Any and all things musical, especially rhythm. Good books. Quality cinema. Progressive politics. Latin America. The rest of the world. Urban artistic expression. Revolution. Green tea.
Music
jazz
funk
soul
hip hop
electronica
rnb (old and new)
rock/rawk/smart punk
jungle/dnb
(super)producers
studio/session musicians
More specifically, here's a small box of musicians:
March Fourth Marching Band
Employee Of The Month
Go By Train
Medeski Martin and Wood
the Roots
Radiohead
Common
Kanye West
Critters Buggin
Benevento Russo Duo (etc.)
The Mars Volta
Mos Def
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
MF Doom
all things Danger Mouse
Prefuse 73 et al
Cinematic Orchestra
Jaga Jazzist
Kid Koala
DJ Shadow
Blackalicious
Quannum
Ninja Tune
Rope-A-Dope
Phish
John Coltrane
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Miles Davis
Jaco Pastorious
Charlie Mingus
Herbie Hancock
Joshua Redman
Stefon Harris
Roy Ayers
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
the Meters
James Brown (RIP)
Air
Amon Tobin
Squarepusher
Aphex Twin
Jojo Mayer/Nerve
David Fiuczynski
DJ Logic
RJD2
Steely Dan
Led Zeppelin
The Police
The Cure
System Of A Down
NIN
Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
311
Ani DiFranco
Sleater-Kinney
Fugazi (Red Medicine onward)
Yes
King Crimson
Allman Bros
Fela Kuti
Antibalas
Santana (pre-sellout)
Pete Rock
Jay Dilla (lives forever)
~40% of Madlib's output
Stones Throw
Soul Coughing
Frank Zappa
Primus
Jon Brion
Matt Chamberlain
John Scofield
Soulive
Jimmy Smith
(old) George Benson
Tchad Blake
Movies
Here's a small box of names:
Soderbergh
Coen Bros.
Mamet
Gilliam
pta
Jeunet
Miyazaki
Aronofsky
Tarantino
Jarmusch
Jonze
Coppola(s)
DeNiro
Woody Allen
Alexander Payne
Todd Phillips
Monty Python
Will Ferrell
Wes Anderson
Johnny Depp
Tim Burton
John Cusack
Mel Brooks
Judd Apatow
Adam Sandler (sometimes)
Spinal Tap
Almost Famous
The Princess Bride
Television
I hope the Roots get to keep their job...
Books
One Hundred Years Of Solitude and other works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, His Dark Materials series, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Neil Gaiman, Daniel Quinn, Hunter S. Thompson, Harry Potter (I finally gave in), George Orwell, Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell, Aaron Magruder, Frank Miller, Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Terry Pratchett, auto/biographies of musicians (particularly the Miles and Zappa autos), Douglas Coupland (sometimes), The Celestine Prophecy (the last chapter, not so much), anything that challenges the idea of religion and/or civilisation.
Heroes
Fela, Bono, Sting, Dave Matthews, Peter Gabriel, Ani DiFranco, Rage Against The Machine, Chuck D, NOFX, the Clash, March Fourth Marching Band, anyone else who pushes social progress via music.
Lewis & Clark College
Portland,Oregon
Graduated: 2001
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Music (Jazz Performance, with (Electronic) Composition)
About me:
I play the drums. Sometimes I also play other instruments. You might have seen me with live improv dance duo, 1050. Or our extended version with Zack Hagan (and songs), ZXL. Maybe even with Russ Kaplan. Or perhaps my rotating-lineup fusion band The Action Group. There are more bands that I perform with in the present and past. You may have heard some of them. Especially if you're in any of these places: Princeton, Philly, DC, Jakarta, Portland, Glasgow, and Brooklyn. Since that's where I've been.
My hair got long again. I put an end to that.
I pimped my profile using Apple Text Edit, bitches.
Who I'd like to meet: The guy who decided we could all get along fine with just two power sockets at a time. We need to have words.
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Permanent departure did not mean suicide silly. It meant a permanent departure from everything familiar AKA this house, this county, this state, possibly this country.
Suicide would never be an option...at least it wouldn't be for me.
HA ok ok. 7 years ago. i don't why i thought it was earlier, but that IS the ticket i was taking about. ps, i'll never forget the look on your face when i threw open the glove compartment...HEH. PRICEless.
to my fellow lion heart - a serious happy birthday, but hopefully a fun day for you. You doing a'right? sorry about lack of comms - moved to london, taken all my time up recently. Will be in contact, if i can pull a trick out of the bag, i may have a gig possibility - in glasgow. seeing if i can get a london thing sorted too.
so i'm going to be in nyc from the 20th to the 25th, but i'm only going to be able to hang out the night of the 24th. i know this is sad and lame, but its unavoidable. i have to go to this charity thing in long island where they're honoring my mom.
uh YES def on the furniture. everything must go. we're packing and whatnot tonight if you wanna come by, our stuff ain't pretty but it's freeeeeeeee. lemme know if yr interested. <3
