Art Hirahara

Jazz Pianist / Composer

Vegetarianism with the Occasional Fish, Politics, Social Justice Issues, Comparative Religion, Asian America, Anti-Right, Non-Sellouts, Seeing the World, Disrupting Corporate Hegemony, Environmental Justice

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Culture Jam, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Charlie Chan Is Dead, Stupid White Men, Orientalism, The Teachings of Don Juan

Spirited Away, Bladerunner, Princess Mononoke, Chungking Express, Tampopo, Brazil, Better Luck Tomorrow, Memento

Kenny Barron, Rachmaninoff, Enrico Pieranunzi, Charlie Haden, Billy Strayhorn, Bjork, Asian Crisis, John Coltrane, Dvorak, Kodo, Peter Gabriel, Swapan Chaudhuri, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tribe Called Quest, Hafez Modirzadeh, Public Enemy

TV sucks and ruins our minds, but I nonetheless enjoy, The Simpsons, Lost, The Dog Whisperer

Pisces

I'm a jazz pianist. Currently, I'm occasionally bicoastal,
mostly in Brooklyn, NY and sometimes in San Francisco, CA. I
have a striking resemblance to the lead character in Charlotte
Sometimes, which is an odd sensation. I view technology as
a tool and not as an end of itself--I prefer meeting people in person
rather than digitally. The whole idea of creating a self image and
persona for public display on a website is really quite strange, but I'm getting used to it (http://www.arthirahara.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/arthirahara ). I'm recently separated and looking to meet new folks!

Cool people. Generally people with a
backbone and well-formed opinions. Generally not cheeky
technophiles--though I might be becoming one! Generous and loyal people.