Music, guitar, bass, piano, drums, toy harmonica, percussion, reading, poetry, eating, travelling, dancing, the internet, astrology, chilling, thinking deeply, Basketball (Go Lakers!), Baseball (Go Yankees!), music, Tennis, Billiards, Bowling, Horse racing, checkers (although I haven't played in a while), kicking my drummers ass, getting my ass kicked by my drummer, television, erotic-oriented media, music, art, history, politics, going to concerts and live shows, preaching the gospel of racial and social unity, protesting the world's injustices, harrassing anyone wearing T-shirts of my favorite bands, old school video games, comics, exploring,....and did I mention music?
Music
Ahh, yes, the one thing I cannot live without. Let me put it to you this way, my Mother once called me a "music library". Few can match my knowledge and appreciation of all music (and I can say this without any conceit or arrogance). The misconception about me from many folks is that I'm too "old school". Yes, I like old school music for the most part, but I'm not limited to that. It's just that I see very little quality in most of the popular music of today. They just don't make classic music like they did back in the day. Every now and then there are those few new acts that impress me as well as the ones that have always been great and will always be around. But I look to mainly old school artists for inspiration. The top 3 would consist of Prince/O+> (as well as his empire; he'll always top the list), The Clash (the greatest Punk band of all time and the one band that made me wanna play music), and Talking Heads (the band that made me proud to be an art school weirdo). The rest: The Beatles, The Smiths, Morrissey, Gang of Four, The Specials, The entire Jackson family (even the not-so-talented ones), The B-52's, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, ABC***, David Bowie (even his work in the 80's, which I think is under-appreciated), The Jam, Style Council, Paul Weller, Rolling Stones, Madonna, James Brown, Madness, Jimi Hendrix, U2, John Lennon, Bow Wow Wow, Big Audio Dynamite, The Pretenders, The English Beat, Depeche Mode, Split Enz, Adam and The Ants, The Police, Sting, Miles Davis, Earth Wind and Fire, The Bangles, Sly and The Family Stone, Duran Duran, Rick James and the Stone City Band, Duke Ellington, Pylon, Roxy Music, Public Enemy, Led Zeppelin, Heatwave, INXS, Shuggie Otis, Wendy and Lisa, John Coltrane, Scritti Politti, Love, The Go-Go's, Joy Division, New Order, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, The Isley Bros., Level 42, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Maximum Joy, Love Tractor, Biff Bang Pow, Harco Pront, Shalamar, Outkast, Terence Trent D'arby, Beastie Boys, Zapp, Heaven 17, UB40, George Clinton, Parliament, Funkadelic, Howard Jones, The Pop Group, The Gap Band, Thelonious Monk, Green Day, DeBarge, Switch, Tears For Fears, Gil Scott-Heron, Def Leppard, Japan, The Waitresses, Sade, The Ramones, XTC (one of the most brilliant bands since The Beatles), Morris Day and The Time, Jeff Buckley, Anita Baker, R.E.M., Cameo, The Au Pairs, Suicide, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip, George Michael, WHAM!, The Slits, Chuck Berry, Eminem, Ohio Players, Busta Rhymes, James Chance and the Contortions, Altered Images, Sex Pistols, Erykah Badu, George Harrison, New Edition, Vampire Weekend, Guadalcanal Diary, Cream, Imagination, Frank Zappa, The Minutemen, fiREHOSE, Tom Tom Club, Primus, They Might Be Giants, Robert Johnson, The Hives, Phyllis Hyman, Interpol, General Public, Run DMC, Siouxsie and the Banshees (as well as The Creatures), Change, Luther Vandross, Paul McCartney, Wings, The Fever, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Sparta, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Doors, Public Image Ltd., Stevie Wonder, Daft Punk, Sheila E., Operation Ivy, Rancid, Otis Redding, Q and Not U, Charlie Parker, David Sylvian, Nine Horses, Action Figure Party, Michael Franks, Anthony Hamilton, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Jimmy Cliff, The Violent Femmes, The Stranglers, Charlie Christian, Beck, Adam Ant, Bootsy Collins, Rage Against The Machine (fuck Audioslave!), The Dears, A-Ha, Return To Forever, Van Halen (not Van Hagar), The Selecter, Jamie Lidell, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, De La Soul, System of a Down, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd (not Dave's), Los Amigos Invisibles, Deee-Lite, Simple Minds, Teena Marie, Sublime, Guns-n-Roses, The Bodysnatchers, Human League, The Dismemberment Plan, Travis Morrison, Res, China Crisis, Dâm-Funk, Gabe Dixon Band, The Rogers Sisters, Mary Jane Girls, Television, Imani Coppola, Fun Boy 3, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Basement Jaxx, A Certain Ratio, Bloc Party, The Buzzcocks, Foo Fighters (back when Pat Smear was in the group), Let's Active, Incubus, Kajagoogoo, Jamiroquai, Pet