"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe." (Hebrews 12:28)
Rush, The Doors, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Alice Cooper, A Perfect Circle, The Beatles, Prince, Def Leppard, Pink Floyd, Triumph, King's X
Jazz/Fusion:
John Coltrane, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Allan Holdsworth, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
Classical:
Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anton Bruckner, Bela Bartok, Antonin Dvorak, Igor Stravinsky
Musical Theatre:
Les Miserable, Man of La Mancha, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll & Hyde
Movies
V for Vendetta, Iron Man, Divine Intervention: A Chronicle of Love and Pain, Star Wars, Excalibur, Annie Hall, The Illusionist, Devdas, Dead Poet's Society, The Shining, Rope, Indiana Jones, Love & Death, Cinema Paradiso, Pulp Fiction, Rear Window, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Lord of the Rings, Apocolypse Now, North By Northwest, Amadeus, Field of Dreams, Taxi Driver, Singles, Shine, Crimes and Misdemeanors...
Television
New York Yankees, Lost, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, SpongeBob Squarepants, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Family Guy, The Honeymooners, Food Network, Travel Channel...
Books
The Holy Bible, 1984, Dante's Inferno, Anthem, The Good Earth, The Moon and Sixpence, Gilgamesh, A Fine Balance
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Heroes
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
~Jesus Christ
"I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction."
~Ayn Rand
"I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."
~Salvador Dali
"Five years ahead? I would love to have people know me as a guitar hero. I'd like to be able to do something more instrumental. Someday maybe put out a solo album where I can dig into a lot of instrumentals."
~Randy Rhoads
Jay Jii's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Body type:
Athletic
Ethnicity:
Asian
Religion:
Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Jay Jii says, "Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be a cornucopia of delights! Cheers!!!" Posted 15 hours ago view more
Jay Jii is the author of a book of poetry, short stories, and art titled Solar Tapestry (Trafford Publishing, ISBN #142510177-1), though he is best known for his elaborate poetic performances (part avant-garde theatre, part illusion show, part classical guitar recital, part masquerade ball). Also a musician for most of his life, he plays a wide variety of instruments and has written and recorded hundreds of compositions. Jay Jii's mission as author, musician, and performer is clear: "My aim is always to innovate and challenge. If I merely amuse, I have failed..."
Upcoming Events:
September 25-27
Long Island Fringe Festival
C. W. Post Campus
Long Island University
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548
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Magic!
The masked magician
Takes the stage
A thousand words
Running through his brain.
The cloak, the tambourine, the mask,
The tambourine is thrown from behind the screen
Into the audience
Who audibly gasp!
Then one hand, gloved and jewelled appears,
With sleight of hand
Taking wrist watches,
Stealing valuables
From underneath their very noses,
Before their unbelieving eyes,
Opening their shuttered minds.
Then the cards, the fateful cards, appear,
Bringing deception, wonder, fear.
How on earth could he have known
Their innermost thoughts that way,
As he reveals his mind-reading display.
The women tremble at the thought
Of what may have been at the back of their minds,
As the sorcerer unravels their waking dreams,
Their naked eyes gaze into his.
Now the fire, the blazing heat,
Comes closer to the fretful crowd.
They scream!
The piercing eyes through the haunting mask
Settle on a hapless victim.
All the while the words of poetry and power,
Seething sexuality spill from the mystic's mouth.
The beauty and glory of a thousand words
Fired at the wilting crowd.
The thunder bolt,
The crashing fields of scorching light,
Make the audience screech with excited terror,
As the platform becomes a burning cauldron,
Blazing at the wizard's insistence.
The magician utters the ancient words,
The room glows red,
The doors are locked,
Yet the enchanter has escaped.
Some cards, some glitter, a diamond ring,
Lay scattered on the empty stage . . . . .
~Francoise
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Man with Dragonfly Hands For Jay
Not nearly as ambiguous
As he appears, his facial curls
A peppered abstraction to distract—
Dissertations of slick silvered verbs
To allure, propose, conject, yet
Not merely entertain.
Pocket reservoirs of presta—
Red bulbs snap-crackle-flame
Into visions conjured from dust bunny
Havens beneath beds of dead hyacinths
Magicianed in digitations to blossom
In oohs and ahhhs of profound
Confoundment.
Blustery pronouncements
Camouflaged in burl grains of classic
Strings framed in cinnamon-scented
Catastrophic elegance, he the leader,
Museum curator guiding us, prodding us
On paths of molten wax, over bricked walls
Of blocked metaphors, through tangled vines
Of carnivorous lines that peck at our limbs,
Feast on our flesh to devour our doubts,
Feed our hunger for dramatic decadence,
Tap on our minds, worm into our heartwood,
Linger long after
His soliloquy
Has ended.
