I love people who think, have something to say and are engaging the world in some way.
Music
Recent favs: Battles, Angie Stone, Kid Cudi, A-Trak mixtape
Favorites: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Gang Starr, Aphex Twin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Biggie, New Order, The Pixies, Radiohead, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Sex Pistols, Kraftwerk, Portishead, Run DMC...
Other good stuff: King Tubby, Thievery Corporation, Brian Jonestown Massacre, TV on the Radio, The Knife, Black Keys, Liars, Air, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Spooky, DJ Shadow, Nick Cave, The Clash, Skinny Puppy, Nina Hagen, Ween, Chrome, Captain Beefheart, Otis Redding, so much more...
Movies
Recently seen and recommend: No Country for Old Men, Southland Tales, Margot at the Wedding, My Architect (DVD), Rocket Science, When the Levies Broke (Spike Lee doc. excellent!), Offside (Iranian), Red Road (British--very underrated), Children of Men, Inland Empire, Tideland, Zodiac, Borat, Jesus Camp, King Leopold's Ghost (highly recommend doc.!), The Science of Sleep, An Inconvenient Truth, A Scanner Darkly
Other: Why We Fight (doc), The Squid and the Whale, Oldboy, DIG!, Tarnation, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Election, Happiness, Friday, The Corporation, Waking Life, 13 Conversations About One Thing, Dead Man, Rushmore, Metropolitan, Humanité, Anything by Adom Egoyan, David Lynch, Franois Ozon, Dario Argento circa 80s-90s, David Cronenberg, Peter Jackson, Coen Brothers, Lucio Fulci, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam, Quentin Tarantino, Takashi Miike, Akira Kurasawa, Stanley Kubrick, Alejandro Jodorowski and early Martin Scorsese. There's so much more I can't even begin to type it down. Film is probably my favorite art form.
Television
Chappelle Show, Sopranos, The Office (Brit.), Black Adder, Kids in the Hall, Frontline, NOVA
Books
Now that I'm not reviewing bad books for Publishers Weekly anymore, I can try to read more for pleasure. The Corrections was the last great book I read. I've got a stack next to my bed that I haven't made a dent in yet though. In that stack: The Twilight of American Culture, Granta Book of the American Short Story, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, D.H. Lawrence, Haruki Murakami. We'll see how long it takes me to get to them all...
Jan. 31, 2009: Brother Ali, Three Generations, Pop Master Fabel, DJ K-Salaam, and New York Gnawa Ensemble
..Live art by Revise CMW. Hosts: Cap D and Ethnosis. 6-11pm. Special guests: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Imam Talib & more! The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center 3940 Broadway at 165th St. NYC 10032. $5. All Ages. Trains A, C or 1 to 168th. Presented by IMAN! www. ImanCentral. org.
Yes! We got a lot of catching up to do...but guess what?! Im not in the city anymore...I moved to White Plains since I got a new gig. Call me. We have to make arrangements to hang out soon.
HEY! sorry i haven't been in touch ... i gave up myspace (and celebrity gossip) for lent. (the horror!) i know that's no excuse, but life's been a little crazy. turns out, i might be in town for tribeca film fest. will keep you posted.
back to the immediate future, i'm headed to new orleans this week, but yes, let's try to arrange that phone call upon my return ... i can't wait to hear of your most recent adventures! :)
Where u been at?. I'm a keep invitin u out till I see u. I'm hostin another party this Sat. 3/22 @ Hope Lounge (It's in BK). No Cover, Good Music, Sexy Ladies, & Good Times. I really hope to see u there ...
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