Shop Boys, WAR, Devo, The Rapture, Spandau Ballet, The JB's, Blur (fuck Oasis!), The Power Station, Dead Milkmen, Goapele, Ornette Coleman, APB, Living Color, The White Stripes, Peter Tosh, Fiona Apple, Marilyn Manson, Los Amigos Invisibles, Metallica (even though I don't like them anymore), Missing Persons, Kaskade, Bad Brains, Fine Young Cannibals, Zuco 103, The Dead 60's, Billy Idol, The Temptations, Francis and the Lights, VHS or Beta, Bananarama, The Last Poets, Radio 4, Velvet Underground, Kool Moe Dee, Badly Drawn Boy, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Offspring, Kraftwerk, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Big Daddy Kane, Franz Ferdinand, A Flock Of Seagulls, Weather Report, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Scissor Sisters, Chic, Fine Young Cannibals, Ani DiFranco, The Higsons, TV on the Radio, Kurtis Blow, The Damned, Sheena Easton, The Ruts, Little Richard, Dif Juz, "Weird" Al Yankovic, Muse, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Arcadia, Thursday, Ludus, Afrika Bambatta and the Soul Sonic Force, Brazilian Girls, The Big Boys, Blind Faith, Django Reinhardt, High Fashion, Arrested Development, Erasure, X-Ray Spex, The Pixies, Dexy's Midnight Runners, George Benson, Digable Planets, The Cocteau Twins, Freeez, Modest Mouse, Ready For The World, The Alarm, Hole, Yaz, Soul Coughing, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Soft Cell, Whodini, The Bush Tetras, Crowded House, The Strokes, Culture Club, The Four Tops, Radiohead (I only liked a couple of singles and the Amenesiac album though), Mötley Crüe, The Roots, Echo and The Bunnymen, MC5, Spice Girls (not for the music, but because Mel B. and Ginger are the objects of my sexual desire), Sean Lennon, Magazine, Chanté Moore, The Suburbs, Rip Rig and Panic, Art Tatum, Motörhead, The dB's, Skyy, John Mayer, C.S.S., Mozart, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, Central Line, Mark Stewart and the Maffia, Beethoven, 52nd Street, Si*Se, Tina Turner (80's version), Orange Juice, Brand Nubian, Bad Manners, Delta 5, Thomas Dolby, Coldplay (some songs), Squeeze, Smokey Robinson, Endgames, Skyhooks, Kate Bush, 2Pac (I'll take him over Biggie any day), Foals, The Bar-Kays, Dire Straits (some songs, mainly from the "Brothers in Arms" album), Craig Mack, The B.B. & Q band, Hot Chip, Esperanza Spalding, Tahiti 80, Beans, Shakatak, The Negro Problem, Classix Nouveau, The Pointer Sisters, Blink 182, Haircut 100, Bilal, Le Tigre, Men At Work, One Way, Huey Lewis and the News, Fishbone, Black Kids, Thompson Twins, John McLaughlin, Pigbag, Björk (some of her songs), Kriss Kross, Fashiøn, Bo Diddley, Talib Kweli, Portishead, Killer Pussy, Romeo Void, Cherelle, Mos Def, Hot Hot Heat, Jody Watley, Blue Six, Ozone, John Frusciante, Madlib, Yesterday's New Quintet, Funkapolitan, L.L. Cool J, Nina Simone, MDC, Prefab Sprout, Linx, Gorillaz, Salt-n-Pepa, The Stills, !!!, Of Montreal, Klymaxx, Zhane, Suzanne Vega, Bill Evans, Chocolate Genius, Minor Threat, The SOS Band, Happy Mondays, Black Merda, Light of the World, The Apollinaires, Georgie James, RAMP, Squarepusher, Fugazi, Beggar and Co., Bobby Brown, Bell Biv Devoe, Joan Armatrading, Bauhaus, Hi Tension, Essential Logic, Lora Logic, KRS One, Boogie Down Productions, The Undertones, No Doubt (pre-"Rock Steady"), Josef K., D'Angelo, The Associates, Van Hunt (the most underrated Soul artist of the millennium)....and I'm only scratching the surface here. ;-)
Movies
All-time faves would have to be the entire James Bond/007 series. He's the coolest hero ever! The rest:
The Warriors, The Breakfast Club, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (arguably the funniest movie of 2006), Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Grease, The Batman series, Spiderman series, The Matrix series, X-Men series, Star Wars series (even though I didn't see all of them I'm still counting them), Superman series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle series (after all I was a child of the 90's), Purple Rain, Under The Cherry Moon, Sign O' The Times, Grafitti Bridge, Heathers, Blazing Saddles, Kill Bill series, The Cotton Club, Brüno, Hairspray, Half-Baked, Ace Ventura series, Beetlejuice, The Crow, The Clash: Rude Boy (even though there was a lot about this film I didn't like), The Truman Show, Do The Right Thing, Farhrenheit 9/11, House Party, Ocean's 11-13, Clerks, Clerks 2 (although it wasn't as good as the first), Absolute Beginners, Chasing Amy, The Incredibly True Adventures of 2 Girls In Love, CB4, Edward Scissorhands, Coming To America, The Crow, South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Sting, Ali G. In Da House, A Hard Day's Night, HELP!, Dark City, A Huey P. Newton Story, The Sword in the Stone, Stop Making Sense, Less Than Zero, Top Secret, Hollywood Shuffle, Dance Craze: The Best of British Ska!, I Heart Huckabees, Eddie Murphy: