Art - painting, drawing, photography, performance -- Music - classical, alternative, progressive rock, experimental, difficult listening -- Writing/Reading - Eastern philosophy, post-modern fiction, magical realism, self actualization, classical lit -- Erotica -- Boots (I collect them) Leather (and the men that wear it) -- Coffee and Tea and Food -- Other areas of interest and activity - Human Rights, Animal Rights, HIV/AIDS Activism, Men's issues - I hate politics but they are essential and I DO have opinions.
Currently Playing In My Head: "Eyes Wide Open" from King Crimson's latest breach of protocol: The Power To Believealso several tracks from the reissued My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Eno & Byrne - including "Help Me Somebody" and "Moonlight and Glory."
World Music, Ambient Music, Ancient Music, Tribal Music, Classical Music (Bach, Mozart, Hayden, Handel) Romantic Music (Beethoven, Brahms, R. Strauss) plus, Bartok, Stravinski, Shostakovich, Xanakis, Legiti, Glass, Reich, Adams, Crumb..... - Jazz - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan - Big Band - Classic Rock - Jefferson Airplane, CSN/CSNY, The Kinks, The Beatles plus Progressive Rock - King Crimson, YES, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel....and then there is Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Radiohead, Blink 182, Greenday, Nickle Creek, Bela Fleck, Perkins-Wood, Holidays and Famous Dead People, HEX, REAL indie music.....the list goes on and on
Movies
Donnie Darko, Mad Max, October Sky, pretty much all of Terry Gilliam's films, pretty much all of Tim Burton's films, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Kundun, 2001: A Space Odyssey, My Left Foot, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Destroya, Mothra, Gamara: Guardian of the Universe, The Fifth Element, Hackers, Nosferatu, Office Space, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Un Chien Andalou, The Sum Of Us
Television
Star Trek (all incarnations), Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG1 & Atlantis, Invasion, Surface, Bones, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, The Weather Channel, A&E, Adult Swim, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, CNN, Local Community Access, channels with no broadcast...just snow
Books
Dictionary of the Khazars - Pavic; A Landscape Painted with Tea - Pavic; Rembembrance of Things Past - Proust; Dr. Faustus - Mann; Of Human Bondage - Maughm; Solaris - Lem; The Cyberiad - Lem; The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien; Quantum Healing - Chopra; The Fabric of the Universe - Greene
Heroes
Leondardo Da Vinci, Alan Turing, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, my Dad
Which ArchAngel Am I Most Like?
Rafael. You're most like the ArchAngel of Healing.
You want people to shape up, and you nag.
But you mean well, and you're well loved
despite it. Or because of it. You bring the
donuts even as you tell people to eat more
veggies.
Middle aged guy that doesn't fit in with people my own age. I make pictures, make music, write stuff and like all sorts of oddball things, including Japanese Monster Movies, SciFi, documentaries, college radio, The Weather Channel and being taken for walks by my dog, Max.
I like the outdoors: hiking, camping, hanging out with my dog.
I like the indoors: movies, napping, playing/listening to music, hanging out with my dog.
Figured I ought to put this out here, too. Inquiring minds want to know. I'm HIV+ and healthy. It's not who I am or what I am but a part of me.
I like guys with muscle. I like leather and boots and the trappings of hyper-masculinity. I like thoughtful guys. I like guys that are secure enough to experience and show a wide range of emotions. I like to kiss.
I like going to the gym and working out. I like chopping wood. I like digging holes in the ground. I wish I could fix my own car. I like watching Ultimate Fighting Championships and wrestling (both "pro" and "greco-roman".) I like old movies and I like space operas. I love coffee.
Who I'd like to meet: Okay. I'll bite. But WHY do I want to meet these people? Can they be dead? Do I want to just talk, be their friend, get in bed with them (or not) or for some strange self gratifying reason be able to say, "I met Leonardo Da Vinci (or whomever) - so there!"
sigh. okay. here's a non-exhaustive list:
Leonardo Da Vinci, Marcel DuChamp, Mozart, Richard Strauss, the guys in YES, Trey Gunn, Eric Evans, Anthony Gallo, Milorad Pavic and a whole host of people that I've been talking with on the net for the last few years. My paternal grandfather, my paternal grandmother before the operation....
....and, by the way....I LIKE MIKE.....maybe more?
You are Leonardo Da Vinci.
You are artistic, and incredibly intelligent. You look at the world in a different way than most people, and you are very imaginative. Things that seem impossible to most people are easy for you.
Sending you MUCH happiness with a suzi hug and kiss in lieu of some marvelously decadent natal honoring type desert...cause it would get all squished in the mail... I love you Stuart!!
Have a GREAT weekend and Happy Upcoming Birthday. I have a new You Tube video out. Give it a GREAT rating and Peace the World needs MORE of it ; From gay artist durkART Orlando Florida USA.