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A word about M.J. Hamada:

I'm a wordsmith, storyteller, teacher, poet, film guy. Grew up in San Diego, spent a patch in NorCal, then found myself in L.A. Can listen for hours to the tales that anyone living in a pretty how town will tell.

Local hangouts:

Movie theaters, coffee houses, pool halls, beach scenes, old-school arcades.

Books:

The Remains of the Day, Love in the Time of Cholera, Cemetery Nights.

Music:

Johnny Cash, Mos Def, Billie Holiday, RATM, the Doors, Dylan, the Beasties, the (latter-day) Beatles, Cibo Matto, to name a few.

Movies:

The Fisher King, Rashomon, Pulp Fiction, Blue Velvet, Blue Harvest, Kieslowski's Blue.