people, theatre, film, sports, forms of expression, the simultaneous progression and regression of humanity, writing, enjoying, learning, being vague. art and accountability.
Music
mostly old school w/ some new school. Coltrane, Monk, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, Nas, Common, The Roots, Method Man, India Arie, Bill Withers, Al Green, Hendrix, Marley, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita Baker, Bjork, Dave Matthews Band, Fiona Apple, The Cranberries, Sade...TV on the Radio...
Movies
A Raisin in the Sun, The Professional, The Crow, Slam, Fresh, Tap, Dutch, Scent of a Woman, The Last Dragon, The Iron Giant, The Paper, The Sandlot, Batman(& Returns & Begins), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Smoke Signals, Lackawanna Blues, Malcolm X, Die Hard, The Fifth Element, Canadian Bacon, Airplane!, Hook, Heat, Narc, Crimson Tide, Glory, Passenger 57, Raising Victor Vargas, Beah: A Black Woman Speaks, John Henrik Clarke: A Great & Mighty Walk, The Buena Vista Social Club, West Side Story, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, The Princess Bride, My Wife is an Actress, Wolf, The Mask of Zorro, American Ninja, The Lost Boys, Tigerland, Duel, To Sir, With Love, In the Heat of the Night, The War, The Bourne Supremacy, The French Connection, The Shawshank Redemption, A Soldier's Story, A Christmas Story, American Splendor, Shaun of the Dead, The Brother from Another Planet, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Runaway Jury, Good Will Hunting, The Departed, Inside Man, Children of Men, Primal Fear // The Usual Suspects, Glengarry Glen Ross, Basquiat, Blown Away, The Fugitive, The Golden Child, Big Trouble in Little China, Amelie, Blind Fury, The American President, The Silence of the Lambs, They Live, Con Air, Dead Man, Bad Boys, Braveheart, Blade, Enemy of the State, V for Vendetta, Mission: Impossible III, The Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad, Undercover Brother, Zebrahead, Sneakers, The Hunt for Red October, Who Killed the Electric Car?, United 93, Looking for Richard, Shattered Glass
Heroes
Countless heroes heroines inspirations. Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Paul Robeson, Gregory Hines, Sidney Poitier, Saul Williams, Patricia Smith, Oscar Brown Jr., Amiri Baraka, Ed Bradley, Sekou Sundiata, Carrol O'Connor, Gil Noble, Tim Russert, Phylicia Rashad, Sade, Rita Moreno. Doc Gooden circa 1986, Mike Richter, Brian Leetch, Mark Messier, Adam Graves, Willie Mays, Larry Doby, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige. Coltrane, Tyner, Garrison, Jones. Lorraine Hansberry, Malcolm, Martin, Medgar, Douglass. Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat, Pacino as Lt. Col. Frank Slade, Djimon Hounsou in "Amistad", Washington in "Glory". John McClane, Hans Gruber. The dark Knight instead of the caped Crusader. Pryor, Murphy, Carson, Cosby, Patricia Routledge. 1994. everyone who jumped in the pool that day. My grandmother and uncles...
Theatre - Film - Television.
New Media Rep Co., Classical Theatre of Harlem, Hudson Guild Theatre Co., Harlem Rep. The Cherry Lane Theatre, Aaron Davis Hall, Theater for the New City
provoking dialogue, promoting social change, evoking communalism. author of BECAUSE THE VIEW, a book of original poems, images & the random, directly inspired by the only city I truly love & have ever called home.
dave, free will's Companies
Harlem Children's Zone Harlem, NY US Assistant Teacher Harlem Gems UPK
Harlem Children's Zone Harlem, NY US Lead Teacher Three Year Old Journey
About me: david king. an eternal student. a sometimes guide. flawed. a freelance enthusiast. actor. theatre director. poet. educator. _1_[Ideally] I am no one's product. 2_[However] This is a capitalist system. 3_Therefore, I am my own product. (flawed, yes, but a flawed choice I'm sticking with, philosophes)
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Who I'd like to meet: Sarita Choudhury, Lucy Liu. Canada Lee, Ossie Davis.
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TUITION, [beats-{-knowledge,] your pants,} violent tendencies, prejudice, discrimination, separatism, apathy, the WHite House evildoers, fascism, Dare i say capitalism?, most of reality television, oppression, depression, packaged art & culture, campaigns of any kind that make decisions for the individual, blanket conformity, bureaucracy, historical fallacies.
If you have something to say then say it. If there is something you feel passionate about then don't stop yourself. Do it, Enjoy it, Love it. Life is a gift no matter how crazy the world is. (I'd like to meet your subconscious.)
> The John Coltrane Quartet: AFRO BLUE
> The John Coltrane Quartet: ALABAMA
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THE BARBERSHOP CHRONICLES is a collection of poems and essays by men. It brims with an honesty rarely shared outside the sanctuary of the Barbershop. Here, the men have gathered their words for a glance at truth. His story is here. Included are words from: Chad Anderson//Blue//Keith "Boogie" Brown//James Cagney//Tshaka Campbell//Michael Cirelli//Carlos Andrés Gómez//Charles Eliik//Inua Ellams//William Evans//Adam Falkner//Jive Poetic //Javon Johnson// Alan King//David King//Alvin Lau//R. Lockett//Eliel Lucero//Nicholas Makoha//Taylor Mali//Maze Forever//Jason Reynolds//Carlos Robson//Jacob Sam La Rose//Travis T//Rich Villar //James K. Walker
BECAUSE THE VIEW
A Collection of Original Poems, Images, the Random.
By David King
.Inspired by growing in the only city he truly loves and has ever called homE.
Hey luv!! Miss you too! I hope you're ok! Thanks for the comment about my page, I'm starting to do designs/graphics. Taught myself; you'd be proud! We need to catch up soon!
