Raul

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About me

Gender Male
Location San Francisco, CA
Introduction Map enthusiast. Relic collector. Nap and sun worshiper. Bridge phobic. Latin Amercanist. Saxophonist. Laugh track producer. Drummer for The Aerosols. Producer of Penny Arcade a monthly live music showcase at the Make Out Room. Life/Style DJ.
Interests Colored cellophane, good tunes, Chinatown, political/social commentary, comfortable shoes, pulis, old folks, naps, cowboy poker, ducks, the Lower Haight, rock and roll, an occasional smoke, high fives, happy hour, dark humor, harmonies, George Carlin, laughing at the wrong things, contemporary Latin American authors/art, epiphanies, my great friends, my wonderful family, my nephew Julian, my plants...
Favorite Movies The Bicycle Thief, The Dinner Game, Suburbia, They Call Me Bruce, The Grapes of Wrath, Office Space, Harold And Maude, On the Waterfront, Easy Rider, Blow Up, Latin American films, zombie movies, epics, artsy shit...
Favorite Music Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, Billy Bragg, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Slade, Slowdive, Suzi Quatro, The Kinks, The Old Man and The Sea, Ache, The Mumlers, Beach Boys, Cut Copy, Harry Nilsson, Frausdots, The Beatles, Feo, The High Dials, Jellyfish, Sparks, The Clash, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Dodos, Atoll, El Gran Astor (Piazzola), The Hollies, Panda Bear, Beachwood Sparks, The Papercuts, Pescado Rabioso, Money Mark, Sweet, The Essex Green, The La's, Primal Scream, The Byrds, Silver Sunshine, Morrissey, Sparks, The Twin Atlas, Dillard and Clark, New York Dolls, Devendra Banhart, Badfinger, Sugar and Gold, The Bees, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Deerhunter, Crosby Stills and Nash, Mark Knopfler, Kelley Stoltz, Hal, Brian Eno, Mystic Chords of Memory, John Lennon, Serge Gainsbourg, T Rex, Still Flyin', Lou Reed, High Llamas, Bart Davenport, Johnny Cash, The Jam, Cream, Ride, David Bowie, Vetiver, MC5, The Moore Brothers, Elf Power, Whiteout, Paul Weller, Court and Spark, Squeeze, The Church, Spiritualized, Calexico, M83, John Coltrane, Dinosaur Jr, Air, Jesus and Mary Chain, Small Faces, The Who, The Stone Roses, Olivia Tremor Control, The Stranglers, Arcade Fire, Nick Drake, Pat Johnson, Willie Nelson, Love, Andres Calamaro, Chameleons, Sloan, Verve, The Rapture, The Shins, The Comas, Badfinger, My Morning Jacket, Burt Bacharach, Victor Jara, Gustavo Cerati, Joaquin Sabina, Silvio Rodriguez, Fito Paez, Chavela Vargas, Vicentico, Sly and the Family Stone, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones
Favorite Books Authors: Octavio Paz, Paolo Coelho, Carey McWilliams, Cormac McCarthy, Raymond Carver, Garcia-Marquez, Salinger, Dave Eggers, Noam Chomsky, David Sedaris, Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Castaneda, Kerouac, Roald Dahl, Carlos Fuentes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kahlil Gibran, Karl Marx, Mc Sweeneys, Mojo, John Ross, N. Scott Momaday, Jose Antonio Burciaga, Carlos Monsivais, Enrique Krauze, Andres Oppenheimer, Paco Ignacio Taibo, Sandra Cisneros, Jose Ortega y Gasset, John Steinbeck, Elena Garra