CURRENT MISSION

Walk around and talk to people

ABOUT ME

Understand you are dealing with a man who knocked off "Rising Up and Rising Down" on the roller coaster at coney island, penetrating the abstruse Vollmannian arcana with ease, despite enough violent lurching to shake loose my silver fillings. Understand also that I am among the select few who spotted instantly in Dali's "Hallucinogenic Toreador" that precise interplay of nuance and shading that Matisse could have achieved had he foresaken the delicate ambiguity of pastels and worked with lysergic acid diethylamide. Also, laddies, as one whose spate of insights first placed Pina Bausch in proper perspective for the many confused playgoers who milled sluggishly in the lobby during intermission, miffed at ponying up scalper's money for argle-bargle bereft of one hiphop joint or a single spangled music video quality bimbo, I would have to say my rapport with the Brooklyn Academy of Music is pretty solid. Add to this the fact that I still occasionally sit in with my old rap group, after hours in a Harlem basement, where we blow some late weather and news. Real soul stuff. Finally, to lock up my case tight, note that mine is a stock visage at NYV happenings and underground movie premieres, and that I am a frequent contributor to Men's Fitness, a cerebral monthly dedicated to advanced concepts in bodybuilding and freshwater fishing. If these are not credentials enough to tag me Jonathan sensitive, then bru, I give up.

Interests

Walking around and talking to people.

• fitness
• bodybuilding
• walking
• news
• music
• fishing

Music, Movies, and Books

music: plaid, autechre, u-ziq, timo maas, fela kuti, ali farka toure, eminem, freestyle fellowship, thirstin howl, lee perry, finley quaye
tv: the daily show, simpsons, the critic, the maxx, aeon flux, crank yankers, manhattan public access
films: life aquatic, network, twelve monkeys, apocalypse now, adaptation, empire of the sun, waking life, fight club, the city of lost children, amelie, akira, rushmore, burn!, zed and two noughts
books: speedology, picture of dorian gray, invisible man, catch-22, all the pretty horses, ivanhoe, the satyricon, guns germs and steel, secret life of dali, foucault's pendulum, god bless you mr. rosewater, shantaram, everything is illuminated, sexual personae

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driving the saddle road between Mauna Kea and Loa on the Big Island. Attending the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre. Surviving a coup d'etat in Madagascar. Breathing the Vipassana 10-day silent retreat in Thailand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Egypt, Tanzania, United States, Viet Nam

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