Eric Allen

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Gender Male
Industry Consulting
Occupation Computer Programmer
Location Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
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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?

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