Djo Fortunato

Artist/Musician w/ day job at Univ. of Penn

Cooking Indoors, Outdoor Street Fairs, Hiking, Biking, thrift stores, record shops, bookstores

Everything is Illuminated, anything Herman Hesse, Joseph Conrad

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, Delicatessen), Euro Pudding, Night on Earth (Anything Jim Jarmusch)

Bristles of cactus amplified by contact mics, Yoruba time trance travel rhythms, Mid morning sunlight shattered between outstretched limbs, the receding tides and pop-rocks of newly wetted sand

Only use mine for watching movies

I've been involved in playing w/ different music groups for the last few years while in school in Philadelphia- everything from reggae, jazz, hip hop to surf/spy rock; but right now I'm up to my neck in painting classes, for which I had to sacrifice a weekly gig which generated alot of good vibes. I can't wait to be out playing again, though, though it's not that bad because I can still get out to see live musicians and play at my leisure.
I'm basically living out my hopes and dreams, and have decided this is how I'll live the rest of my life.

My friends friends and other fun oddities.