New Mexican poet -- National Poetry Slam Champion 2005-- NM Hispano Entertainers Asso. "Poet of the Year" 2005--"Top 40 under 40 in Arts" 2004 NM Business Weekly
Male
102 years old
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
United States
Music (rock, hip hop, old time country, etc.), poetry, writing, reading (Sherman Alexie, Chris Offutt, David Sedalis), supporting the youth, movies (The Usual Suspects, Pan's Labyrinth , , futbol, Playstation2, Mexican wresting masks, la Virgen de Guadalupe, chicanismo, The Simpsons, UNM Lobos, Apple computers, graphic design, journalism, youth mentoring, making hot fliers, sex, InDesign, Raiders
Music
Public Enemy, Rush, Ben Harper, The Police, Judas Priest, Prince, The Clash, Johnny Cash, ramones, Aretha, Santana, Marley, Dylan, James Brown, Rage Against the Machine, Nikka Costa, Ozomatli, Miles Davis, RHCP, Pat Benatar, Shakira, Mana, The Pretenders, Moby, Michael Franti, Coltrane, Lyrics Born, Gnarls Barkley, Duran Duran, Bjork, Wu Tang Clan, Black Sabbath, U2, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Jason Deniello, Atmosphere, indigenous, INXS, Van Halen, Asylum Street Spankers, Living Colour, Common, The Beatles, Sting, Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, Vallejo, Guns 'N Roses, Beastie Boys, Missing Persons, Concrete Blonde, Desmond Dekker, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Shel Silverstein, Wolfmother, Schoolhouse Rock, Motley Crüe, etc.
Movies
The Warriors, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, El Mariachi Trilogy (El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) The Usual Suspects, Braveheart, Major League, Animal House, The Crow, Tombstone, Zoolander, Almost Famous, Grosse Pointe Blank, Say Anyhting, Dog Day Afternoon, The Matrix, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, etc.
Television
M*A*S*H, Scrubs, NewsRadio, anything futbol related, etc.
Books
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Che Guevarra: A Revolutionary Life, The Autobiography of Malcom X, Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, Devil's Hatband, People's History of the United States, Indian Killer, Neverwhere, Aloud: Spoken word from the Nuyorican Café, Spoken Word Revolution, Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley, Hit Men, Lords of Chaos, Borderlands/La Frontera, The Stand, Leave My Heart at Wounded Knee, etc.
Heroes
Doña Marina, Chuatemoc, Sherman Alexie, Joe Strummer, Rudolfo Anaya, Cesar Chavez, Bob Marley, Toby Roybal, , Ben Harper, Gabe Nava, etc.
kEnnrodriguez YO! This MySpace page is going, going, gone in 30 days! Look for the new kEnnrodriguez MySpace music page very soon! And Friend me there! Posted at 12:16 AM Aug 28 view more
About me: An award-winning journalist, educator and writer, kEnnrodríguez has been called “one of the most honest, down-to-earth performance poets in the region, if not the nation” by the Austin Chronicle.
In 2005 he coached and performed with the National Poetry Slam championship team from Albuquerque, N.M.
A former heavy metal drummer and Sunday school dropout, Kenn has been honored for his work with young writers and has also been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including “Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Poetry” (Manic D Press) and has featured numerous festivals and venues across the country, including the SXSW Music Conference. Most recently he was included in the documentary film "Committing Poetry in Times of War" about fired Rio Rancho teacher Bill Nevins. He currently lives in Albuquerque, N.M.
For more on Kenn, go to his website: http://geocities.com/spokenn.
Who I'd like to meet: Frida Khalo, Johnny Cash, Cesar Chavez, Zach de la Rocha, Benicio del Toro, Pelé, Guillermo Gomez Peña, Sherman Alexie, Guillermo del Toro, Lalo Alcaraz, Salma Hayek, Jim Plunkett, Sting, Ken Stabler, Neil Peart, David Beckham, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Peña, Saul Williams, etc.
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