Raw, Repo Man, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Ghost World, Weird Science, 200 Motels, The Chinese Connection, The Outsiders, Threesome, Dick Tracy, 200 Cigarettes, Stir Crazy, Beat Street, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Lolita, To Sir With Love, Enter The Dragon, Yellow Submarine, Private School, Super Cop, Mission: Impossible, Crazy People, Almost Famous, Return of The Dragon, Let's Do It Again, Wayne's World series, She's Gotta Have It, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, PCU, 100 Girls, Home Alone, City of God, Sixteen Candles, Friday, True Romance, Aladdin, the Bill and Ted series, Revenge of the Nerds, Undercover Brother, Harrison Bergeron, Midnight Cowboy, Something Wild, Goodfellas, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Richard Pryor Live In Concert, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, Polyester, The Mask, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Black Orpheus, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, Clue, Soul Man, The Wiz, Rock and Roll High School Forever, Charlie Bartlett, Jackass: The Movie, Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie Film For Theaters, Ragtime, UHF, St. Elmo's Fire, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, Airheads, Krush Groove, Rumble Fish, True Stories, The Goonies, Rockula, Gridlock'd, Just One of The Guys, Pootie Tang (moronic yet hysterical), The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Valley Girl, Men At Work, Road Trip, Trading Places, Serial Mom, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Time Bandits, Super Bad, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Freddy Got Fingered (admittedly one of the worst movies ever made, and yet one of the funniest), The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down, Pretty In Pink, The Pianist, Brother From Another Planet, 24 Hour Party People, Madonna: Truth or Dare, SLC Punk, Desperado, Ernest Goes To Jail, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, etc.
Television
Well, I do religiously watch old school music videos on VH1 Classic as well as VH1, MTV, BET Jazz, and MTV2 (even though, shamefully, videos aren't a top priority on those stations anymore). Otherwise, I like mostly comedy shows and cartoons: Family Guy, The Simpsons, Chappelle's Show, Looney Tunes (some of the greatest cartoons in American history), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, 24, Da Ali G. Show, Seinfeld, Beavis and Butt-Head, Ren and Stimpy, Chris Rock's stand-up specials (Bring The Pain, Never Scared, etc.) as well as Dave Chapelle's, The Brak Show, 12 oz. Mouse, Perfect Hair Forever, Benny Hill, Flight of the Conchords, Lucky Louie, Saturday Night Live, America's Next Top Model (only because some of those girls are hot), The Young Ones, Freak Show, American Dad (on occasion), Full Metal Alchemist, The Steven Banks Show, Cowboy Bebop, Roc, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Doug, Small Wonder, Squidbillies, Free For All, Rocko's Modern Life, The Drinky Crow Show, Jonny Quest, The Flavor Of Love (guilty pleasure), The Kids in the Hall, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Futurama (on occasion), Pinky and the Brain, The Benny Hill Show, King of The Hill (on occasion), The Surreal Life, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, The Bridge, Video Music Box (well, back when they used to show old school videos), Roc, Diff'rent Strokes, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Man and Wife, Superjail, Space Ghost Coast To Coast, John Leguizamo's Freak and Sexaholix, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, The 'L' Word (another guilty pleasure), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In Treatment, Stroker and Hoop, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, Daria, classic episodes of Soul Train as well as American Bandstand, Jackass, Family Business, The Tyra Banks Show (only for the interesting topics like racial/sexual issues), Party Down, Head Case, Eeek the Cat!, Small Wonder, Curb Your Enthusiasm (on occasion), Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Facts of Life, Hey Vern It's Ernest!, A Different World, Music Express, Martin, What's Happening, Real Time With Bill Maher, Rhoda, Metalocalypse, The Head, The Maxx, Beekman's World, The Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Sifl and Olly Show, Mama's Family, The Pick-Up Artist, In Living Color, Bill Nye The Science Guy, Stankervision, 3 South (one of the funniest cartoons I've ever seen; I miss it dearly), Drawn Together, The Tom Green Show (my favorite idiot), Music Express, Newsradio, The Boondocks, Wonder Showzen, The Real World, Californication, The Critic, Z Rock, New York Noise, The State, Inspector Gadget, Thundercats, Married: With Children, Girlfriends (only because I love Persia White), MTV2's Subterranean, etc. REALITY TV MUST DIE!!!!!!
