About Me
- About Me: I'm a music composer/ sound designer, writer, researcher and the founder and artistic director of Ishah 'El theatre arts collaborative, a non-profit, multi-cultural theatre arts organization involved in the development, education, support, promotion and production of theatre with an emphasis on faith and spirituality. I have some ambitious plans in the works that I will be revealing here and elsewhere soon: more music, writing, audio plays and podcasts of current projects. Currently I'm working on getting my website completed, updating all of these various social web sites, FUNDRAISING, and in the near future will be on several collaborative sites. I hope I find you there.
Travel
- Places to see before I die: Portugal, Afghanistan, Greece
Television
- Favorite Shows: Six Feet Under, Pushing Daisies, Studio 60, Brothers & Sisters, Six Degrees, Everybody Hates Chris, History Detectives, PBS, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & friends
- Favorite Channels: ?
- Favorite Reruns: ?
- Most Addictive Show: Pushing Daisies
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Studio 60
Music
- Favorite Artists: Carla Bley, Charles Mingus, Cafe Tacuba, Habib Koité & Bamada, Dobet Gnahoré, Sufjan Stevens, Astrid Hadad Y Los Tarzanes, In The Nursery, The Angel
- Favorite Genre: Jazz, Bebop, experimental
- Favorite Lyrics: Thousands of people out there just gotta be O.K. I wish I could take them all down with me to the bar for some laughs But right now I gotta find out where they could be living They could be living in sin They could be carrying shame Gotta find somebody's gonna carry the blame Gotta find out what makes your heart sing Because I found out already what makes my heart sing Its necessary that I find out what makes your heart sing
- Guilty Pleasure: Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini
Movies
- Favorite Movies: The Station Agent, Stranger Than Fiction, The Terminal, Lagaan, Amelie, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (original with Gene Wilder), The Dead, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, Charade, The Shawshank Redemption, Life is Beautiful, Saint Ralph, The Green Mile, A Very Long Engagement, The Triplets of Belleville, The Tiger and the Snow, Sullivan's Travels, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & friends
- Favorite Actors: John Cusack, Tom Hanks, Hope Davis
- Favorite Soundtracks: anything involving Thomas Newman or Ennio Morricone
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: I don't know. It's a mystery.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: John Cusack and Gene Wilder
Books
- Favorite Books: The Rest is Noise, Gravity's Rainbow, Children of the Alley, Henderson the Rain King, The Guide, Color: A natural History of the Palette, World Tales
- Favorite Authors: Thomas Pynchon, Naguib Mahfouz, Idries Shah, O. Henry, George Bernard Shaw, Willie Boy Shakes, Borges
- Favorite Genres: social fiction, magic realism
- Favorite Quotes: Why should humor and laughter be excommunicated? Suppose the world were only one of God’s jokes- would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one? - George Bernard Shaw
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Mexican, Middle Eastern
- Favorite Dishes: Chile Verde, Any thing smoked or grilled
- Favorite Desserts: Chocolate
- Favorite Drinks: Coffee
- Favorite Junk Foods: Chocolate
- Best meal ever: ever? are you kidding?
- My Original Recipes: Indian Tostadas (http://mountainofspices.blogspot.com/2007/11/indian-tostadas_30.html)
- Favorite Restaurants: My backyard
College
- School Name: Chabot College
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1993
- Attended: 1991 - 1993
- Major(s): Journalism
- Minor(s): Humanities
- Sports: not yet
High School
- School Name: San Gorgonio High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1978
- Attended: 1975 - 1978
- Sports: no thank you.
- Organizations: ditch diggers
More About Me
- Nicknames: El
- Nationality: English, Irish, Native American Indian
- Religion: Christian - bargain bin denomination
- Heroes: Pat Mullins
- Interests: Writing, music composition, research, theatre, cultural arts
- Expertise: Writing, music composition, research, theatre, cultural arts
- Occupation: founder & creative director for a non-profit theatre company
- Industry: performing arts, entertainment & education
- Website: http://www.ishahel.org



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