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To all the lovers of well…love, and music, I present to you my L’amour Songs tracklist. Still trying to figure out the best way to get it online…

1. Gorecki – Lamb

2. Nierika – Dead Can Dance

3. Untitled? – Gregory Johnson

4. Untitled? – Gregory Johnson

5. Flugufrelsarinn – Sigur Ros

6. Lusty – Lamb

7. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap

8. Love Song – The Cure

9. Shape of My Heart – Sting

10. Shelter – The xx

11. Tomorrow – Morrissey

12. The Fragile – NIN

13. This Is Now – The Knife

14. Unison – Bjork

15. Clark Gable – The Postal Service

16. Love You To Death – Type O Negative

17. The Sweetest Chill – Siouxsie and The Banshees

18. Night Time – The xx

19. Amitabha – Rigzin

20. Slow Like Honey – Fiona Apple

I haven’t done a list in I don’t know how long, so here’s one for 2009, recognizing my top ten, notable events:

• I got to see a woman/my partner/Tristan give birth to our first child and son Lee, born (1.24.09)
• I completed yet another phase of build-out at the first house I’ve helped build from scratch
• I got to see Lamb play live
• My immediate family got together, including my sister and bro-in-law from Spain (who got to meet Lee); last time was some years ago
• Made my first trip to Ireland
• Flew solo with Lee back to PA for a quick family visit
• Moved back to Los Angeles, California
• Helped navigate my Internet fabric company through treacherous economic waters, coming out ahead, out of debt and on track for renewed profitability
• Lee: rolled over, crawled, stood up, took his first steps, started “talking”, along with a multitude of other firsts
• Discovered some interesting truths about myself through some very heavy introspection

I’ve begun compiling a list of favorite musicians. It’s a work in progress, especially since many of my favorite artists are still packed away in my cassette (tape) storage and have therefore fallen out of touch with them. As I work my way through those boxes and my memory, I’ll be adding them all on here:

A Perfect Circle, Aes Dana, Alice In Chains, Amanda Jayne, Amon Tobin, Ani DiFranco, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, At The Drive In, Bad Boy Bill, Beastie Boys, Beck, Ben Wright, Bjork, Bliss Puppies, Booka Shade, Broker/Dealer, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Carl Cox, Chevelle, Cocteau Twins, Daft Punk, Danzig, Dave Matthews Band, David Sylvian, Dead Can Dance, Death Cab For Cutie, Dieselboy, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, DJ Brad, DJ Brian, DJ LTJ Bukem, DJ T-1000, DJ Treavor, Enya, Faith No More, Fiona Apple, Frankie Bones, Front 242, Fugazi, Future Sound of London, Gregory Johnson, Hallucinogen, Hardfloor, Helmet, Hot Chip, H.U.V.A, Jamiroquai, Janes Addiction, Joey Beltram, Jose Gonzalez, Kings of Leon, Lamb, Live, Loop!Station, Maata Haari, Maserati, Massive Attack, Meat Beat Manifesto, Ministry, Monolake, Morrissey, Mr. C, Nicky Fingers, NIN, Nirvana, Nitzer Ebb, Omar Santana, O9, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Primus, Puscifer, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rusted Root, Seven Seconds, Sigur Ros, Sinead O’connor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Speedy J, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Sun Project, Talvin Singh, The Cure, The Mars Volta, The Police, The Postal Service, The Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths, Tool, Tori Amos, Type O Negative

My primary source of income has recently dried up and am in great need of immediate employment. Require a net minimum of $2,800 per month in salary just to cover essentials for me, my partner and our baby due in two weeks.

Any leads anyone can share with me would be immensely appreciated!

Employment history below.
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EMPLOYMENT
Distinctivefabric.com, Inc. – Present
2079 E 15th St, #330, LA CA 90021

Chief Executive Officer
*Management of corporate affairs, taxes, corporate filings, license/permit renewals, etc.
*Oversee web development, product creation and launches, marketing campaigns, sustainability integration, etc.
*Excel in dynamic and fast-paced order fulfillment, Internet startup and management environments.

