tattoos, paint, caps, markers, ink, pens, pencils, canvas, concrete, wood, metal, galleries, custom tee's, clean lines, bold colors, gradient blends, splatter effects, drips, runs, arrows, wings, parachutes, jumps, rice, and woks, but most of all.....ART. all forms and varieties. art makes me breathe everyday. whether i'm chillin' at a diner scribbling my tag on a napkin, or at a gallery looking at one of my paintings, i am happy. i fucking looove art. everything about it just draws me into it (pun intended)... it gives me the ability to create things people have never seen before, it allows me to use the word ORIGINAL, it's just that thing in my life that is MY thing, you know
Music
DJ Shadow, Prefuse 73, Derrick Carter, Brett Johnson, Bassment Jaxx, Jauques Lu Cont, Tiga, Aphex Twin, DJ Sneak, John Acquaviva, STEVIE WONDER, DJ Dozia, Metallica, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, the Rapture, The Killers, almost anything on DFA and DJ Giggolo records, Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz, j-5, Z-Trip, MixMaster Mike, A.T.C.Q., Etta James, Nina Simone, Breakestra, Antibalas, Steve Miller, White Stripes, Depeche Mode, my Worship and Shakedown Records homeboys, the Smiths, the Cure, Jay-z, B.I.G., Camp-lo, Slick Rick, KMFDM, the Pharcyde, N.W.A., David Bowie, Dr. Dre, the Beatnuts, GANG STARR, Coldplay, Muse, Queens of the stone age, Ralph Lawson, Bobby Peru, Hot Hot Heat, Bloc Party, Joy Division, 20/20 Vision, Elkland, the Pixies, Plump DJs, SoulWax, LTJ Bukem, Mr. Scruff, My Gasm Recordings homies, The ROOTS, Jill Scott, Foo Fighters, JAZZY JEFF, Pete Rock, interpol, the postal service, MF DOOM, Jay Dilla, Necro, Ill Bill, WU-TANG, THE NEPTUNES, N.E.R.D., the clash, mars volta, mental sharp, the Specials, the DSL, JOSH WINK, Q-Bert, the streets, trouble funk, dead kennedys, bad religion, fishbone, james brown, lee burridge, james levelle, john acquaviva, NIGEL RICHARDS, suicidal tendencies, rage against the machine, nitzer ebb, ministry
Movies
apocalypse now, hudson hawk, the princess bride, full metal jacket, serpent and the rainbow, the big lebowski, kill bill vol. 1&2, pulp fiction, lost in translation, ghost in the shell, adaptation, happy gilmore, the wedding singer, empire strikes back, city of god, space balls, gummo, kids, party monster, breakfast club, fast times at ridgemont high, 40 year old virgin, suicide kings, knocked up, saw, transformers, goonies, gremlins, rock fresh, breakin', disorderlies, ferris bueller's day off, die hard, lethal weapon, the salton sea, half baked, super size me, blade runner, the dark crystal, platoon, akira, sixteen candles..
Books
BUDDHISM: plain & simple (steve hagen)
the TAO of philosophy (alan watts)
MASTERING THE ART OF WAR (ZHUGE LIANG & LIU JI)
About me:
......... i've come to terms with the fact that i will never succeed at anything other than being able to pretend that i succeed at everything.....i'm a ninja, i USED TO BE very lazy, i'm very talented, totally underrated, i have very long thumbs, i'm tall (6'4"), i have tattoos, my dad has the same name as me, i play RECORDS, i have a cel phone, i DON'T have a house phone, i LOVE house music, i'm always hungry (even when i'm not), i'm an excellent cook, i'm half thai and half italian, i love philly, i drink diet coke, i have great friends, i have big feet, i sold 3 paintings today, my hair is PERFECT, i'm a plumber, i've been a dj since '92, i miss noel santana, i miss tino, i miss bobby rue, i miss my grandparents, i miss mike cerruti, i eat alot of rolaids, i like chocolate, i have no favorite food, i have two sisters, one brother, my dog of 15 years died last year, i miss my army buddies, i am my favorite dj, i'm better than your favorite dj, i HATE trance, i was in a psyops unit in the army, i'm now a combat medic in the army, i was almost married once, i have no kids, i love newports (but just quit smoking), i lived in korea for a year, i'm in an imaginary rock band, i am a discobot, i am an artist- i paint, draw, sculpt, scribble, tag and write (see my work at http://davemass.deviantart.com ), i played on one of the 2 phazon soundsystems on the east coast, i love house music, i have chipped teeth from 2 separate girlfriends (both from remotes thrown at me, thanks, beth and cheryl), i have friends i've known for over 20 years, i've played over 2,000 dj gigs, i met