Dilanka's Random Notes
Introduction
I keep a lot of (off-line) notes in journals and paper. Unfortunately, paper is an impractical medium for interactive content. I maintain this page for reference, convenience and ease of sharing.
Key: A star (*) is used for emphasis. If you find any broken links, let me know, so I could fix those.
Top 5 People I'd Like to Meet
If you know any of these people, I'd love an introduction.
Favorite Music
- 50 Cent - life's on the line
- Adina Howard - Freak Like Me
- Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In session *
- Aerosmith - dream on *
- Atmosphere - yesterday *
- Atmosphere - guarantees
- AZ - problems
- AZ - the come up *
- AZ - the format
- Bathiya Santhush - various
- B.B. King - thrill is gone *
- Ben E. King - stand by me
- Bessie Smith - poor man's blues
- Big L - mvp *
- Big L - put it on
- Bill Withers - ain't no sunshine
- Bill Withers - lean on me
- Billy Joel - piano man *
- Biz Markie - just a friend
- Bob Dylan - hurricane *
- Bob Dylan - mister tambourine man *
- Bob Seger - mainstreet
- Bob Seger - night moves
- Bone Thugs N Harmony - i tried
- Britney Spears - piece of me
- Brother Ali - self taught *
- Cannonball Adderley - mercy, mercy, mercy
- Cat Stevens - father and son
- Color Me Badd - I wanna sex you up
- Cormega - the saga remix
- Cormega - the true meaning (a)
- Cormega - valuable lessons
- Carole King - it's too late
- Carole King - will you love me tomorrow
- Celph Titled - rock to the rhythm
- Chuck Berry - ding a ling *
- Chuck Berry - johnny b. good
- Clarence Carter - patches *
- D12 - revelation *
- Darius Rucker - wagon wheel
- Del Shannon - runaway
- Diana Coupland - mango tree
- Dispatch - the general *
- Dobie Gray - drift away *
- Ella Fitzgerald - let's fall in love *
- Emancipator - soon it will be cold enough * (a)
- Eminem - infinite (a)
- Eminem - the eminem show (a)
- Fugees - rumble in the jungle
- Gang Starr - moment of truth *
- Gypsies - various
- Ice Cube - gangsta rap made me do it
- Ice Cube - it was a good day
- Ice T - money, power, woman
- Immortal Technique - dance with the devil
- Immortal Technique - you never know
- Immortal Technique - point of no return
- Jay-Z - can I live *
- Jay-Z - reasonable doubt (a)
- Jessie J - who you are
- Jessie J - nobody's perfect
- Jimi Hendrix - all along the watchtower *
- Jimmy Cliff - sitting in limbo
- Joe Cocker - with a little help
- John Hiatt - have a little faith *
- John Hiatt - you may already be a winner *
- Johnny Cash - I walk the line
- Joss Stone - high road
- Joss Stone - karma
- Judith Hill - desperation
- Jurassic 5 - what's golden
- Keith Sweat - make it last forever
- Keith Sweat - twisted
- Kid Rock - all summer long
- Lazyboy - desiderata
- Leon Bridges - coming home
- Les Crane - desiderata
- Led Zeppelin - stairway to heaven *
- Lighthouse - ain't no sunshine
- Louis Armstrong - what a wonderful world
- Lupe Fiasco - food & liquor * (a)
- Luther Vandross - dance with my father
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - sweet home alabama
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - free bird *
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - ballad of curtis loew *
- Marie Digby - feel
- Mazzy Star - fade into you
- Mobb Deep - shook ones *
- Mos Def - I'm leaving
- Mungo Jerry - in the summertime
- Murs - yesterday and today
- Nahko and Medicine for the people - black as night
- Nas - illmatic * (a)
- Nas - it was written * (a)
- Nas - surviving the times *
- Naughty By Nature - o.p.p *
- Neil Diamond - song sung blue
- Neil Young - old man
- Neutral Milk Hotel - aeroplane over the sea *
- Notorious B.I.G. - ready to die (a)
- Notorious B.I.G. - life after death * (a)
- N.W.A. - fuck the police
- Office Space Soundtrack - various (a)
- Patti Page - detour
- Phaeleh - fallen light * (a)
- Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon (a)
- Pink Floyd - the wall (a)
- Pink Floyd - high hopes *
- Puff Daddy ft. FE - I'll be missing you *
- Queen - under pressure *
- Queen - bohemian rhapsody
- Rafi:ki - mixtape 013
- Ray LaMontagne - trouble
- REO Speedwagon - time for me to fly
- Roots - what they do
- Roots - you got me
- Scorpions - wind of change *
- Simon & Garfunkel - sound of silence *
- Simon & Garfunkel - the boxer
- Sixto Rodriguez - crucify your mind *
- Sixto Rodriguez - cause