~Judy Turek
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Interlude To Jay Jii--
Who makes music that causes poetry
He missed a beat there
Or was it a space in the middle of his song
A haunting soft sweet air
His hands
Flying up and down the melody
Talking to me
Of love
~Joan Marg
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On the Day You were Born
On the eve of your birth
word of your coming
passed from animal to animal.
The reindeer told the Arctic terns,
who told the humpback whales,
who told the Pacific salmon,
who told the monarch butterflies,
who told the green turtles,
who told the European eel,
who told the garden warblers,
and the marvelous news migrated worldwide.
~Debra Frasier Dedicated to Jay Jii
by Russ Perry
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Is
I can't be Jay Chollick
I can't be Jay Jii
What I can do is just bii mii!
Bii mii up Scottii
I'll just bii mii.
~Dii Dii Spungin
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Endless Thoughts of You To Jay Jii (AKA Jay-Man)
When moon is full, and stars align
When sunshine sparkles
and rays dance upon flowing water
When one soul meets another kindred
When fireflies flicker, and dark eyes shine
When a flower bud opens, petals upon high
When a sonnet is spoken aloud and read free
When a simple "thank you" means the world to me
When an apple tree blossoms, or when wildflowers grow
When a busy bee follows you all the way home
When moonbeams dance, and the fire's all aglow
When hot cocoa is poured, marshmallows afloat
Thoughts fill my mind, and smiles warm my heart
Because...
These are all of the things that let me know
To think of you dear friend, wherever I roam
To know that you're with me
I found a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale yesterday at a pub in the city!!! Outside of the Sam Adams Boston Lager, the only other decent American ale I've had in Aussie was the Pete's Wicked you sent me (still have the empty bottle). 3 Ravens have made a 5.5 American Pale Ale for their 5th Anniversary and all their 5 beers are great! A 6.6 coming out in 2010...
Ever try a Bishop's Fingers out of Kent, England!? Phenomenal...
[pt.3]Jeter, not Hideki just because he had a tremendous Game 6... Jeter was perfect every-single-game. Oh well, they pop the champ pain (LoL). Yea, I'm a little bitter; It's tough being a Boston fan so close to New York, even after the TWO wins (for 6 & 7; I wish the MLB would honor Boston 1904 and make it 8) 'cause most Yankee fans just laugh and say "26" and now "27" - sure, we can say '04, but you guys can say "Boston Massacre" twice, the most significant being 1978. In those last 5 games Boston just needed 1 win to move on... and then along came bleep bleep Bucky Dent... then Aaron Boone, ouch! Pedro should've been removed from that game when beLiddle went out to get him.
And then there were the Boston Braves who won a World Series while playing out of Fenway Park - the team Babe Ruth played his last season for - in Boston, heh! Hit 6 HRs in limited games, 3 in one! He would've easily broke 800 HRs had he batted his entire career, but he did post a 20 win/20 HR season!!! Only player ever... won 2 World Series games and hit a couple of HRs in 1918... 1917 he hit 11 for the single season record, heh! then 29 in 1918.. moved to NYC, you know the rest; my opinion, it was never the Curse of the Babe, but the "Flack of Frazee".
And then this weekend's Sunday Night Football game between the Pats & the Colts... Ugh!!!! Bill Bell should've had the ball punted and made Manning work 80 yards versus 29!!! Time would've run out and New England would've won, snapping the Colts unbeaten streak. Sure, Brady became the first QB to get more than 23 points w/ 34 but they LOST 35-34!!! Ugh!!!! A great game, better if yer a Colt's fan, of course: 4th & 2 on the 29 w/ 2 mins. to go!??? PUNT!!! A no-brainer. They failed on 3rd & 2 to convert...
[pt.2]...beyond that is just true history. Yea, I see the Yankees winning a LOT more to come... I was so hoping Boston could get one more in before the Yanks Were Back; the Yanks are back, and Boston will go back to "...next year". They had their chance in '08, blew it in Game 2 otherwise they would've played the Phillies and I think Boston would've won - not taken anything from Philadelphia; I like them in the NL, along w/ the Mets & Cubs.
Yea, the new Dream Theater CD is awesome, including the instrumental CD & the covers (Stargazer!!!!). The new Porcupine Tree is possibly their best work to date... both bands are touring back Down Under - alrerady have tix, as well as tix to see Opeth. Ever listen to them? Steven Wilson does a LOT of work w/ Opeth.