jesse jackson, elephant glue, i was once on cnn on the back of a hummer in haiti holding a locked and loaded M-16, i know cpr, i love the old silk city, i love fluid nightclub, i love the new silk city, my friend john is tony danza's cousin, i fucking LOVE playing in the basement of transit, i once ran over a dog on my bike, i can't ride a wheelie further than 3 or 4 feet, i was a bike messenger, i once owned and managed a bike racing team, mondays at silk are comforting, i was kidnapped once, i sat in a jail cell hours before i was supposed to go to basic training, my mom lives in japan and vacations in thailand, i haven't heard from my mom since before the tsunami, i never met my mom's mom, i'm stubborn, i'm way too nice, i don't bite my nails, i miss the fakehaus, i broke every skateboard i ever owned except the grosso deck that cheryl bought me, i saw star jones in miami, every bike i've owned was stolen, i've worked in three record stores, i buy more hip-hop than house, i love house music, i hate shaving, i miss billy's basement, i hate facial hair, house music?yup, i love it, i need a new watch, i probably know over 20 people named mike, i want to enter a triathalon, i peed in a yuengling bottle while playing a 12-hour set in the basement of transit while tiesto was upstairs playing shit-trance, i lied to get my 1st dj gig, i worked at chi-chi's for a week, i c a n ' t t y p e w i t h o u t l o o k i n g a t t h e k e y b o a r d , i miss the people i grew up with, i want a laptop, i'm wearing my first pair of black sneakers, i miss my connecticut family, i saw mc hammer in concert, i saved my best friend's life, i hate bench seats in cars, my best friend died, i like the smell of flowers, i like to write my name in cursive, i wanna rock with you, free bob, free saze, don't stop 'til you get enough, she's out of my life, i smoked my first cigarette with my baby-sitter, i forget her name, i almost drowned twice, i lived both times, i like to dress nicely, i have no nice clothes, i own way too many 611 records t-shirts, i'm a good driver, i've totalled a car and 2 trucks, i ran 5 miles today, my right foot is half a size bigger than my left, i shrunk my feet 2 sizes to fit into skate shoes, i still wear a size 13, i love that i suck at bowling, i miss smoking in the mall, i use way too much sugar in coffee, i drink my coffee waay too fast, i wake up too early, i go to bed way too late, i eat to much chinese food on monday nights, you don't know what you've got until you get it back, i think cesar milan is a genius, i'm an expert marksman, i want to write a book about my life, i want to write and illustrate a children's book about murder, i WILL start my own clothing line, i've been around the world, i own two bulletproof vests, i've had 17 phone numbers, i need a new hobby, i can't wait to live the rest of my life.
Who I'd like to meet: ninjas, christopher walken, spike jonez, the very last caveman, charlie chaplin, manut bol, winston churchill, mussolini, anthony quinn, dave kinsey, james dean, elvis, the dhali lama, gandhi, ben franklin, thomas edison, genghis khan, a viking, my past life, jackson pollack, the guy that invented velcro, salvador dali, pablo picasso, king tutankhamen, ra the sun god, gustav klimt, the pyramid builders, stonehenge builders, jaques cousteau, neil armstrong, the doctor that delivered me, my mom's mom
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I know i know im so so super excited!!! two months is still too long for me. Let me know whats the dealyO about renting the boat for the bumping party. I wanna start advertising :D. Miss you spicey dropstick!
Figure out the science to MRE's and u'll have my Thai coconut shrimp soup! Im working on curry this weekend actaully. Got the Masaman powder already! Miss you my DropStixing partner
cant complain im laid off just collectin . sleeping all day drinkin all night .. just got my income tax back so its cool ..def post some pics ... be safe mass late
Brains eaze dah pains!!! Keep drawing with nothing and see what that gets you,besides some badass zombie pics,impressive...... See you later tonite,I think.....
THE 004 PENIT!!! All day everyday open for painting. Come thru and get busy. Located right next door to the shop. Swing by, grab some paint and do your thing worry free.
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