Phil Fox Rose

Hear some mixes here

Sat, 12 May 2007 00:44:39 -0500

This online tool, projectplaylist, lets you piece together a streaming playlist from mp3s that are out there on the web already. I don't know how legal it is. On the one hand, it's playing copyrighted material. On the other hand, it's using files that others have already put out there for public playing. I'm not sure, but until I get myself a real internet radio station again, here are a few mixes. But, a big caveat: I have to confine myself to stuff I can find on other people's sites. So none of these are the mixes I would have done if I had my own collection available. That will come soon enough... dj prose #198 eclectic mix typical of my style - based in downtempo electronic, trip hop, ambient, but with diversions into post-rock, exotica, acid jazz, and whatever...

How I got here

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:41:45 -0500

(The following was my contribution to an essay in the St. Ignatius Loyola newsletter.) I've been a spiritual seeker all my life. Raised atheist by ex-Mormons, I journeyed through Quakerism and Buddhism, and Centering Prayer acquainted me with Catholic monasticism, which I explored but abandoned. Last year, grace led me into a new close friendship with someone who embodies loving Catholicism. Our rich conversations about spiritual matters and my discovery of St. Augustine's writings helped me see the Church and a life of faith in an entirely new way. She guided me to St. Ignatius and as I sat near the back that first Sunday, though I had yet to understand the mysteries of the Trinity and Eucharist, the relevance of objects all around me -- our amazing RCIA program would later fill those in -- the moment the plainchant...

Last Temptation

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:38:18 -0500

So I'm sitting in Saint Patrick's Cathedral on the first Sunday of Lent, preparing to go up, along with every other person in the New York metro area being baptized Catholic this Easter, one by one, to sign our names in the book and transition from being "catechumens" to being "members of the elect." I'm sitting there in my suit and tie, overwhelmed by the number of people and the diversity of the crowd and the beauty of the moment. But I'm also steeling myself as I have done at various stages along this nearly year-long path in anticipation that THIS Catholic situation will somehow offend my morals or beliefs. I'm assuming this because I'm outside of the cozy liberal enclave of the Jesuits, out in the messy mainstream Catholic world. I'm assuming this because a lot of the catechumens...

Coming Out As Straight

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:58:47 -0500

Coming Out as StraightBy Phil Fox RoseJune 9, 2006I have not written anything on gender in a couple of years. The main reason for this is that I've had a strong sense that my understanding of it as it relates to me was in flux. Though as a nonfiction writer one must be willing to commit to paper your thoughts of the moment, with full awareness that they will change and probably embarrass you down the road, there are times when you feel your current thought-state is so obviously immature that it would be imprudent to proceed. Such has been the last two years. Recently, though, things snapped into focus and I've been growing increasingly uncomfortable with the already-published work being my latest words on the subject. So, the point of this is: I'm a straight man. There, I said...

Who's Your Inner Rock Chick?

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:27:21 -0500

You Are Ani Difranco!

Honest, real, and well liked.
You're not limited by any boundaries.
"And you can call me crazy
But I think you're as lazy as white paint on the wall"

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Which Sex and the City Player Are You?

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:44:16 -0500

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alt3rd v2

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:23:00 -0500

This is a new version of my alternate language for s3. After living with what I wrote for over six months, I wanted to make some changes -- make it a little less precious, more straightforward. Again, this alternate language makes it possible to voice the words without reservation, making it a powerful part of my spiritual life. I don't say it is right for anyone else, but it is useful for me:

"I give myself to love — and to the
connectedness of all life, which it represents —
that it may flow through me and guide me.
Relieve me of the bondage of self,
that I may better serve to advance that Oneness.
Let the grace that fills me when I act out of love
remove my difficulties, that victory over them
may bear witness of its power to those I would help.
May I abide in love always."
- Phil R.

Which Character from The L Word are You?

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:28:10 -0500

you are JENNY! you are sweet, shy, and innocent, but you"ve got a darker, sexier side...and you cant hold it in forever! you"re the closet freak of the group!

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What Celebrity Could Be Your Twin!?

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:09:17 -0500

You scored as Ashlee Simpson.

Ashlee Simpson	44%
Lindsay Lohan	25%
Michael Jackson	19%
Pamela Anderson	6%
Paris Hilton	6%

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What Type of Lesbian Are You?

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:41:18 -0500

You scored as The Hipster Dyke. You are the definition of Urban chic, with your torn jeans and rock star wannabe attitude. Women either love you or hate you.

The Hipster Dyke	65%
The Quasi-Gothic Femme	60%
The Femme Fatale	60%
The Sprightly Elfin Femme	55%
The Surprise! Dyke	45%
The Granola Dyke	45%

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Which Rocky Horror Picture Show character are you?

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:17:09 -0500

So typical! What other character could I be? As usual I'm identified with the same person I'm attracted to! (BTW, for anyone wondering, I saw Rocky Horror 33 times at midnight shows. I've watched the video a few times since, but that doesn't count.)

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show character are you?

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I'm a faerie!

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:47:53 -0500

You scored as Faerie. Faerie: Aren't you a cute little flying person? Faeries are earth spirits. They live among each element completely hidden. They have cousins called Pixies. Pixies however, are very mischevious. They enjoy tormenting other creatures for fun. Little pranksters.. I hope you never meet one. Pixies have a bad reputation for finding a creature and clinging to them until death. Faeries can be somewhat close to a Pixie, but mostly they are loving, playful, and carry with them a child-like enthusiasm for life. Hide among the pedals of a Daisy, you are a Faerie.

Angel

50%

Faerie

50%

Mermaid

42%

WereWolf

17%

Dragon

Demon

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Saint Marks Pl. in the Spring

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:33:32 -0500

Mostly I love seasons, nature, cycles, and this is where I live so this is where I'm experiencing that. But I guess — in the snow series and this one — I'm also looking at the juxtaposition of nature with ultra-urban culture. (That sound like an artist explaining their work. Ick. These are just snapshots. Look at the pretty pictures, k?)

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Shred what?

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:08:57 -0500

Proof that you can make a business of anything. The bigger question: What were they doing on St. Marks, a few miles from anything corporate? My guess is a paranoid consipracy theorist on my block decided mass shredding had to happen immediately.

Which Buffy The Vampire Slayer Character Are You Most Like!?

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:00:33 -0500

I wish it said I was Buffy, but this is right:

You scored as Willow Rosenberg. You are a very smart individual. Though, like everyone else, you've made mistakes. You've changed over the last few years, so have a lot of things in your life, but you've got great friends who love you and are there for you through anything.

Willow Rosenberg

71%

Dawn Summers

67%

Rupert Giles

63%

Buffy Summers

58%

Xander Harris

50%

Spike

50%

Tara Maclay

46%

Anya

42%

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