Eric Allen
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Computer Programmer |
| Location | Milwaukie, Oregon, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip, Wishlist |
| Introduction | Buzzing and blooming family, computer work. T'ai chi, anthroposophy, gamelan. Odd and offbeat. Blogging pioneer, 1999 national EQB kite champion. |
| Interests | Kiteflying, T'ai chi, Musicking, parenting, gamelan, spirituality, Waldorf education |
| Favorite movies | Baraka, 2001, qatsi trilogy, Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Apocalypse Now!, Wax: or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees, La Jetee, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dark Crystal, Brazil, Baby Snakes, Solyaris, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, A Clockwork Orange |
| Favorite music | gamelan, ambient, nature sounds, north Indian classical, Passion, obscure avant-garde-Glass, Wendy Carlos, Webbed Hand, Laurie Anderson, tibetan chanting, Steve Roach, glitch, Michael Stearns, Kronos Quartet, Harold Budd, Loren Nerell, Fripp's Soundscapes, Harry Partch; mainstream: Tool, Crimson, Rush, Pink Floyd, Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Orb, Tori Amos, Babe the Blue Ox, Hendrix, Mickey Hart, Rage, Gentle Giant, Brand X |
| Favorite books | Snow Crash, Sprawl trilogy, White Light, A Pattern Language/Timeless Way of Building/Nature of Order, Shockwave Rider, Bhagavad-Gita, Tao Te Ching, Book of Thoth, Don Juan series, Dhammapada, I Ching, Knowledge of Higher Worlds, Bardo Thodol, Worldchanging, Whole Earth Catalog, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, Dune, Illusions, Be Here Now, Synergetics, Golden Dawn |
Radio wire is often used to make bird nests. What station do they listen to?