- Smashing Pumpkins - today
- Shpongle - are you shpongled? (a)
- Steve Miller Band - the joker
- Styx - come sail away
- Sugar Ray - fly
- Sunlounger - downtempo edition *
- Tal Wilkenfeld - the river of life
- Tech N9ne - low
- The Beatles - hey jude *
- The Beatles - let it be *
- The Beatles - In my life
- The Drifters - under the boardwalk *
- The Jayhawks - blue *
- The Stone Roses - the stone roses (a)
- Tom Lehrer - pigeons in the park *
- Tupac - greatest hits * (a)
- Tupac - last muthafucka breathin
- Tupac - starin' through my rearview
- Yelawolf - best friend
- Yelawolf - love story (a)
- Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M
Favorite Documentaries
- Albert Einstein
- Benjamin Franklin
- Biggie and Tupac
- Blackfish
- Blood Brother *
- Burt's Buzz
- Camp 14
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams *
- Call me lucky
- Cocaine Cowboys
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage *
- Dark Days
- Dear Zachary *
- Dirty Pictures *
- Encounters at the end of the world *
- Fear and Loathing: Road trip to Hollywood
- Feynman
- Gasland
- Gideon's Army
- Gonzo *
- Grey Gardens
- Grizzly Man *
- Harlan County, USA
- Hoffman's Potion
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel *
- The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi *
- John Adams *
- Jonestown
- Journey to the edge of the universe *
- The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
- Kumaré *
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Malcolm X: Make it plain *
- Man on Wire *
- Manufacturing Consent *
- Marley *
- Merchants of Doubt
- Murderball
- Murder on a Sunday Morning *
- No Direction Home *
- O.J.: Made in America
- Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
- Powers of ten
- Project Nim *
- Rest Repo
- Searching for Sugarman
- Senna *
- Shoah *
- Sick: Bob Flanagan
- Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine *
- Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon *
- The Ascent of Money *
- The Central Park Five *
- The Bridge
- The Cove
- The Imposter
- The Spirit Molecule
- The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till *
- The UP Series *
- The Buddha
- Tim's Vermeer *
- Titicut Follies *
- Tony Robbins: I am not your guru
- Touching the Void *
- Tyson
- VICE guide to Liberia *
- When we were kings *
Favorite People
- Adam Carolla
- Alan Turing
- Alan Watts
- Albert Hoffman
- Alexander Shulgin
- Angelina Jolie
- Anousheh Ansari
- Barry Crimmins
- Bathiya & Santhush
- Benjamin Franklin
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Halle
- Charles Babbage
- Chris Hadfield
- Chuck Feeney
- Chris Sacca
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Dave Chappelle
- Derek Redmond
- Dobie Gray
- Duncan Bannatyne *
- Edwin Armstrong
- Edwin Catmull
- Elon Musk
- Eminem
- Felix Dennis *
- Freddie Mercury
- John Carmack
- John Romero
- Genghis Khan
- George Carlin
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Greg Giraldo
- Hayao Myazaki
- Hélio Gracie
- Herman Melville
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Hyman Rickover
- Ice T
- Immortal Technique
- Jay-Z
- Jeff Ross
- Jim Clark
- Jimi Hendrix
- Joe Rogan
- Johannes Kepler
- Joss Stone
- Kerri Strug
- Leonard Kleinrock
- Leonard Pickard
- Les Brown
- Lao Tzu
- Marie Digby
- Milton Humason
- Mitch Hedberg
- Napoleon Hill *
- Nelson Mandela *
- Norm Macdonald
- Notorious B.I.G
- Oprah Winfrey
- Patrice O' Neal
- Pat Cooper
- Paul Graham
- Peter Higgs
- Ralph Waldo Emerson *
- Richard Branson
- Richard Stallman
- Robert Greene
- Rubin Carter
- Ryan Leslie
- Shane Smith
- Shania Twain
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Temple Grandin
- Terence McKenna
- Tom Lehrer
- Tupac Shakur
Favorite Entertainment
- Ali G Show *
- Blackhawk Down *
- Blazing Saddles *
- Boardwalk Empire *
- Breach *
- Breaking Bad *
- Casablanca
- Changeling *
- Fracture *
- Game of Thrones
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- I love lucy *
- Maltese Falcon
- Me, Myself & Irene
- Office Space *
- Oz *
- Prison Break
- Rear Window
- Shawshank Redemption *
- Sherlock
- Spirited Away
- Tears of the Sun
- The Grand Budapest Hotel *
- The Hurricane
- The Insider *
- The I.T Crowd *
- The Matrix *
- The Rock *
- The Wire *
Favorite Audio Clips
- Art Williams - just do it *
- Alan Watts - how do we define ourselves?
