City living. Any hike is done on concrete. Cultural events of any culture. Good wine & good food. Entertainment. Discussion and debate. Thought-provoking people. Positive people. Happy people. Dance (ballet, modern, Rock Steady Crew, Alvin Ailey, and just nodding my ass at the club). Great music and great times. Spanking that booty as opposed to spanking that monkey.
Music
Musicians like any music that is good, especially well composed and performed with proficiency. SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING--Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinsky, Parliament/Funkadelic, Tower of Power, The Roots, Gang Starr, Mos Def, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Peruchin, Duke Ellington, Bobby Valentin, J.S. Bach, Beatles, Artur Rubenstein, Motown music, Stax music, Fania All Stars, Blue Note music, Common, Mozart, Impulse! jazz, Willie Bobo, Deutsche Gramophon, John Coltrane, Dogg Pound, Gregor Piatigorsky, classical Northern-Indian music, Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Alice In Chains, Fela Kuti, and anything with soul and honesty.
Movies
A movie can be enjoyable for any number of reasons. A stupid story with great stunts is cool, or a slow movie with great story and acting is cool too. I gravitate towards the crime drama (gangster themed), or the heady comedy (Coen Bros.). Oliver Stone is great, Francis Ford Coppola, Scorcese, Kirasawa, Tarantino, Michael Mann, Brian De Palma (thank you for Scarface). Pretty open about film, as long as it can hold interest.
Television
Don't watch much TV programming, unless it's Family Guy, Conan O'Brien or NFL season.
Books
For a long time, I was touring with different bands, which afforded alot of time for reading. All different topics, fiction and non. FICTION--Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bulgakov, Anthony Burgess, Langston Hughes, Mad magazine, Playboy magazine NONFICTION--tradecraft manuals, math textbooks, music theory books, weapons, martial arts philosophy, Gray's Anatomy, Kama Sutra, history textbooks. Basic geek...Library card instead of a credit card.
Heroes
Anyone with equal dose of balls and brains. Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, Melvin Van Peebles, Coach Mark O'Neill (La Mirada H.S. JV football 128-8-2), Mahatma Gandhi, Keefus Ciancia, Jesus, Satan, Rev. Kensho Furuya, Commander Mark Lonsdale, Don Vito Corleone, Richard Kuklinski, Dan Inosanto, Floro Villabrille, Ghost Dog, Tony Montana, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, anyone who has survived combat or the penitentiary, and *.
About me: I work with a lot of talented people, whom I love. The circle of friends that I am a part of is extremely radiant, and VERY good at what we do. Most of the time spent in a day is work-related, both sides of the brain engaged.
Who I'd like to meet: Happy people. Creative people. .I get along with most anyone until they piss me off, then I turn into a real asshole. Just like most of us.
Perks: With your order you receive an mp3 single from the upcoming album. Also, the cd 1 month before anyone else along with a signed poster and stickers. But Most importantly, your order will help us, financially, to put the album out in the most successful way possible. So take a few minutes and $13.00 (including shipping) to help us do this right.
Aloha my long lost relative...
Great cruzin with you too...
Sad it was soooo short...
I really dig your cd!!!
An look forward to hearing it live!
Not to mention my new job... professional joint roller! HaHa
Blessings
till we meet again!!!
A Hui Hou!!
I sent an Angel to watch over you last night, but it came back... I asked,"Why?"... the Angel said: "Angels don't watch over Angels!" Twenty Angels are in your World. Ten of them are sleeping. Nine are playing. One is reading this comment... Send this to ten friends, including me. As soon as you get five replies, Someone you Love will quietly surprise You
awesome. thank you for those words.. the performance was incredible and we were honored to have you all perform after the premiere here in seattle. thank you so much! ~m.r.
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