"master of karate.. and friendship"

I am a pretty eclectic type dude I guess. I grew up in a musical and multi-national family. My parents pretty much always encouraged me to form my own views and opinions on life and not put too much stock in what everyone else was doing. I remember my dad giving me a guitar and a copy of the tao when most kids were getting picture bibles and tonka trucks, and my mom constantly telling me to just do what makes me happy and forget the rest.. Needless to say I'm not your average bible toting, O' Reilly quoting, "what-me-worry" American..

I've lived all over.. California, Florida, Hawaii, Buenos Aires, and Memphis

Politically, I am extremely independent and not interested in anything less than a complete overhaul of the entire system.

whatever i want, dammit!

I just moved back to Memphis about a month ago. I had been living in South America, but decided to come back home because i really missed working in the studio. By profession, I am a chef. My specialty is Japanese/Euro fusion and specifically sushi.

writing music, cooking, conversation, finding the upside to situations, translating media double speak, and making light of inappropriate subjects..

either my quietness or goofiness.. it depends on the day

music: EVERYTHING!! off the top of my head... jeff buckley , incubus, jimi hendrix, mute math, doves, chingon, bjork, imogen heap, lemon jelly, stevie wonder, mr bungle, the doors, dylan, miles davis, ritchie havens, modest mouse, mos def, sasha, zero 7, tool,crowded house, neil finn, liam finn, rage against the machine, mazzy star, sia, sigur ros, avalanches, talib kweli, royksopp, the strokes, black rebel motorcycle club, pink floyd, stevie ray, ravi shankar, the beatles, john mclaughlin, the byrds, terry reid, the temptations, coltrane, lucinda williams, death cab for cutie, bill withers, marvin gaye, zeppelin, lily allen, the police, boards of canada, badly drawn boy, fiona apple, aqualung, donny hathaway, foghat, lamb, portishead, massive attack, dj shadow, blackstar, victor wooten, maria muldaur, g love and special sauce, sublime, bob marley, joni mitchell, curtis mayfield, cream, george harrison, interpol, m83, radiohead, unkle, threebrain, coldplay, a perfect circle, frank zappa, mf doom, tomahawk, time lapse consortium, dangermouse, jon brion, nusrat fateh ali kahn, dragon ash, moody blues, rufus wainwright, derek trucks, sound tribe sector nine, quintus, phantom planet, girl talk, beck, mike patton, mars volta, system of a down, foo fighters, soundgarden, elvis costello, robin trower, steely dan, tracy chapman, lyrics born, herbie hancock, daniel johnston, white zombie, nirvana, the crystal method, sly and the family stone, lee scratch perry, joe walsh, neil young, johnny cash, nin, rahzel, the roots, the cardigans, roy buchanan, ziggy marley, sneaker pimps, a tribe called quest, blackalicious, beatnuts, cut chemist, dj monk, dismemberment plan, postal service, cat stevens, bela fleck, the band, damien rice,severely departed, silversun pickups, harlan t bobo, dredg, benzos, my father and brother

movies:

the big lebowski, pulp fiction, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, vanilla sky, fargo, dirty work, death to smoochy, munich, any miyazaki movie, resevoir dogs, true romance, almost famous, motorcycle diaries, falling down, donnie darko, dead man, the man who wasn't there, magnolia, royal tennenbaums, life aquatic, rushmore, i heart huckabees, boondock saints, all monty python, lock stock and two smoking barrels, kung fu hustle, snatch, man on fire, fear and loathing in las vegas, way of the gun, fight club, blazing saddles, american history x, the last samurai, waking life, edward scissorhands, the goonies, stand by me, shaun of the dead, crash, dead man walking, raising arizona, ray, benny and joon, what's eating gilbert grape, antoine fisher, science of sleep, pan's labyrinth, pineapple express, lars and the real girl, fear of the black hat..

food: toss up between thai and korean.. i like pretty much anything that tastes good.. and amazingly, I still love sushi after all theses years.. I eat it at least five days a week.. right off the cutting board :)

books: atlas shrugged, r bradbury, the tao, snow blind, catcher in the rye, animal farm, 1984, lewis carrol, bukowski, ginsberg, hunter thompson, f 451, the prophet, holographic universe....

my guitar, my cat, my ipod, my brother, green tea

activating my merkaba

Downtown rolling sushi for rednecks, hipsters, celebs, politicians, and people who are waaaay too rich for their own good..

one of my cats only has three legs.. oh, and one time i dissed the then president of the united states.. to his face..