Still curious what you feel about that Marillion "live" CD I sent to you, and the Neil Peart short-story Drumbeats? From that rock-stories collection... Marillion is one of my all-time fave bands and, like Rush, have never toured Aussie, ah!!!! Rush are considering a new Double-Album concept CD; Ged & Alex are up for it, now they just need to convince Neil. Their new producer, Nick Rask (best ever!) is doing his best to convince the band of this...
Yea, that'd be perfect.
Yanks will repeat in 2010, unless Boston can beat 'em in the ALCS (or the NL wins). Boston will fall shy (again) of New York for 2nd Place & the Wild Card;
I still find it absolutely amazing that after the horrible start for New York they ended up w/ over 100 wins! Blows my mind... Boston win the first 8, then only 1 of the next 9!??? After A-ROD joined back up from his problems, Tex woke up and the team exploded w/ wins, wins, wins... I still think Derek Jeter should've been the MVP...
[pt.1]Hey Jay Jii, not sure if you got my last MySpace mail to you, a few weeks back, well... here we go again, then: Big Congrats to you as a fan for the Yankees winning Number 27! I really thought the Phillies would've given a better effort (it was still a great series; 6 games, I thought it'd be 7 & Phillie's winning) but the Phils really messed up some good oops and keeping a sick Pedro in after Inning 1 in Gm. 6 was just stupid. Oh well, these things happen... like Game 7 in the '03 ALCS. Yea, the Yankees will now probably win another 5 of the next 7 of 8... they have the cash, they can buy the talent. I know Yankee fans are sick & tired of hearing the rest of baseball complain about that, but they have a budget that is astronomical (yea, I wish Boston had that budget and for sure they'd buy all the talent!) - here's to a Salary Cap! The next team is the Mets and they are still about 100million short of the Yanks, amazing.
But we blame all this on a guy named Frazee way back in first 1919 then again in 1925 when he took the best of Boston with him & moved to New York - the Babe thing was just the beginning of that long story: Red Sox were the first Dynasty, the Yanks have been ever since. I sense New York, in need of a new outfield, will offer Jayson Bay a HUGE salary and Boston will possibly lose him - like Damon, Bay has said "I'd never join that Evil Empire" LOL. Sorry if I sound like I'm putting down yer team; I'm not putting them down, just wish the salary issue was more even aside from the year's where teams win it all and get the Big Bonus. I could go on... I imagine you could as well in Defense.
Still, the Yanks have produced some of the best teams ever no matter how we look at it. Boston, other than '04 & '07, seem to ALWAYS fall shy of New York going back to '97...
Thank you Jay. I'm pretty new to MySpace so this is all very new to me. I don't remember exactly what your profile said about you, but I do remember that I found it very interesting. You have an inspiring day as well. Wait, I think I remember that your profile said something about loving God. I like that a lot. Do you like to read sermons? If so, some of the best sermons I've ever read are by a man named George MacDonald. These days, he's most known for his children's stories, especially the one called "On the Back of the North Wind." The only problem is that his sermons are out of print, so you have to look around for them, but they're well worth reading. Just as a point of interest, he was brought up as a Calvinist, but he never bought in to that doctrine. Eventually, he was convinced that religion wasn't important, and that loving God was what mattered. Anyway, I gotta go. Toodaloo! :)
Hey Jay Jii, Well, there you go... I told you the Yankees would be back in the World Series before or by 2010. However, the Phillies are a great team, could be a tough battle for the Yanks... should be a great overall series. I think we'll see a 7 game affair and I have to give the edge to the Phillies even though the Yanks have Home Field Advantage (Mo saved an All Star game win for Paplebon! Pretty bizarre... and then Pap melts down in a Game, gm. 3 v. Angels, that Boston looked to have. Ugh! Even Wagner messed up. Oh well...
Good luck for yer team. Yankees want it bad; Phillies would love a repeat and their third ring (only 2 thus far in a hundred+ years).
And yea, Triumph... I believe I saw the T7 Tour as well as the World of Fantasy Tour. Great band they were, espc. Rick Emmett.
I'm sure you're stocked & partying big time as all of New York- outside of Queens and the Mets' fans. I'm calling this the Amtrack Series.
East Coast - Phillies are my fave NL team, followed closely by the Mets (who would be #1 if not for 1986).
7 games, extra innings for the drama... Angels did sweep Boston (Ugh!) and had a great Game 5 that I thought they blew when New York scored 6... I still think Boston's Game 5 ALCS victory over the Rays last year is the best come from behind Game 5 ALCS game. The Angels did have a terrific season, got at least 2 & both in LA; I knew if they gave up just 1 game in LA to NYYs, they were done; even if the Angels won today, they'd have to face CC; but due to the rain Lackey would've been available. Could've been real interesting, but not to be.
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