Things that make me lean into my 'edge'. Music, food, yoga, exercise, travel, dancing, breathing, listening, laughing, tasting, cooking, sharing, swimming, burning man.
Music
Yes please!
808 State, ABC, Alex Neri, Allman Brothers, Aphex Twin, Arrow, Art of Noise, Ashley Beedle, Aztec Camera, Barry White, Big Audio Dynamite, Bill Laswell, Bill Withers, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley, Bob Mould, Bomb the Bass, Bozz Scaggs, Brian Eno, Brothers Johnson, Cabaret Voltaire, Cameo, Carl Craig, Cheap Trick, Chic, Circulation, Cocteau Twins, Colonel Abrams, Daft Punk, Daniel Lanois, Dano, Dave Clarke, Dave Lee, David Alvarado, David Bowie, Dazz Band, De La Soul, Deep Dish, Dire Straits, DJ Pierre, Dobre & Jamez, Doc Martin, Dominic Dawson, Don Carlos, Durutti Column, E.L.O., Earth Wind and Fire, Egyptian Lover, Elvis Costello, English Beat, Eric B. & Rakim, F.S.O.L., Fela Kuti, Fishbone, François K, Freur, Gang of 4, Garth, Gary Numan, George Clinton, George Winston, Georgio Moroder, Global Communication, Grant Green, Happy Mondays, Harvey, Heaven 17, Herbie Hancock, Human League, Hysterix, i:cube, Ian Pooley, Inner City, Jaydee, Jean-Michelle Jarre, Jenö, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Joaõ Gilberto, Joey Beltram, John Ciafone, John Coletrane, Jose de Divina, Joy Division, Kenny Hawkes, Kevin Saunderson, Kitaro, KLF, Kraftwerk, Laurent Garnier, Level 42, Love and Rockets, Luomo, M.A.R.R.S., Mantronix, Manu Dibango, Mark Hedges, Mark Isham, Masters at Work, Memphis Horns, Metallica, Midnight Starr, Mike Oldfield, Miles Davis, Ministry, Mixmaster Morris, Moby, Modwheel, Mood II Swing, Murk, New Order, Newcleus, Nile Rogers, Ohio Players, Orbital, P.I.L., Pablo Cruise, Parliament/Funkadelic, Paul Carrack, Peace Division, Pepe Braddock, Pete Namlook, Peter Gabriel, Peter Godwin, Phuture, Plastikman, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Propaganda, Psychic TV, Public Enemy, Roberto Mello, Roxy Music, Rulers of the Deep, Ryuichi Sakamoto, S-Express, Saint-Saëns, Shannon, Simon Pearson, Simple Minds, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Skinny Puppy, Sly & Robbie, Soft Cell, Sonny Rollins, Squeeze, Stan Getz, Steely Dan, Steve Lillywhite, Stevie Wonder, Strawberry Switchblade, Style Council, Sun Ra, Swag, Talk Talk, Ten City, Terry Lee Brown, Jr., The Clash, The Cure, The Dream Team, The Jam, The Orb, The Plimsouls, The Replacements, The Smiths, The Specials, The System, The The, Thomas Dolby, Tim Simenon, Todd Terry, Tom Middleton, Tones on Tail, Toure Kunda, Tranquil Elephantizer, Translator, Trevor Horn, U2, Vangelis, Visage, X, XTC, Yazoo, Yello, Yellow Magic Orchestra, ...
Movies
- Baraka
- Bladerunner
- Last Life in the Universe
- Sex and Lucia
- Lost in Translation
- Abre los Ojos
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 2001 Space Odyssey
- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- American Beauty
- Zoolander
- Stratosphere Girl
- Ocean's Eleven
- 2046
- Traffic
- Doing Time Doing Vipassana
- ... and many other films that circle the globe...
Television
Kill your television.
I do like Netflix though.
Books
Now Reading:
- "Hyperspace" - Michio Kaku
- "Aqua Erotica" - Various
- "How I Lost My Virginity" - Richard Branson
- "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" - Hunter S. Thompson
- "The Fermata" - Nicholson Baker
- "Guide to Getting it On" - Paul Joannides
- "Diamond Age" - Neil Stephenson
- "Global Mind Change" - Willis Harman
- ... and cookbooks!
Heroes
- My parents.
- My lovers.
- My brother.
- My friends.
- My teachers.
- The planet earth.
University Of California-San Diego
La Jolla,California
Graduated: 1988
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Cognitive Science/Psychology
Minor: Visual Arts / Math
Expanding the definition of the world, culture, and community.
International attitudes, language, and inter-personal understanding.
The planet earth.
An amazing meal where time stops.
An engrossing book.
A hypnotic gaze.
A kiss on moist lips.
Music!
Working smart, playing freely, living intently, loving honestly.
Well designed things.
Deep eye gazing.
Getting lost in the beat.
Pedaling across the playa with a huge grin.
What is Red Melon? We're a San Francisco house music record label and event production group that sticks to basics: only release the kind of music that we love to hear ourselves, only throw the kind of events we'd like to attend ourselves, and connect amazing people from all walks of life with each other. And we do it to the soundtrack of the dopest grooves to hit the dancefloor.
Red Melon's JZ and Dano have had the pleasure of bringing the Red Melon sound to the best clubs in the world such as: Fabric-London, Pacha-Ibiza, Zouk-Singapore, Pacha-Porto, Spundae & Release-San Francisco, Ruby Skye-SF, Spundae/Circus-Los Angeles, Scuba-Sheffield, Propaganda-Moscow, Radost-Prague, L'Enfer-Paris, La Terraza-Barcelona, Maniac Love-Tokyo, La Santanera-Playa del Carmen, El Colmillo-Mexico DF, Spundae@Ra-Las Vegas, Tantra-Miami, Locomia-Portugal, Carbon-Kuala Lumpur, and even Black Rock City! No strangers to the Bay Area house music scene with their numerous residencies and appearances at events in the City as well as world-wide, there isn’t a major dancefloor that they havn’t rocked with their uniquely deep brand of Red Melon tech-funk.
Red Melon's many residencies over the years at San Francisco's top clubs, along with their epic "Watermelon" boat parties on San Francisco bay have made many an attendee shout "Hot Damn!", with international DJ luminaries like Doc Martin, Darren Emerson, Inland Knights, Terry Lee Brown Jr, David Alvarado, Josh Wink, Tim Deluxe, Mark Grant, DJ Chus, Aldrin, Jeno, Garth, DJ Dan, Ralph Lawson, David Alvarado, FC Kahuna, DJ Heather, and Rob Mello gracing the decks with a grin. If proper house music (tech, tribal, deep, funky) without that extra helping of cheese is up your alley, then you've come to the right place.
Join us... we swear you won't be sorry.
Who I'd like to meet:
If you believe that the world is your oyster and you choose to openly communicate using all of your senses, we should meet.
Jay! Tokyo? What luck you have. The new job is pretty good, small interior design company. works for now at least, but not the same as the old days. hope you are splendid. ciao!
We'll have to have that much anticipated drink at some point. Dustin and I are getting sunburnt in Thailand until the end of the month. Wish we could make it to your party!
JZ!! What's happening???? I actually moved to LA in May - crazy I know.....sorry I missed you in SF. But I am back there quite a bit. Will definitely be at the Burn this year - 7:30 and A - JellyNutz!!! Going to be sick. What are your plans? Will we see you on the playa? hope so! xx
