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JARIS'
FAMILY AND FRIENDS PAGE
Micky was born August 6th, 1955, a Leo, and is an avid surfer. That's
why he moved to the big island of Hawaii - to be near good surfing at all
times. He's been a general contractor and has had his own business for years
building custom homes. His wife, Erin, worked as a legal secretary for years
and then was leading dive tours for private dive charters in some of the most
beautiful reefs in the world - on the west coast of Puerto Rico, in Rincon,
where they lived for 6 years. Puerto Rico is a beautiful tropical island and I
vacationed there four winters in a row.
I met some wonderful people there, including an Englishman who runs a bed and
breakfast in the mountains next to a forest reserve and some artists living in
the heart of Old San Juan. Micky and Erin now both work for Metcalf, one of the
largest construction companies in the state of Hawaii and own a nice home in
Kona.
Fran, born January 2nd, 1961, a Capricorn, works as an executive secretary. She's online so we email back and forth and keep in touch about family matters. Her husband, Mark, learned the tile setting trade from my father, has his own business and keeps quite busy most of the time. They have a nice home and often host holiday dinners for our family. Her son, Mark, wants to go into the US Air Force to become a pilot. Her other son, Steven, is a musician and plays in a band.
My dad, John, has been in the tile business since the mid-'50's and is still at it although he's fast approaching retirement age. Before that, he used to own a gas station and before that he worked on helicopters in the US Air Force. He and Mom bought a condo in Florida a few years back and go on frequent vacations at various times of the year. He's a Virgo, born on September 5th, 1932, and is a really good storyteller. He's originally from Perth Amboy, NJ and met my mom sometime in his high school years through some mutual friends that have remained their close friends until this day.
My mom, Carol, likes to collect antiques, play on the computer at home and
slot machines 
in Atlantic
City. She and I went to the same high school and actually had the same chemistry
teacher (who Mom tells me was quite old even when my she was in school). She's an
avid reader and a big sports fan. She's got 8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren
and often helps my sister out with childcare during workdays. Her birthday is
February 19th, 1934, on the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces. She always finds me the
most thoughtful and loving birthday cards of anyone I have ever known.
I have some
friends in Puna on the Big Island of Hawaii who have a website with loads of info on
many subjects, especially having to do with our cetacean friends, the whales and the
dolphins. Visit Star and Michael at PLANET PUNA
and see what's happening locally here in Puna. 
On Friday nights
in Hilo, you might find me playing jazz at LOLA'S
CAFE. Lola is a wonderful host, has a cafe with delicious dinners, hosts an open
mike night on saturdays, and sings jazz standards with us on Fridays. Come on down when
you get to the Big Island and visit Lola and friends on the weekends. You're sure to have
a fun time and get to hear some really fine local musicians. Lola's also broadcasts the
shows live on the Internet from the website.
I played in a blues band in NYC for a couple of years with
FLAMIN' AMY COLEMAN. She's one hot soulful
singer and besides being a powerful blues singer, she also does theater and cabaret.
Amy recently started a music distribution company with Valerie Smaldone of LITE-FM in NYC
and they have been selling my CD "Dreamstate". You can find out more about her and her
upcoming schedule on her webpage.
JON HERINGTON and I played music together in high school. Jon now performs with the
likes of Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Phoebe Snow, the Brecker Brothers, Peter Erskine and many
other well-known talents in the music business. You can visit Jon at his website, find out
his schedule, buy his music, and read about his musical happenings.
GARIUS HILL
is a musician/producer living in NYC and has a webpage with info on his music, music
production, multimedia, and his family. He has done much music production for the IMAX
theaters. A consummate music theorist, Garius once toured with Miles Davis as a keyboardist
and is one of the nicest guys you'll ever want to meet.
FREEDANCER has a couple of websites describing
her work, play, and her intentional community, Kyn Hearth, here in Floyd County. You'll
find some informative links to environmental concerns, health and diet, and polyamory.
She is always a wealth of information and inspiration, a true friend and I'm glad she lives
right here in the county.
GARY DATES is
a very talented jazz drummer and recording engineer from the Jersey Shore. I mixed the
tracks of my CD, "Dreamstate" at his recording studio. His website has some technical
information for drummers and links to his band's website, Line Drive. Gary has played music
with members of Acoustic Alchemy and Spyro Gyra as well as many a band and recording session
over the years. A seasoned professional of the highest caliber, Gary's drumming is some of
the best around.
DOROTHY SIKORA
has a music school, teaches jazz piano, singing, hand drumming, leads drum circles,
is a gigging musician and a full time mom. A dynamic woman who keeps very active and a
longtime close friend of mine,she is also a recording artist with a number of releases to
date. Check out her music on one of her webpages. I play guitar on her release entitled
"Opening".
LEN HOROWITZ has a number of websites of which
this one is a good jumping off point. An internationally known investigative researcher
who has spoken before US Congress, Len is leading the way in exposing the hidden agenda
of the political/military/business coalition that now dominates the world. Len and I
are part of a group cocreating a free university on the big island of Hawaii.