Books
mostly music books, be it reference, instructional, biographical, periodical or otherwise. I'm into historical literature in general, but music is the main subject. I like reading about the different histories of the different kinds of music that I like. I also like learning about my favorite bands and various significant eras of music. But also there's the classics by Shakespeare, Baldwin, Kerouac, Vonnegut, etc.
Heroes
Nichiren Daishonin, My Mother, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Morrissey, James Brown, John Lennon, George Harrison, Chuck Berry, Joe Strummer, George Clinton, David Byrne, Adam Ant, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frederick Douglass, Andre 3000, Malcolm X, my ancestors who have fought for my freedom as well as those that stood up for justice and peace, and the working class who dedicate their time and effort to try and keep the world in balance, etc.
About me: A young Black kid from Harlem who finds inspiration in music, art, love, peace, and idealist politics. One of the coolest or the strangest twentysomethings you'll ever meet, depending on which side of the fence you're sitting. Exciting, unpredictable, and even controversial at times, but always interesting. The founder/guitarist/songwriter/vocalist of a (someday) legendary New York band called The I-Crisis (Which existed from 8/2001-3/2008). Some new musical projects are underway for 2009, so be on the lookout for them. He's got soul. He's super bad!
its bongo time people
Who I'd like to meet: Friends, musicians (NOTE: unless I know you or will see or have seen your gig or I think your music is absolutely amazing, don't expect me to add you since I've recently put a stop to adding musicians.) Prince fans, Clash fans, 2-Tone fans, Paul Weller fans, Disco/Funk fans and Morrissey fans, left-of-center beings, Capricornian women as well as beautiful ones in general, funky and soulful folks, eccentric people, visitors from Pluto, afro-punks, 80's/New Wave lovers, deep thinkers, left-wing socialists, wealthy consultants, spiritual enthusiasts, anyone with an open mind and heart, etc.
All racists, sexists, fascists, jingoists, conformists, religious fundamentalists, and close-minded people please leave now!
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I might go earlier but odd are that's the time I'm going go I really want to attend this meeting before hand and it ends at 9pm and I would be coming from the Chambers Street area. P.S. Tonight Sunday October 4 Beauty Bar manhattan Open bar 11 to 12 and Home Sweet Home open bar 10:30 to 11 address to home sweet home is 131 Chrystie Street you can get to home sweet home by taking the D train to grand street.
Can you meet at Roseland Ballroom Thursday at 9:30pm to see the Mars Volta? I have meeting I want to attend from 6pm to 9pm that day. My name will be on the list I do not think you can get in without me. Also Steven and Shawn really made you upset huh? You broke out abruptly.
I will be on the guesslist for the Mars Volta show next Thursday October 8 Do you want to go? The show is at 8pm I probably may not be there until like around 9:30pm or a little after. Also there's a show with Saul Williams called Afro Punk Presents Saul Willaams on Wednesday October 21 Are you interested in attending one or both shows? I will let you know if I can not make it for some reason but it be a go.
hey, Pres. Yes I've finally joined the trend-following herd of myspace in the advent of facebook. But I clearly don't want anything to do with the latter, unless if I want people to know about my stool content.
oh by the way... i had a great time at the apollo heights show by the way. thanks for inviting me out..even though i didn't really feel up to 100% :) The night turned out quite alright for a weekday. call me dude. 777-9311 LOL
i was already out and about dude. sorry lol call me though. i wanna know what you were talking about. plus you know your phone is always fucked up anyway. so even if i called who knows if i would've got through. :) lol ;) har har.
Hey its Kedar Thank for coming out last night! Go through my friends list and request Ted he is on my myspace page. I sent Gia the theater info Please discuss with her if you happen to talk with her and let me What she thinks its pretty straight forward though the info is not rocket science. At a time there was a shuttle bus that operated from beford avenue to studiob but that plan was put on ice my guess money issues.
