artistry, active living, creativity, community, enlightenment, not just for some, but for everyone.
Currently listening to:
The Proclaimers
The Pogues
The Police...no really they are driving by chasing someone...
Radiohead
Daff Solos
Support independent cinema, user-submitted portals, and then create some yourselves.
Television
Filled with hundreds of hours of mind-numbing stuff, that is so gooey and nice and dull. Don't overdose on it, and don't stick our noses up to it. Bless the Simpsons, C-Span, PBS, Public Access, Community College TVs, Travel Channel, and Adult Swim.
Books
White Crane and Qigong, by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Essense of Eloquence, The Five Rings, The Art of War, (not the Art of war for executives..and remember if you are in a war....y o u a l r e a d y l o s t...."master sun-tzu", Art of Forgiveness, Ghost Radio, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Autobiography of Ghandi, anything Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Dr. Robert Thurman, Pema Chodhron, Alice Walker, Suess, Great Books of the Western World, The Thesaurus of Melodic Scales and Patterns, Patterns by Gary Chaffee, Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Guide, The Anthology of Black Poetry, The Tao of Physics, The Real Book, scores by Stravinsky, The Bible in many editions, Quran translated by Thomas Cleary, (anything translated by Thomas Cleary), the Mahabharata, The Sufis by Idris Shah, Douglas Adams, Richard Bach, Ethics, Politics, The Apology, and Republic, Cervantes, Byron, Robert Burns, Bill of the The Globe, and the unabridged Webster's dictionary.
Heroes
all of you....good job.
Seriously, there are some people who I must thank for everything.
First my grandmother and my father. Norma Moore was the most supportive matron you could ever imagine. Everytime I'd come up with some new thing to do, she would encourage me. My father was an entrepeneur who didn't like how big businesses treated people or employees and struck out to his own operation. That plus his never ending love sustains me to this day. I lost him when I was just 13, but he's been my guide and mentor ever since.
My teachers are important to me as well. I thank Tim Hart, Jeff Gleason, Ray Dillard, Tim Harris, Tim Flemming, David Wheeler, Dr David Courtney, Sri Subash Chandran and Ganesh Kumar. Additionally, my indirect media teachers (people I learned from by watching concerts and videos) Glen Velez, for everything framedrum, I owe you too much. To Layne Redmond, John Bergamo, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Pt. Sharda Sahai, Shawn Lane, Steve Vai, Michael Hedges, and John McLaughlin. The list goes on and on, but these are a few for now.
And last, to my great family, in the house and around, you are my foundation and my inspiration daily.
About me:
Octagonal Madness is a multimedia firm based in Houston that is focused on creative activism thru music, dance, art and community building. Our mission is to promote the voices of change in by providing tools and support to spread the good works of others to interested people who may carry it forward.
OMRadio.com is a division of Octagonal Madness that is dedicated to presenting outstanding artists to the interested audience. We've been active in the world music community for almost 10 years and have many years of archives of artists, activists, and events.
Who I'd like to meet: Musicians who are exploring music world wide in a manner that is world wide. The local is universal, but to reach out to a far away place and express genuine interest in the nuances is the journey for us.
Hi OMRadiocom! Hope everything is fine with you! If you have some time left, you can now listen to tracks from Tee Bee and the Pingus new CD on my site.
Hi OMR!So glad you like our music ! All the best to you from the band One Nation Under A Groove (DK) By the way, a new song is on our page now. “(You Need) Music”: With exciting modern Konnakol- rap (the end of “Music”) and with a great catchy melody! See you - Henrik
