Proto-photography and anti-demagoguery, elegant elegancies, unsettling the certain uncertainties, Foresty forests, Mink (obviously), dressing up dressily, Opera gloves, scented Chai Lattes, white aromatics, things that grow in gardens, and general unhectic Hedonism
Music
"Some of the music we play is really not geared for your bumpin' enjoyment. It's geared for you to think. So, for those of you who don't think too much, I'm just tellin' you about that shit before we drop it on you."
Anonymous, from DJ Food's "The Ageing Young Rebel."
Most of that Ninja Toons crew, various volatile sonic landscapes and general Trippy Topography, including: Air
Amon Tobin
Blonde Redhead
Boards of Canada
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Bonobo
Buffallo Daughter
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Catpower
Cinematic Orchestra
Coldcut
Dandy Warhols
David Holmes
Death in Vegas
Dead Can Dance
Deerhoof
Depeche Mode
DJ Food
DJ Shadow
DJ Spooky
DZhihan & Kamien
Felix Laband
Funki Porcini
Goldfrapp
Gotan Project
Herbaliser
Holly Golightly
Howling Bells
James Holden
Joanna Newsom
John Tejada
Joy Division
Kid Loco
The Kills
Kraftwerk
Kristin Hersh
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Ladytron
LCD Soundsystem
Loop Guru
Lou Reed
Miss Kittin
Mars Volta
Massive Attack
Mr Scruff
Mylo
Nathan Fake (The Sky is ALWAYS Pink Nathan)
Nick Cave
Nightmares on Wax
Orbital
p j harvey
Peeping Tom
Pixies
Portishead
Primal Scream
RjD2
She Wants Revenge
Soulwax
Swayzak
Thievery Corporation
Tosca
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Aotearoa Artists:
Brunettes
Concord Dawn
Dimmer
James Duncan
Lawrence Arabia
Meet-bix
Minuit
Module
Monkey Music
Pitch Black
Ruby Suns
Links:Boards of CanadaHowling BellsBlonde RedheadPixiesAirBuffalo DaughterTortoisePrimal ScreamPortisheadP J HarveyHolly GolightlyLCD SoundsystemMars VoltaNathan fakeSigur RosSoulwax
Movies
Scared Sacred
Fellini's Roma
Fellini's81/2
Most of what David Lynch has done (but still not sure about Inland Empire)
A History of Violence
The Man Without A Past
Television
Books
Message of A Master
Wuthering Heights
Alice in Wonderland
Pride & Prejudice
The Magicians Nephew
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
T S Eliot's Collected Poems
Old Possums Book of Practical Cats
Heroes
adam roscoe (MySpace Meister)
Federico Fellini (Film Meister)
Jimena Small (Spirit Meister)
Conny Mendez (Venezuelan Metaphysics Meister)
About me: Things that generally work for me, In no particular disorder: Most French movies, David Lynch, Portishead, National Radio, Triangle TV,
Visual Arts, Federico Fellini, Documentaries, Documentaries by Adam Curtis, Storms, Lewis Carrol, decent poetry, Coriander, Zen, iPod, Photography, Boards of Canada, Giacomo Puccini, Radiohead, Subversive Humour,
bFM, Subtlety, Design, Roadtrips, Festival Movies, Bach
Literature,spontaneity, Japanese food, C S Lewis,
Massive Attack, Gewürztraminer, Reiki, iMac, Grey Lynn, Jane Austen, Bethells Beach, Alt.TV, North Piha,
p j harvey, Cadbury Milk Chocolate, Modernism and Post-modernism which means everything and nothing, Pine forests, bargain trawling at Savemart
Things that dont work so well for me: Shopping malls, Shopping malls any time in December, high density Fake Tuscan Townhouse developments, Rugby culture,
TV2, celebrity hysteria, women's magazines, most of outer suburbia, Monday afternoons (even more uninspiring than Monday mornings)apathy, Downsize My Pet
boring materialism, most unimaginative and crass advertising, corporate politics, the Warehouse, badly made Pizza with thin toppings, shameless mediocrity, K-Mart, NZ Christmas
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hey guys - A quick heads up on the dDub gigs coming up over the winter - be great to see you soon!!! Friday 12th June - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai/Auckland Friday 26th June - Bodega - Wellington Friday 24th July - Whangarei Arts Festival - Whangarei Saturday 29th August - Scallop Festival - Whitianga Thursday 3rd September - Mint Bar - Wanaka Friday 4th September - Coronet Peak - Queenstown Saturday 5th September - Revolver - Queenstown Friday 25th September - Als Bar - Christchurch Saturday 26th September - Venue TBA - Dunedin You can now get presale tickets online at www.eventfinder.co.nz – easiness. Check out the 'Making My Way Home' vid @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KgXoO8gBhI Peace Luv from the dDub Crew
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