About Me

  • About Me: I'm a writer, record collector and ersatz critic. This blog features my thoughts on hip-hop, politics and pop culture. I practice Zen Buddhism, and that sometimes filters into what I write. I've got an idea for a book called "99 Problems (But the Self Ain't One): Buddhism, Hip-Hop & the Universe." I may or may not actually write it one day.

More About Me

  • Religion: Atheism, Zen Buddhism
  • Heroes: Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Miles Davis, Lester Bangs
  • Interests: Music, Pop Culture, Student of Hip-Hop
  • Expertise: Jazz, Philosophy
  • Occupation: Music Critic
  • Industry: Media

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Stranger, The Sun Also Rises, The Long Goodbye, Leaves of Grass, The Communist Manifesto, The Postman Always Rings Twice, On the Road, Hip: The History, Psychotic Reactions & Carburator Dung
  • Favorite Authors: Lester Bangs, Ernest Hemingway, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Joseph Heller, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Camus
  • Favorite Genres: Pulp Paperback Crime Fiction
  • Recent Reads: Jesus' Son, Altered Carbon

Music

  • Favorite Artists: albert king, aphex twin, art blakey, b.b. king, bebop, belle & sebastian, biggie smalls, bloc party, blue merle, blues, bob dylan, bob marley, bright eyes, britpop, burning spear, charlie parker, coldplay, crash test dummies, dave matthews, david bowie, dizzy gillespie, doves, earthsuit, eliades ochoa, five iron frenzy, folk, frou frou, gang of four, idm, iggy & the stooges, indie rock, jason mraz, jay-z, jazz, jimi hendrix, john coltrane, johnny cash, johnny hodges, joy divison, kasabian, led zeppelin, loretta lynn, los lonely boys, louis armstrong, m83, marvin gaye, massive attack, menswe@r, mighty mighty bosstones, miles davis, monte montgomery, morcheeba, my bloody valentine, nas, nellie mckay, new wave, nirvana, patsy cline, patti smith, pearl jam, peter tosh, phish, postal service, protopunk, punk, radiohead, rage against the machine, red hot chili peppers, robert johnson, shoegazer, sleeper, sonic youth, sound tribe sector 9, spoon, squarepusher, steadman, stereolab, steve burns, stevie ray vaughan, stiff little fingers, stone temple pilots, string cheese incident, tegan & sara, the beach boys, the beatles, the black keys, the clash, the doors, the futureheads, the killers, the mc5, the new york dolls, the pixies, the smiths, the velvet underground, tool, tori amos, tower of power, travis, trey anastasio, tricky, wu-tang clan
  • Favorite Albums: 1. "White Light/White Heat"--The Velvet Underground 2. "Illmatic"--Nas 3. "A Tribute to Jack Johnson"--Miles Davis 4. "Highway 61 Revisited"--Bob Dylan 5. "The Low End Theory"--A Tribe Called Quest
  • Favorite Genre: jazz, rap, dub, black metal, soul, funk, indie, dance, prog, dubstep, jungle, "IDM" (terrible name)

Contact Info

  • AIM: CheLives1986
  • Yahoo: MerlinDude04@yahoo.com

High School

  • School Name: Cedar Park High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2004
  • Attended: 2000 - 2004

VivaChe

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    • Name: Justin
    • Birthday: 8/8/1986
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 8/16/2003