John F Walter

Gustav Mahler's symphonies, early Genesis, John Coltrane, Arabo-Andalusian music, Alice In Chains, Beethoven's String Quartets, Cole Porter, John Barry soundtracks, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Mark Klopp, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Gary Moore, Jimmie Hendrix, The Doors, Schubert

the brothers k, shadows of the pomegranate tree, gravity's rainbow, dog soldiers, under the volcano, midnight's children, the arabian nightmare, the deptford trilogy, the secret agent, la reina del sur, let it come down, revolutionary road, atonement, the spy who came in from the cold, from here to eternity, the idiot, neuromancer, the great gatsby, train, amor en los tiempos del colera, philosophical investigations, tibetan book of the dead, rayuela, absalom absalom!, angels, the divine comedy, damascus gate, the heart of the matter, nostromo, Fiction Writers Living--Robert Stone, Pete Dexter, Nick Tosches, Ian McEwan, Ronan Bennett, Denis Johnson, Robert Irwin, Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, Tariq Ali, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Haruki Murakami, Craig Nova, Ann Patchett, Michael Ondaatje, Antonio Gala, Michael Chabon, J.G.Ballard, Patrick McGrath, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. William Gibson, Margaret Atwood, Amin Maalouf, John LeCarre, Mario Vargas Llosa, Martin Cruz Smith, Leslie Epstein, Paul Auster, Martin Amis, Thomas McGuane, James Ellroy

Imabuse, gladiator, good morning, glengarry glenross, heat, patton, citizen kane, amores perros, all about eve, dr. strangelove, the story of floating weeds, the seven samurai, king kong, godfather II, children of paradise, the seventh seal, apocalypse now, vertigo, brazil, touch of evil, the treasure of the sierra madre, taxi driver, the third man, the night of the hunter, north by northwest, chinatown, the magnificent ambersons, m, blade runner, casablanca, psycho, zardoz, cabaret, clockwork orange, the tin drum

I stopped watching TV in high school, so I always get murdered when I play, YOU DON'T KNOW JACK., Nowadays I watch Spanish national news on La 2, local news on Canal Sur, and occasional programs they put on Canal 1 or Antena 3 that feature famous writers, poets or flamenco artists, a tradition of cultural discourse unheard of really in our country, with the exception of BIll Moyers or the Lehrer report--is that still on?

the American theatre, travel To the world's sacred places, Spanish and Latino poetry, chaos magic, Neurotechnology research, Better meditation Through invasive brainwave Entrainment, smart drugs, guai hunting (cool hunting In specifically Hispanic cultural matrices), multiple intelligence modalities development for mentally gifted children, reading enrichment techniques for children With learning differences, dual bilingual education strategies for K-3 immigrant students, virtual theatre through live actor/rastor integration archeological tourism, cultivating lifelong friendships wIth men & women, especially across the generations, haunting the alam al mithal with my murshid ibn al arabi, walking around the alhambra palatial city daily on la cuesta de los chinos, practicing kundalini yoga until my breath catches fire, experiencing sex magickal trances in every aljibe in the albayzin, unraveling the beast behind the anti-american meme, finishing a novel that has turned blood into wine and dreams into milk, catching the takfirs who threaten paradise for all of us..

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Roman Catholic Sufi

LAUSD, OUSD, Academia Idico, English American Center, Walter Brothers Productions

Pomona College

South Hills High School

Boston University graduate school--creative writing, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential--California State University Hayward, California Teacher's Union (when I live in the U.S.), Pomona College Alumni Association, Muyhiddin Ibn Arabi Society