The Do LaB / Lightning In A Bottle Arts and Music Festival – Present
2023 Bay St, LA CA 90021

Senior Production Artist, Assistant Director of Sustainability
*Assist in design, building, installing, and transporting large-scale art installations and event productions
*Co-manage client-relations pre- and post-production
*Assist Director in greening company operations and country’s leading sustainable arts and music festival
*Co-manage 200+ paid and volunteer staff
*Excel in management and coordination of multi-tasking, high end installations and client-interfacing

Green Gurus, LLC – Present
2079 E 15th St, #330, LA CA 90021

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
*Manage team, clients, corporate affairs, marketing, web development, etc.
*Excel in dynamic and fast-paced Internet startup and management environments.

Rooftop Promotion: April 2003 – April 2004
Gardena, CA

Director of Media Relations
*Coordination of artist promotions through press and radio contacts
*Managed Filemaker database of press and radio contacts
*Excelled in multi-artist PR

Hidden River Adventure: August 1996 – November 2001
Monocacy, PA

General Manager
*Managed inventory, equipment, group bookings, ecotours, transportation, staff, maintenance
*Lead carpenter and builder of corporate offices
*Excelled in customer relations

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
*Applications: Microsoft Office XP, Word and Excel; Apple OS X; Google Docs: Document, Presentation, Spreadsheets, Adwords, Adsense; Open Office, KOffice, The Gimp; Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver; QuarkXPress; Transmit, Fugu, Telnet Launcher, Filemaker, Drupal CMS, Plesk and cPanel; Abelton Live, Reason
*Languages: Basic UNIX, PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS
*Browsers: Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera
*Social Networks, Utilities and Apps: Basecamp, Wiki, WordPress, Blogger, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Posterous, Facebook, Myspace, Tribe, LinkedIn, YouTube, Revver, Vimeo, Digg, Hugg, etc.

EDUCATION
Santa Monica Community College
Santa Monica, CA
Computer Science
Pursued completion of undergraduate degree

The Bradley Academy / Art Institute
York, PA
Multimedia
Pursued completion of undergraduate degree

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So after long and careful consideration I’ve decided it’s time to sell my turntables, again.

Here’s the quick rundown on ‘em: 2 SL-1200M3D Technics “Quartz Direct Drive” turntables (intact with lids) with Stanton TII-SK cartridges/needles (average price online $35/each) and Technics logo slipmats in original boxes. The lids’ clasps need to be replaced but other than that there in great shape.

I’ve had a few responses but nothing real promising yet. Maybe I’ll get to keep them afterall, but since I’ve barely used them in years (and probably won’t in the years to come with the baby coming any day), I’d prefer to hold on to them.

I’ve posted my ad on Craigslist, check it out here: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/msg/966974061.html

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Originally uploaded by JediWright

Trent Reznor’s band Nine Inch Nails (NIN) just finished an amazing tour, called LIGHTS IN THE SKY.

I was only able to catch one show of this tour (and only my 4th NIN show to date). It was in Baltimore at the Virgin Music Festival back in August, where I setup a Do LaB installation for the 2nd year in a row.

And while this year’s V-fest wasn’t that great, NIN’s show was the best there (by a longshot) and probably the best show I’ve seen yet.

I’m happy to see Reznor still at it and am really enjoying the refinement that’s coming about with his age and experience, to both his performance and songwriting (not that the early albums were lacking .

Anyway, I hope this doesn’t prove to be the last tour for too long. I think we’ve all been spoiled though these last few years, with one tour right after the other.

If it does prove awhile till the next, then I hope he explores some other mediums, especially film: either acting and/or directing/producing.

I think his music is just a glimpse into the vast talent pool in which he bathes.