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Jessan Levou's Interests
General
~Jessan Levou ~ Shake it Off~
~Jessan Levou ~ tonight
An original song by Jessan Levou
~Jessan Levou ~ Before he Cheats~
Why stare at a box for countless hours When there is a whole world outside your door
A1, adrenaline, animals, anthropology, anyone who can make me laugh, art, artists, astrology, audio commentaries, Azna, beaches, board games, boating-rather sailboats(the entire idea of being surrounded by water-only you the stars and the sky is truly intoxicating), British anything, card games when I haven't slept, cars (old-only old), camping, caffeine, children, Chinese Kung Fu movies from the 1970s, clouds, Coast to Coast AM, coffee, confusing people, conserving everything from the environment to the times I giggle, comedy clubs, conspiracy theories, cooking, creation, CNN, CSPAN, culture, cultural restaurants (anything not American unless it is a ma and pa place or anything not commercialized), cuddling, cult classics, cycling, dancing, daring, day dreaming before I go to bed, dedication, devotion, dinner parties, dive bars, documentaries, donating my time, dreaming, eating out and then tipping like a superstar, drinking water, electric cars, electric engines (anything that turns a gas powered engine into a clean, efficient, Earth saving, mode of transportation and or fun), entertaining, ESPN, exercise (now what I mean by this is a healthy lifestyle which includes:bat mitten, cycling, golf, roller blading, climbing, frisbee, frisbee golf, golf, hiking, ice skating, martial arts, mountain biking, pilates, scuba diving (when I get my license), skiing, swimming, snorkeling, snowboarding, tennis, twister, walking, yoga), family, FedEx Presents that I order for myself on the internet while sleepy, finding new and interesting places that I have never been to, fire escapes, foggy autumn days, French culture and food, fresh sheets, foreign languages, galleries, gardens, gardening, geeks, giving messages, God (the creator-the encompasser-that thing that created helium and hydrogen), going out, guns (Yes I love guns-why? Becuase it is one of the things that our country was built upon. A freedom that makes us the greatest country in the world, and when we begin to take away our freedoms, we destroy everything that our forefathers fought and died for... okay and they're neat-o)guitars and those who can play guitar far better than myself, hiking, the Himalayas, history, honesty, Indian Food!!!, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese Food, japanimation and animation, jazz, jokes, knitting, Labrador Puppies, laughing, learning, lingerie, live music, love, lusting, making a special gift for someone I don't know, men (also boys who want to be men) making mixed tapes and receiving mixed tapes (even though no one has given me one in a long, long time, but I keep waiting & yes I keep an tape player on hand just in case someone does make me one some day), museums, music, mountains, nature, nerds, oldies, Om, opera, outdoors, over-sized hoodies, painters, philosophy, photography, physics & quantum mechanics (also the philosophical ideas they propose), piano, picnics in May, pilates, pink shirts on men, pitbull puppies, politics, poetry, profits, proper grammar, puppies in general, randomness, reading, reading blogs, religion, road trips, romance, romantics, samurai culture and history, science, singing, songwriting, soul mates, spirituality, sport bikes, stand-up comics, staying in on a Friday night, sunsets, sunrises in the winter, sushi $ sushi restaurants & making sushi, swimming with all of my clothes on, taking a bath and reading the Sunday paper, tattoos & the entire idea behind tattoos... if you don't know what I'm talking about you never will, tea time and everything that tea time includes (golly I love taking time out of my day for tea), that light you can only see when the sun is not quite up-and an eerie blueness drapes over the landscape for only but a few moments, the smell of: 14 Hour Road Trips, Autumn in Wisconsin, Apple Picking, Baking Pies, Book Stores, Campfires, Chainsaw Carvings, Christmas, Craft Shows, Fabric Softener, Food Cooking in the Kitchen, Guitars, Making Lemonade, Movie Theater Popcorn, New Books, New Sneaks, Puppy's Paws, the impending rain storm in the distance during the summer months, Vintage Shops, Walks in the Winter; Traditional Chinese Medicine, traveling anywhere, vegetables, watching others play video games (sounds crazy right? I know. When I was growing up there were only two controllers. One went to my brother & the other to "the kid down the street", so I learned to be very entertained by watching others play video games for hours), waking up to the aroma of coffee in the kitchen, walking in the rain, watching sports college/pro (baseball, basketball, boxing, fencing, football(Go Packers), golf (it is relaxing), hockey, horse racing, nascar(BTW-it is a widely known fact that Nascar is the most difficult sport televised today. Think about it-in most sports there are time outs, bathroom breaks, people to rub your legs when they get tired and so on. Not in Nascar. Just two hundred miles of track ... I'm just still trying to figure out what I am supposed to do with all of my 8 clothing...), rugby, soccer(the true "football"), swimming (love the spedos), ultimate fighting) I am a wee bit of a sports junkie, wiggling my toes under the blankets, wine, writing letters and licking the stamp, writing, yoga... I rarely drink anymore, but these are the top 5 ~ Whiskey : Gentlemen Jack, Bourbon : Maker's Mark, Scotch Whiskey : Lagavulin 16, Irish Whiskey : Jameson 18, and Wild Turkey 101... that's about it... hence why I rarely drink anymore.