- Alan Watts - the most important thing you never learned *
- Alan Watts - what if money were no object? *
- Alan Watts - music and life
- Alan Watts - society is a hoax
- Alan Watts - finding work you love
- Alan Watts - worrying and anxiety
- Angela Morgan - when nature wants a man
- Carl Sagan - the pale blue dot *
- Earl Nightingale - the strangest secret *
- Felix Dennis - how to get rich *
- Hunter S. Thompson - voicemail to video store *
- Hustle and Flow - walk the walk
- Adam Carolla - life and depression *
- Manoj Bhargava - business *
- Oprah Winfrey - finding your purpose
- Patrice Oneil - on relationships *
- Patrice Oneil - debate with Dr. Victoria Zdrok *
- Sam Harris - religion & christianity
- Steve Jobs - commencement at stanford *
- Terence McKenna - how to use psychedelics
- Terence McKenna - talks about dmt
- Terence McKenna - dmt vs 5-meo-dmt
- Terence McKenna - trust yourself *
- Terence McKenna - describing a dmt trip
- Terence McKenna - reclaim your mind *
- Terence McKenna - more on psychedelics
- Terence McKenna - culture
- Tupac Shakur - life and death
Favorite Porn
Too many to list, email me.
Favorite Cars
Favorite Books
I have a reading log.
Favorite Drugs
Too many to list, email me.
Favorite Quotes
I have a quote blog.
Favorite Podcasts
- a16z
- Adam & Drew Show
- Ancient Warfare Magazine
- Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- Democracy Now
- Econ Talk
- Harvard Business Review
- Ice T: Final Level Podcast
- I Love Marketing
- Intelligence²
- Marketplace
- Nature
- NPR TED Talks
- Phone Losers of America
- Point of Inquiry
- Science
- Security Now!
- Six Pixels of Separation
- The Combat Jack Show
- The Economist
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- The Partially Examined Life
- This American Life
- This Week in Startups
- Triangulation
Favorite Photographs
- Emmett Till [i]
- Earthrise [i]
- Evelyn McHale [i]
- Internet Pioneers [i]
- John Lennon [i]
- Malcolm X [i]
- The Final Embrace [i]
Things To Put Life In Perspective
- Kate Von Roeder Suicide Note
- Shaun Miller's Last Goodbye
- Kyle Maynard Climbing Kilimanjaro
- My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech
- The Live Tweet
- Madison Holleran
- Homeless Father
- Claire Wineland
Must Read Books for Living a Great Life
I consider the list below to be REQUIRED studying for anyone interested in living a good life.
After going through hundreds of books, I have carefully curated the titles below and can vouch for their quality and timeless nature.
In fact, I consider them to be PRICELESS due to their life changing nature.
I recommend that you get the audio version(s) when possible.
I re-listen to these programs regularly as needed -- and, I can confirm that the more you listen to them, the better they get.
This is not a complete list, rather it is meant to be an excellent starting point for those that feel lost.
Enjoy.
- The Secret Advantage by Earl Nightingale
- How to Be a No-Limit Person by Wayne W. Dyer
- The Art of Living by Epictetus
- Teachings of Napoleon Hill by Napoleon Hill
- The Secret of the Ages by Robert Collier
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
- The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins