THE NEW RACKET: ME (PORTER LORI) in THE STUDIO

I've been workin very hard to create some great music for myself and you guys. As you may know you can't really pin-point my style of music but you can hear everything from SOUL TO ROCK, TO BLUES, TO COUNTRY, TO R&B.... heres a very small snippet of what I got cookin. CHECK ON ITUNES for PORTER LORI "HELL OR HIGH WATER" for a taste from my first album. I'm really looking forward to the release of this next project...cheers!

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IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS SPOT OUT.  YOUR PLATE IS FULL SO MAKE SURE WHATEVER TIME YOU TAKE FOR YOURSELF IS QUALITY.


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BUSINESS: INSIDE JAY-Z'S NEW BOOK "DECODED"

JAY's ABILITY, INSTINCT, & WILLINGNESS TO CREATE NEW MARKETING OUTLETS FOR ARTISTS IS AMAZING... and if you pay attention he's more than willing to show you how its done.
CHECK IT OUT HERE:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1704745/jay-z-decoded

BARBERSHOPS: THE SHAVE-BEVERLY HILLS

THIS PLACE IS AWESOME FOR A QUALITY CUT & SHAVE. THE GUYS THERE WERE LAID BACK & THE "BEVERLY HILLS" ADDRESS DIDNT PHASE THEM, DON'T LET IT PHASE YOU EITHER...CHECK IT OUT!
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THE NEW RACKET: STATELESS-ARIEL

Stateless - Ariel from FIELD on Vimeo.
GREAT TRACK...BEAUTIFUL IMAGES..

HEROES: QUINCY JONES

I have met more than my fair share of celebrities but I have yet to meet my all time musical hero QUINCY JONES. I hope that time comes... in the meantime & inbetween time check out his new book. If you're gonna get it, GET IT FROM THE BEST THERE EVER WAS.

I'm on This asap - Life - By Keith Richards - NYTimes.com

Book Review - Life - By Keith Richards - NYTimes.com

Be As Advanced as your Imagination will allow...

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat 

From Kurt to Bowie, The Most Stylish Dudes and Why We Ladies Love 'Em - Magazines at Refinery29.com

HEROES: ALBERT EINSTEIN

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."


Albert Einstein 

The Big Book of Legs - Coffee Table Book

HOOK YOUR FRIEND UP FOR XMAS! You've got a girlfriend...He doesn't...God knows whens the next time he's going to see this in real life! Isn't it about time we moved up from Maxim?

The Big Book of Legs - Coffee Table Book

UNDER THE TABLE: LOS ANGELES

THIS PLACE WILL SURPRISE YOU & WHOMEVER YOU CHOOSE TO IMPRESS... Trust.

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STYLE CHECK

I love the fabrics & Details created from this line. It's important that a Man retain masculinity even if he DOES have FRILLS on his shirt! LOL! Seriously though, this look provides a great balance for a man in motion. This is my favorite line at the moment.

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RL...Incredible of Course.

RALPH LAUREN.

PANACHE & Women Who Have It.

"And how can one recognize the walk of a woman who has suffered?"
Grandmother answered in one breath: "From a very special panache, an incomparable one that follows a person who has told herself one day: 'I have had enough of helping men suffer, now I must help them live'."

PHYSICAL WEALTH

VALUE YOUR FACE. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

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HEROES: Sammy Davis Jr.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

Sammy Davis, Jr. 

THE NEW RACKET: The Dead Weather

"Jack the only trick I ever played on you was never tricking you at all."
-Meg White 

LOVE THIS! Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)

A Friend of Mine...Check him out!'Make A Baby' by Vikter Duplaix

Sexy.Tasteful.Classic Beauty..Enjoy fellas (Ladies too! It's all good nobodys watchin..lol;)

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NEW MUSIC U.K STYLE...YOU'RE WELCOME!

HIP-HOP , DUB-STEP, AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN! USUALLY WAY AHEAD OF THE AMERICAN CURVE....PEEP. BENJI B IS PURE HEAT....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4tv3

CHECK OUT "THE SKRPRS" (pronounced SCRAPPERS)

I HAND-MAKE EACH OF THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND AWESOME LITTLE (& BIG) CREATURES FROM RECYCLED FABRICS & TOYS...THE CELEBRATION OF FLAWLESS IMPERFECTION!!

A WONDERFULLY UNIQUE GIFT WHEN YOU'RE SICK OF GIFT CERTIFICATES!

I ALSO DO COMMISSION WORK...LEAVE A COMMENT!!