Music
This Took A Very Long Time I'm Sure I forgot Some
First off~ anything jazz, big band, classical, non-lyrical blues or dark D&B with an ambient flair...
13th Floor Elevators, 30 Seconds to Mars, 50¢, A Perfect Circle, ACDC, Adele, AFI, Albert King, Al Green, Alabama, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Allman Brothers, Andrew Loyd Webber, Ani DiFranco, Aretha Franklin, Bach, BB King, Bad Company, Barry White, Beck, Beethoven, Beth Orton, Ben Folds, Ben Folds 5, Ben Harper, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, B.J. Thomas, Black Sabbath, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Mellon, Blink 182, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bob Segar, Brad Paisley, Britney Spears, Brooks and Dunn, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Buck Cherry, Buddy Guy, Buddy Holly, Bush, Carrie Underwood, Cheap Trick, Chemical Brothers, Chevelle, Christina Aguilera, Chopin, Coheed and Cambria, Coldcut, Coldplay, Count Basie , CSNY, Cyndi Lauper, Daft Punk, Damien Rice, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, David Grey, Daughtry, Death Cab for Cutie, Debussy, Dee Clark, Deftones, Deirks Bently, Delerium, Devo, Dido, Dinosaur Jr, Dizzy Gillespie, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, DJ Spooky, Dire Straits, Duke Ellington, Duran Duran, Earth, Wind and Fire, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis, Eminem, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, Flyleaf, Foreigner, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, Frou Frou, FSOL, Genisis, George Jones, Grand Funk Railroad, Gretchen Wilson, Greenday, Guns and Roses, Gus Cannon, Hank Mobley, Hank Williams, Hank Williams. Jr, Hayden, Heart, Herbie Hancock, Hole, Hot Hot Heat, Iggy Pop, Incubus, India Arie, Jame's Brown, Jane's Addiction, Jason Aldean, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Jay Z, Jeff Buckley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jessan Levou... :) , Jet, Jimmy Hendrix, John Coltrane, John Lee Hooker, John Mayer, John Mayer Trio, John Melloncamp, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchel, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, KC & The Sunshine Band, Keith Urban, Kenna, Kiss, Leadbelly, Led Zepplin, Lionel Richie, Liszt, Louis Armstrong, Luther Vandross, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mae, Madonna, Mamie Smith, Marvin Gaye, Marilyn Manson, Matisyahu, MGMT, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Mos Def, Mozart, Muddy Waters, Muse, Mute Math, My Chemical Romance, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Nelly Furtado, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Ottis Redding, Otis Spann , Outkast, Panic! At the Disco, Paris Hilton...(she's hot?) , Paramore, Pat Benatar, Patti Rothberg, Phantom Planet, Pharrell, Phish, Pink Floyd, Porno for Pyros, Portishead, Posies, Prince, Puccini, Pussycat Dolls, Queen, Quincy Jones, Radiohead, Ray Charles, REM, Ricky Nelson, Rilo Kiley, Rod Stewart, Rodney Adkins, Rolling Stones, Rusted Root, Sara Barieilles, Sarah McLauchlan, Santana, Saves the Day, Schubert, Smashing Pumpkins, Smokey Robinson, Snoop Dog, Snow Patrol, Soft Cell, Son House, Soundgarden, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sting, Stone Temple Piolets, String Cheese Incident, Sublime, Talking Heads, Teagan and Sarah, Tenacious D, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Big Wu, The Clash, The Cars, The Cure, The Dixie Chicks, The Donnas, The Drifters, The Everly Brothers, The Game, The Gorillaz, The Greatful Dead, The Guess Who, The Killers, The Kinks, The Knack, The Misfits, The Moody Blues, The Penguins, The Platters, The Police, The Postal Service, The Ramones, The Righteous Brothers, The Seeds, The Shins, The Smiths, The Sonics, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Used, The Velvet Underground, The Violent Femmes, The White Stripes, The Who, The Yardbirds, Tom Jones, Tom Petty, Tool, Towa Tei, Trent Tomlinson, Tu Pac, Usher, Van Halen, Vivaldi, Willie Nelson, War, Waylon Jennings, W.C. Handy, Ween, Weezer, White Zombie, Who, Widespread Panic, Yes, Zero 7, ZZ Top
