Cooking, Hip Hop, reading, cliff diving, Muay Thai kickboxing, learning about history, volunteering, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, travel, fire dancing, MUSIC, relief work, swimming, movies, physical activity, meeting new people, learning new languages and cultures. ..
Cleaning moldy debris from houses on the Gulf Coast
Learning how to play the rock game with my adopted Thai family
I spoke to alot of people in Mississippi about how to fix their homes up
Building Bungalows is fun
Having lunch on the edge of the apocalypse in Biloxi
Me and Dam practicing some Muay Thai
Chopping a huge tree down in East Biloxi
Just me and the singing pirates
I made some friends in Thailand
Cooler than the movie "The Beach", same place though...
These are my fire dancing teachers
Can't wait to go to Amsterdam with these guys again
Who dis homeboy?
Music
Diversity makes life worth living.
I love hip hop, it so fresh. I currently dig:
The Beatles
Zion I
Led Zeppelin
Gioachino Rossini
Eric B and Rakim
Louis Armstrong
Freestyle Fellowship
Trampled by Turtles
The Who
Ozomatli
Bix Beiderbecke
Brand Nubian
ACDC
Visionaries
Sublime
Cream
Notorious B.I.G.
Lester Young
Offspring
Jurassic Five
Beck
The Pharcyde
James Brown
Elton John
Nas
BeeGees
Lyrics Born
Georges Bizet
The Rolling Stones
Mos Def
Rage Against the Machine
Gipsy Kings
Ben Harper
Wu-Tang Clan (especially the GZA!)
The Jackson 5
Black Sheep
Bessie and Mamie Smith
Beatnuts
The Doors
Herbie Hancock
Gotan Project
Green Day
EPMD
Iz
NOFX
Biz Markie
Duke Ellington
Cut Chemist
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bo Diddly
Immortal Technique
Billie Holliday
Metallica
Bukka White
Mitch Miller
Kid Koala
Journey
The whole Project Blowed crew
Parliament Funkadelic
A Tribe Called Quest
Al Green
Dispatch
Ludwig von Beethoven
Gorillaz
Joe Cocker
MXPX
Dilated Peoples
Jimi Hendrix
Kool and the Gang
Cypress Hill
Electric Light Orchestra
Dan the Automator and Prince Paul
Lou Reed
Marvin Gaye
Frank Sinatra
Eve 6
Muddy Waters
Digable Planets
David Bowie
Grateful Dead
Public Enemy
Lagwagon
Jedi Mind Tricks
G. Love and the Special Sauce
Blind Willie Johnson
Black Eyed Peas
Goldfinger
Gangstarr
Dave Brubeck
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
Jack Johnson
Souls of Mischief
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jerry Lee Lewis
Dave Grohl's numerous groups
Earl Hooker
Mix Master Mike
Eric Clapton
De La Soul
Cameo
Nelly Furtado
Johnny Cash
The Pixies
Benny Goodman
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Steppenwolf
GangStarr
Devo
Mr. Lif, Fakts One, and Akrobatik(The Perceptionists)
B.B. King
Damien Marley
Radiohead
Public Enemy
Prodigy
The Band
The Roots
Presidents of the United States of America
Jean Grae
The Blind Boys of Alabama
White Zombie
OutKast
Alkaline Trio
Casey Bill Weldon
Raw Digga
Invisibl Skratch Piklz
Kool Keith
Pennywise
Nine Inch Nails
NWA
Elmore James
Jimmy Buffett
Bloodhound Gang
DJ Shadow
Ray Charles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Common
Phish
Ultramagnetic MCs
The Dirty Mac
Bing Crosby
Run DMC
Oingo Boingo
Jimmy Eat World
Blackalicious
Portishead
Robert Johnson
Richard Cheese
Miles Davis
Coldplay
RX Bandits
BusDriver
Ry Cooder
Plan R
BlackStar
The Cure
Robert Nighthawk
The Ramones
311
Afrika Bambataa
Dan Tyminski
The Darkness
Dead Prez
Son House
Alison Krauss
Living Legends
Cold Crush Brothers
The Soul Rebels
Pink Floyd
Richie Valens
Spearhead
Devotchka
Sly and the Family Stone
Crown City Rockers
Taj Mahal
Bob Dylan
Bobby Darin
Wintergreen, my buddy Drew's band, check out their awesome/hilarious video
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so basically, I appreciate all kinds of different artists. I'm all about Funk, Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical music, and of course, old school/underground Hip Hop. I love conscious, positive music. I try to be open minded though, so I just might be into anything you think I'd like (that isn't corporate, soulless pop crap).
I'm also really into purchasing albums, instead of just getting a song or two from an artist. I can't say I've got an album from every one of these musicians, but I wish I did. You really learn alot more about them when you allow them to present their music to you, instead of hearing it out of context from an MP3 you stole.
The best is to see them live. Obviously, thats impossible for some groups, but thats all the more reason to see the ones that are still alive and kickin' while they're in your hometown (or a couple cities over). Live music is the best!
Movies
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Pootie Tang, Schindler's List, The Big Lebowski (and anything by the Coen Brothers), Shawshank Redemption, Mallrats (and all the Kevin Smith movies), Chinatown, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, City of God, Four Rooms, Kill Bill, The Seven Samurai, Star Wars (the original 3), Dumb and Dumber, SLC Punk, Eddie Murphy Delirious (ICE CWEEEEEEAM!), Lord of the Rings, Friday, Fight Club, Endless Summer 1 & 2, The Legend of Drunken Master, anything funny, or exciting.
Television
Cartoons mostly. Simpsons, Venture Bros., South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Samurai Jack, Sealab 3031, The Daily Show, Def Poetry, the History Channel. I don't watch much TV (aside from sports), but my friend has TiVo and we'll watch these shows from time to time...
Books
I'm still reading a book called "The Illuminatus Trilogy". I also have a bunch of books on sustainability I'm working through, from WorldChanging to Cradle to Cradle. I'm also reading books about quantum physics, number theory, sustainable development, financing volunteer and non-profits, and other nerdy things. I like a good mix of non-fiction, mind expanding books, historical fiction, and the classics.
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Heroes
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Bill Drayton, Wil-Dog, James K. Polk, Jack Johnson, Dave Campbell, John Stewart, Chali 2na, John McCain, Barack Obama, Immortal Technique, Pete Carroll, Louis Armstrong, Teddy Roosevelt and Big Man Taft, Conan O'Brien, Gift of Gab, George Washington, Phil Hartman, and my grandparents. I'll always admire anyone who lives their life with humility, positivity, courage, integrity, and a dedication to excellence.
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University Of Southern California
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Biz
Clubs: Phi Delta Theta
Show Biz Movie Networking Club
1999 to 2003
Polytechnic High
Riverside,California
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Captain of the Nerds
I take pictures of horrible disasters, and the people working to clean up and rebuild afterwards. I also hand my camera to people to take pictures of me doing the same.
http://www.inspeyere.com
About me:
My name is Nick, and I'm one lucky kid. I've devoted my life to finding messed up situations that I can do something about, and then actually doing it. This takes me to all kinds of incredible places, and introduces me to the most fascinating people on earth. I'm doubly blessed to have a supportive family, inspiring and resourceful friends, and the good fortune to be able to appreciate the love that surrounds me.
I try to show everyone I meet respect, and am constantly humbled by often its returned. Disrespect my friends or my family, and you'll quickly find out what a mistake that was.
Feel free to send me a message, or to see some pictures of places I've been and things that inspire me, check out my website at Inspeyere.com, just click right here
Who I'd like to meet: Positive, intelligent, open minded, laid back badasses. People who question, people who entertain, people with talent, people with brains.
"In a nation with more people in prison than there are farming the land, it seems an unattainable goal"... wow... I love what you are doing... I am thinking of starting an indoor garden here. In the summer it gets 120 degrees so plants don't grow well outside but I'm thinking of making the garage or the extra room a garden... just don't want bugs in the house with the baby... we shall have to figure that one out. Keep changing the world Nicoli... you are doing an awesome job as usual!
well ranger rick i have exciting news the official Tomas CA tour is on aug.12-23 mark your calendars bitches!!! drop me a line with your cell so we can hang/chillax/meditate/etc.
Happy Birthday Beautiful! Hoping you have fun up there at FG. Will you be at lib? If so I'll see you then if not, come to our show next Saturday May 10th. Would love to say hello! xo
Alo nick! What's new, buckaroo? Life treatin ya well? I'm still living on an island out here in the south pacific, listening to the palm trees sway and the waves crash on the shore. Come to hawaii and visit sometime! You always have a place to crash! Seriously!
