influenced by punk and house also living in the San Francisco Bay Area, oakland, berkeley, san jose, alameda, living in southern cali, san diego(92x), los angeles(kcrw), montreal, ny, orlando(the edge nightclub), being born in the 70's, growing up in the 80's, raving in the 90's, kits, kmel, kyld, public radio, college radio, dave methias(kbbf), tiga, the martini brothers, cameron paul, dj dan, hashim, trinere, mount sims, chromeo, simian mobile disco, cypress hill, dave clarke, cassius, dolby anol, when saints go machine, metronomy, shadow dancer, phones(the artist/dj!), golden boy, kissy sell out, stevie b., a tribe called quest, das efx, blende, breakbot, ettienne de crecy, bang gang dj's, ed banger records, maral salmassi, hot chip, rework, gogol bordello, miami horror, mr. miyagi, the cover girls, sweet sensation, kitsune records, boys noize, south central, DatA, spank rock, mike monday, siriusmo, cansei de ser sexy, mr. oizo, beck, peaches, michael and janet jackson, no doubt, snoop doggy dog, cake, dmx krew(from the uk), justice, busy p, feadz, the twelves, ice cube, dr dre, sublime, rodney o. and joe cooley, howard jones, the gossip, the fu-shnickens, the ramones, funkadelic, run dmc, Keoki, dj icee(the florida one), timo maas, joakim, mc hammer, erasure, french electro, vitalic, dj magic mike, freestyle(the artist/dj), debbie deb, the egyptian lover, jody watley, felix da housecat, whodini, culture club, prince, daft punk, madonna, raves in the 90's, rancid, greenday, the end up, erol alkan, the rapture, afrika bambaata, westbam, armand van helden, zapp and roger, u2, nwa, my crushes and loves that can never be, love, hippies, mexicans, white people, black people, i got alotta love for el salvadoreans , asians, fillipinos, cholas, fags, goth chics, stoners, my sweet lesbo friends, gangstas, breakdancers, lowriders, big titties, big asses.... to name a few.

i'm a bit picky about my music and i don't compromise for shit. perhaps a flaw? perhaps a virtue? my taste in music tends to be a bit neurotic. music is my escape and a passionate hobby of mine. my podcast is dedicated to THE BAY!