Movies
Discovering the World Through Someone Else's Eyes
Some people collect plastic spoons found in obscure tourist destinations who serve the world's largest meatballs, while others scour the Internet for documentaries about the world's most obscure tourist destinations. I am that second kind of person who collects documentaries.
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Ahh...
the documentry...
I will try to change this often...
The 11th Hour
Please~go and watch this movie.
Alright...
of course I watch movies. I go to at least two a week, and 85% of the time I go alone and watch double features in pgs, while I smuggle in produce (side note about Double Features : bring a pillow) I have countless movies that I love, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be Casablanca. However, I can always rely on any documentary and anything from Focus Features, Pixar, Quentin Tarantino, Charlie Kaufman, Darren Aronofsky, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Wes Anderson, David Fincher or anything Roger Ebert recommends(I check his site before I see any movie, and agree 95% of the time).
Television
First off, I am much more of an XM kind of girl.
There is a common belief that television poisons and corrupts young and evolving minds into overweight comatose victims who only love chocolate, but I don't like chocolate so I say it is nonsense.
Ok, so here's the thing.
I don't have a TV.
That's not to say I don't watch anything, for I do. Nonetheless, all of the shows that I do watch I find on DVD. There are many reasons why I don't have a TV, but the main reason is the commercials. I CAN'T watch commercials. I tried TIVO (wonderful invention) for a while, but still had to fast forward through the commercials.
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Do I miss TV? Sometimes. I mostly miss the news, for I am a true information junkie. CNN, CSPAN and Current. I even miss Fox. I however have found new and interesting ways to acquire my information, free of advertising and subliminal messages designed in order to breed insecurity by way of commercials. Top three favorite shows : Simpsons & Seinfeld, (which BTW you will never understand my sense of humor if you don’t appreciate those classic shows) and Iron Chef Japan. Japan I say! I know I should be putting Arrested Development here in spot three, but there is just something so captivating about that fun little show.
(Don't get me wrong, I would rather be doing something else or reading, but sometimes TV sounds better in the background then music)
...Arrested Development (why on Earth did Fox cancel this show? , Heroes & Prison Break (First Season on both)... The Office, Family Guy, American Dad, (Seth Mcfarland fascinates me), Futurama, The Flinstones, Sex and the City (Even though Carrie is a disgrace for what she did to Aidan: the perfect man), The King of Queens, Star Trek (classic and the next generation), The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The X Files, Quantum Leap, Roseanne, Lil' Bush, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Tales from the Dark Side/Crypt (I know, I know), The Chappelle Show, Fraiser, The Sopranos, BRAVO Reality Shows (Project Runway & Top Chef), The Dog Whisperer, Murder She Wrote (wow, my grandma loved that show)... The Golden Girls(and that show... the music is hypnotic),Duck Tales & Muppet Babies (where can I buy these on DVD?), The Daily Show, those Charlie Brown Specials, and any other show that I may see about religion, politics, the environment or philosophy.