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If you ain't Livin' then WTF YOU DOIN?

ROCK & ROLL AT ITS BEST....

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AMAZING!

WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR....

UMIT BENIN MENS

WHEN I'VE FORGOTTEN WHY....

"I am proud to be an artist. I willfully wear my heart on the outside and purposefully go out of my way to expose it to others. It is in this vulnerability that I have chosen to connect with the rest of the world. My thoughts and dreams are on display through affirmation and negation, admiration or loathing. They are actually there as a tool for myself and others to work through the moments that we all share in some way or another. I feel extremely blessed to have the ability to engage and contribute in dialog with the long line of rythmic conversationalists that have spoken so eloquently(and not so) before me....
This road is not easy,nor should it be. I am only worth what I create. So I will find my wealth at the end of this song and spend it on the next verse...

I wrote this tonight as an offering to my ancestors before me whos chanting,singing,incantations,psalms,ballads,arrangements and serenades have provided the score for life as we know it. Thank you."

Follow MOCKMOON ON YOUTUBE! 白馬大池で天の川を

Porter Lori sings "This Land"

We can remain Silent partners in the dark only if We trust the other to nudge when they've had enough...

THE ART of Un-BECOMING....again.

And he sat. Sat wondering. 

Sat sitting on the idea of becoming. 

Sat sitting on the idea of becoming again. 

Once again he sat sitting on the idea of becoming anew what he had always been except this time sitting wasnt going to work. 

He noticed that in sitting on ideas they became flat as the space between the seat and his notions...and he noticed the silence that came with becoming again...he wondered if, BECAUSE of his unfavorable first response to the silence, if he had ever truly become at all.

"Of course" he thought..."Of course I've become something! It is IMPOSSIBLE to be nothing! In being nothing are you not something even if only in title of being "NOTHING"?"...
"Fine" he said. "Aren't we quite the philosopher this evening"....type "LOL" so they don't think you're taking yourself too seriously...LOL! :)....

DAMN. Did I type that out loud?

How many times have I become something? How many times have I sat in the silence that predates becoming and admired what has already been? Not many.

So this commentary is a small recognition of the often under appreciated silence that comes right before the becoming.

It is my hope that this silence will better prepare me for the commotion ahead.

LIGHTS IN THE SKY SHOWING LIVING PROOF....

SPACE WILL BRING ME BACK TO EARTH EVERY TIME. IT PROVIDES PERSPECTIVE.

GREATNESS COMES WHEN YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATING YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.

IMAGINE...THIS PHOTO IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! LIFE IS IN MOTION EVERYWHERE...LET'S GO & BE A PART OF IT!


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The Thieving Beast & Good Samaritan inside. What's in a name?

"a word or a combination of words by which a person, place,or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known."

That definition means THE WORLD to me. My name is the title I carry with me throughout my experience on this planet. It is the first thing I have to offer someone as a representation of what I've have made myself to be. A name is the culmination of all my previous experiences & my continuing voyage...every innocent remark, every guilty indulgence, every naive choice, my humility, my pride,past, present, and future.

Sounds deep huh?...LOL! Well, welcome to my world! I'm the silliest guy you've ever met (which you'll see on here) but I really enjoy thinking & creating as I consider it my responsibility to perpetually expand in whatever direction makes sense to me.

I was born Michael Anthony Anderson. "Michael" came from my Uncle Mike who was (and continues to be) a very big influence on my life. "Anthony" I think came from St. Anthony? I'm not sure but I'm far from Catholic so that doesn't pertain to me. "Anderson" came from my mothers first husband whom I've never met and have no relation to whatsoever...

So with that being said my legal name now is "Porter Michael Lori". Porter is my fathers middle name and the one that his friends and family call him. I kept "Michael" out of my respect to my Uncle because honoring him is very important to me, and "Lori" is my mothers name (spelled differently) that if & when I ever choose to be married and have children will be passed down.

In my teens and 20's in Denver I was hugely involved in the graffiti/Hip-Hop scene. My graffiti name was "TEK" & my musical name was "Teknowledge". For me, I always wanted to represent the fine line between Beast & Intellectual, Thief & Good Samaritan. After moving to Los Angeles I was (& am still am by many) known as "Tek". The name just stuck and I was ok with that because I was still walking that fine line.

As I've grown into the man & artist that I am today I've come to realize that I not only STILL represent that point of view but embrase it now more than ever! My name now represents the freedom to create the best of what I am as a man and the responsibility to destroy those things that stand in my way internally & externally that would undermine that freedom.

See... now isn't that silly!!??