of his dreams. He could express all the creations of his mind on any scale, in forms concrete and imperishable.
Our first endeavors are purely instinctive prompting of an imagination vivid and undisciplined. As we grow older reason asserts itself and we become more and more systematic and designing. But those early impulses, though not immediately productive, are of the greatest moment and may shape our very destinies.
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement. The pressure of occupation and the incessant stream of impressions pouring into our consciousness through all the gateways of knowledge make modern existence hazardous in many ways. Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The premature death of millions is primarily traceable to this cause. Even among those who exercise care, it is a common mistake to avoid imaginary, and ignore the real dangers. And what is true of an individual also applies, more or less, to a people as a whole.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Alkesandr Solzhenitsyn
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If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again.
"Albert Camus wrote that the only real question is whether or not to kill yourself. Tom Robbins wrote that the only real question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus obviously got up on the wrong side of the bed, and Robbins apparently forgot to set the alarm.
The only real question is this: Who knows how to make love stay?
Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself. Answer me that and I will ease your mind about the beginning and end of time. Answer me that and I will reveal to you the purpose of the moon."
-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
Who I'd like to meet: *Anyone Derby
*Like-minded antagonists
*Brutal people
Oh awesome I hope you took lots of pictures!!! Well tonight I think I'll be painting for the fashion @ BMG show stop by oh and Ruben will be playin too!
I have never skated against another jammer that also likes to line-up wayy outside too. And it seems that me v. you jamming will happen quite a few times this weekend....
Hey Muffin It was so good to see ya again. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say bye (I looked for you) or go to the after party. I had to get ready for work today. You & Team Legit kicked ass!!! I really hope to see ya soon :) XO
Whats up chica? Long time so see. I'm going to Lubbock this weekend to check out the bout but word on the streets is that your not gonna be skating with Duke City. Whats up with that?
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