P.S.
I'm a big Anime/Japanimation(well, basically animation in general to be honest~I really do love adult swim), and I'm an even bigger sports fan(junkie-although I obviously would rather be at an event~hey, I come from Wisconsin: A place where tailgating is a way of life)
Books
I used to receive a whole different array of magazines through the mail, but began to feel extremely guilty about the waste it was producing, so I renewed them on-line! It's a wonderful idea, and I recommend it to everyone who loves Newsweek, Time, the NY Times and the Journal as much as I do. :)
I love all non fiction books concerning the topics of religion, politics, and philosophy(which by the way are the topics you are never supposed to talk about while in a bar, but then again alcohol has a way with opinions), the classics and classical poetry (they just don't write books like they used to), topics concerning human relations and psychology, The Harry Potter Series, Fast Food Nation, Bible Code, The Dao of Pooh, Chinese Traditional Herbal Medicine Volume 1&2,The World Without Us, Intellectual Devotionals, 3,654 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't, In Defense of Food, The Age of American Unreason, Dictionaries and Thesauruses, The Count of Monte Cristo, Treating Pain with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chi Gung, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Power of Thought, Thoughts Without a Thinker, History of Pi, Bug, anything written by the Dalai Lama, Jane Austen, Nietzsche, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Stephen Hawkings, Susan Blackmore, Gary Goldschneider, Scott Cunningham, Sylvia Brown, Miguel Ruiz, Jesus Christ, Richard Dawkins, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Plato, Dante, Walt Whitman, Hemingway, Emily Brontë, Dale Carnegie, T.S. Eliot, Sir Thomas Moore, The Gnostic Gospels, Robert Frost, Tolkien, Aristotle, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Ayn Rand, Homer, Socrates, Al Gore, Terry Brooks, J.D. Salinger, J.M. Nouwem, Arthur Rumbaud, Kenneth Carroll, Cornel West, Mark Twain, E.A Poe, William Butler Yeats, Charles Darwin, Shakespeare...
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Not in alphabetical order, too!!!
Heroes
Heroes: Just another reason to wake up in the morning.
Sir Thomas Moore, the only man to look into the world and understand how beautiful the idea of equality is.
Dale Carnegie, who's brilliance still amazes me every time I realize what people really want in life.
The 14th Dali Lama, and even though he humbly describes himself as just an ordinary man who is neither important or special, he embodies the characteristics that I am tirelessly working towards in my life to posses.
~I am but a lyricist, who just so happens to sing, play piano/guitar, compose, produce, mix and dance. Nevertheless, I am but a lyricist, living in order to learn...~
The absolute most important thing to remember
when listening to my music is that I have never taken
a class or lesson for any of the instruments or the technical
programs I use. What this translates into is that I have
created it (composition, beats, mixing/arrangement, lyrics
and vocals) entirely by myself in the confines of my own
home, and I used equipment that is not in the least bit
professional and mediocre at best. . With this knowledge,
I believe that the listener can fully appreciate the ingenuity
of this project.
~I am but a lyricist who just so happens to sing, play piano/guitar, compose, produce, mix and dance. Nevertheless, I am but a lyricist, living in order to learn...~
~Biography~
Everyone on this Earth is born with an unbelievable talent to do something special unto only them. A passion that consumes every fabric of their essence until it is finally acknowledged, and mine was not songwriting; it was singing. However, the inevitability from the decision to be active in rebellion had a slight effect of such a blessing. The ability of song writing came only because when my decisions were held prisoner to a cycle of peer pressure, I was forced to experience life in a way that was foreign to me. Describing the life changing situations, sometimes colorful, but most times just plain dangerous, wrong and immaturely foolish became the only outlet I could use to understand them. When I finally freed myself from the illusionary cage I admittedly imprisoned myself within, I was left with a handwritten, tear soaked trail of experiences on random pieces of paper. After carefully sowing together the memories, the songs, and the lifelong passion, I am left with a quilt and the word destiny embroidered upon it.
~Style~
Over the past decade, the style of "pop" has become a social stigma that seams to automatically brand an artist to the classification of a bubble gum chewing, studio singing, over priced dancer. What is popular to the masses is out shadowed by the super elite voices of the few, who refer to such music as artless advertising. I respectfully can understand their point of view, considering all of the scandals and hype which has surrounded a lot of artists in the past, although I must slightly disagree. There are many so called "pop artists" who continue to amaze the general public with not only stunning vocal tracks and ear-sticking beats, but also their ability to accomplish the greatest goal of any musician, which is an unforgettable performance. If my musical production, mixing and composition skills were as accurate as my vision, which frankly they are not, then my style could be described as a mix of pop/urban piano jazz 1, pop/drum&bass seductive chill out 2, angry girl pop/indie rock 3, and raw club style pop 4, for my role models are those who have recreated the pop industry as I know it. The only missing factor is the unforgettable performance 5&6, which I am still vigorously trying to perfect. 1- Alicia Keys 2-Portishead 3-Ani DiFranco 4-Cristina Aguilera 5-Madonna 6-Britney Spears ~~~~~~~~
~Stages of Compassion~
Everyone has written a love song. Everyone. Before writing this album I fully understood this statement, and because of it, I set out to create something completely original that hasn't been done before. More than anything else I am a lyricist, so for my first album I wanted to create a concept piece where each song melted into the next, not only musically like a lot of artists are doing these days, but also lyrically. The style of Stages of Compassion is completely unique not only because of it's lyrical content, but also it's musical flow. Stages of Compassion relays an universal lyrical story of how the emotion of love grows, adapts and changes. Therefore, the specific style of the album's music grows, adapts and changes right along with the lyrics. This allows the listener to actually feel the style of the songs change as the album progresses.
Videos by Jessan Levou will be up by the 1st of March!!!
Who I'd like to meet:
Hieronymus Bosch, and crawl inside of his brush for the evening.
~Tunnel by Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)~
Honestly though... I am mostly drawn to those who have the gift for symbolism, carefully hidden, that is found within artistic works(paintings, poems, philosophical ideas, stories, songs and so on)
I'm a bit of a romantic like that.
Blazin thru ya spot to show u some luv!! By the way if u like new music download my latest mixtape or go to my page and download from the player..good lookin out!
Hey Girl - Thanks for being a friend! You can check out all my music on iTunes & at www. cdbaby. com/rebeccaowen Stop on by my page & let me know what you think :) Keep ROCKIN'!!
JAGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR Type O Negative / Hatebreed THIS SATURDAY, June 14th - 7:30PM At The Rave / Eagles Club
WIN FREE TICKETS TO JAGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR For more information, click the poster below or check out our myspace for the link to our contest page *contest ends tonight (June 11th)
Thank you for joining my friends list. I am trying to get a lot of friends together as I will soon be playing in other states. I wanted to make sure that I kept in touch with everyone and here seems to be the best place. Please feel free to check out my band(s) sites as well. Baked Monkey and Knot Limited are on my friends list and have more original music with my influence(s). Thanks again. Love to all, Amanda
What's up? How ya doin'? I just wanted to say I appreciate the add. I hope you can take time to check out my page and enjoy my music. With that, I'd like to breeze by and scribble this REEM signature on ya page. Take care and keep in touch.
Hello jessan! I..m just checking your site, listening your songs, admiring your beauty! I invite u to listen my new songs if u have time . Greetings and a hug from Mexico City. Your friend MIKO.
Hola, ¿como estas? te escribo para invitarte al tokin de mi banda, Los Jess, este viernes 23 de mayo en casa Hilvana (col.roma) a las 930 hrs, estaremos tocando con la comuna, los dealers y chamomile, ojala puedas ir, cualquier duda q tengas, preguntame o entra aqui o a www. myspace. com/losjess, contesto todos los mensajes q lleguen aqui, un abrazo y la mejor vibra!
Hey! Click on the pic and see what I've been up to....check out the director's cut version of the American Idol McDonald's Commercial!! I got to sing and have a great time and I'd love to hear your feedback! Luv ya! Anna Margaret
