davemj
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Interests | All things Grade 1, enjoying the company of my family, Music, Reading, mountains, Hiking & Mountaineering, Japan, European films, ECM, Food, History, Cultural Criticism, Human Ecology, Literary essays,Espresso, Bookstores, Photography, Buddhism and Zen philosophy, Gardening, Internet Radio, Environmental Issues and Literature, Documentary Films, Modern Poetry |
| Favorite movies | Kingdom of Heaven, The Browning Version, Diner des Cons, L'Homme du Train, Garden State, Leon The Professional, Lost in Translation, The Mission, The Field, Lord of the Rings, The Fountain, Miller's Crossing, The Duellists, La Reine Margot, Manon des Sources, Hotel Rwanda, Les Visiteurs, Before Sunrise, Trois Couleurs: Rouge, Frida, The Gathering Storm, Hope and Glory, Excalibur, Pan's Labyrinth, Nowhere in Africa, Miyazaki films, Les Choristes, Caché, Away From Her, Juno, How to Cook Your Life |
| Favorite music | Cocteau Twins, Prefab Sprout, Sufjan Stevens, Hidden Cameras, Great Lake Swimmers, Weakerthans, Waterboys, Eluvium, Slowdive, Kate Bush, Dino Saluzzi, Keith Jarrett, Do Make Say Think, Ida, Shins, Harold Budd, Rachel's, Tortoise, Dolorean, Joni Mitchell, Sun Kil Moon, Ron Sexsmith, Destroyer, Mahler, Arvo Part, Steve Reich, Ray LaMontagne, Archie Fisher, The Innocence Mission, Midlake, Lambchop, Band of Horses, Yo La Tengo, Clash, Pogues, English Beat, Chameleons, Smiths, Stephen Micus, Garnet Rogers, Stars of the Lid, Andrew Bird, The Jayhawks, Windy & Carl, Christy Moore, Bill Frisell, Xavier Rudd, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ryan Adams, Tord Gustavson, Jason Collett, Colleen, Library Tapes, William Basinski, Susuma Yokota, A Silver Mt. Zion, Crooked Fingers, Charles Aznavour, Anouar Brahem, Steel Pulse, Charles Lloyd, Egberto Gismonti, Efterklang, Norfolk and Western, Tindersticks, Stuart Staples, Labradford, Lanterna, Elizabeth Mitchell, Inti Illimani, Toots and the Maytalls, 1 Mile North, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Dead Texan, Max Richter, Loudon Wainwright III, Eleni Karaindrou, mum, Uri Caine, Alan Hovhaness, Ennio Morricone, Toumani Diabate, Cat Stevens, Zbigniew Preisner, Madredeus, Mojave 3, The Czars, The Pernice Brothers, Ludovico Einaudi, Beirut, Yndi Halda, Bonnie Prince Billy, Sigur Ros, The Album Leaf, Calexico, Porn Sword Tobacco, Echo & Bunnymen, Daniel Lanois, Kazumasa Hashimoto, Bob Dylan, John Surman, Bon Iver, Tyler Ramsey, Deaf Center, Amalia Rodrigues |
| Favorite books | AUTHORS: Gary Snyder, The Buddha, Henning Mankell, Derrick Jensen, Christopher Hitchens, Guy Gavriel Kay, Barbara Tuchmann, Wendell Berry, Haruki Murakami, Jim Harrison, Bernie Glassman, WS Merwin, Sebastian Faulks, Mark Helprin, Michael Redhill, Rick Bass, Gretel Ehrlich, Susan Sontag, Michael Faber, Barry Lopez, John Crowley, Per Petersen, Michael Chabon, Morris Berman, Jack Turner, Sid Marty MAGAZINES, WEBSITES: Tricycle, Orion, Dwell, Harper's, Shambala Sun, Slate.com, Common Dreams.com, Alternet.com, Pitchfork.com, Salon.com, progressive.org, npr.org, bigthink.com, drownedinsound.com |