DAVID PEEL
also has an extensive homepage with quite a list of music-related products
he sells. I've helped David in the recent past with an ongoing music project.
He came down to visit from NYC a while ago and performed at the Pine Tavern
in Floyd. David hung out with John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and others and is what
I call the quintessential street musician. He is often on the Howard Stern
radio show and he has appeared in both of Howard's movies.
DAVE BINNEY
and I played music up in NYC for a while with Amy Coleman's band. A very fine musician
and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to perform music with him. He's an incredible
sax player. Dave also is a member of Lost Tribe, a band that's hit Billboard's jazz
charts. He's got a webpage on his music and CD's worth checking into.
JOYCE SPADORO is a
jazz pianist/vocalist living on the Jersey Shore and performs as a solo artist
in various venues there. She has a wonderful CD of her original songs, including
two of my favorites, "Backstreet Love" and "Quantum Heart". Her music publishing
is called "Joyous Choice" and she has a website where you can find out info on her
upcoming performances, her new CD, and how to get a booking or receive music lessons.
BOB FIMIANI has a business in Santa Monica,CA called
Camelot Communicators that helps
businesses and individuals enhance their communication skills, along with his partner,
Bobbi. Bob is also a longtime professional actor who has appeared in numerous television
shows, movies, and onstage drama. He also happens to be my cousin and lived in my family's
house when I was growing up and he was attending college.
A
friend of mine who lives on the west coast is a life purpose coach and has a website
devoted to her work and writings. I constructed this website for Amara before the further
revisions now mentioned on her page. Here you can find some wonderful and inspiring
stories, resources on the web and a whole lot more. You can subscribe to her free online
newsletter. Amara is also an eloquent speaker and is available as a sacred ritual
facilitator. AMARA ROSE can help you to "Live
Your Light".
Originally from Cincinnati,
MARK KENWORTHY, is a solo keyboardist performing his inspiring celestial music
at new age conferences and many other venues. He has tapes and CD's available and a
website to find out more. Mark has recently moved to Floyd County here in VA and has a
nice homestead at the southeast corner of the county in Willis.
DAWN SHINER is a friend
living in beautiful Floyd County, VA. She plays keyboards and we have played music together
at Floyd's weekly music circle and her two boys and my son are good friends who also play
music together. Dawn has a website devoted to the principles of permaculture design.
Go and find out what you need to know about sustainable agriculture at this delightfully
informative website.
I see my good friends,
AMETHYST and
DORIAN at the Rainbow Gathering
each summer. Dorian works as an astronomer and Amethyst has a successful massage practice
but they're rainbow gypsies at heart. They don't fool me. Dorian has some wonderful pictures
from a lot of the previous gatherings you might want to check out.
A Rainbow brother friend of mine has his webpage dedicated to his poetry. There's
also a lot more including alternative technology and spirituality. Don't miss his
description of the temple he wants to build using electrical current run through
sea water to attract limestone onto a gold filament. Go visit
THE BARD and get a
taste of his unique vision.
ALOMA CAMPANA is a friend of mine on
the big island of Hawaii who does performance art, music, and is an avid
fruitarian. I recently helped her get her presence on the web and designed her
new webpage. She has a wonderful essay she calls the rad raw rant. Thoughts on
fruitarianism - breath, mantra and magik, survival and surrender, spiritual fun,
sacred sensuality, rainbowlution, ritual, and taohumorosofy...Alomisticomical
concerns!
A guy I used to be in a few bands with years ago, including The Shots and Acme
Boogie Company, has a great website devoted to his music and recordings and is
actively performing at many clubs on the Jersey Shore. Go visit
SAM COOPER
and tell him I sent you. His new band is called "Hey Betty" and includes Frank
Ravaschiere and Mike Folkenflik, two longtime and very good friends of mine.
CAROL CASSIS
lives in Roanoke, Virginia and is a musician friend of mine. She often performs
for church services and blues bands. Carol has a webpage devoted to Saint Cecilia,
patron saint of musicians. You can become a member of the St. Cecilia society
and she'll send you a medallion and certificate.
B. RAD PERCUSSION
is a company started by my friend, Brad Miller. He has a patent on a
foot-operated variable pitch drum and currently makes each drum by hand. He's
sold them to a number of well-known drummers including both Micky Hart and
Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead, and Pat Mastellotto of King Crimson. He
and I have worked on a few band projects on and off in past years.
TONY CIMOROSI
is a friend of mine who has a webpage on his music. He plays a six string bass and
his music is jazz and latin influenced. On his solo album, "NY International", you'll
hear Randy Brecker, Michael Urbaniak, James Beard, Olatunji and other well known jazz
musicians accompany Tony on his superb compositions. A gem of a CD, I play it often.
A friend of mine who lives nearby here in Floyd County,
ANGA MILLER, has a
clothing company called
Winter Sun that employs many people from a small village in Ecuador called
Otovalo. You can find some beautiful clothing designs here and a company devoted
to helping its employees be successful. Anga also has a wholesale outlet here in
the town of Floyd. Her husband, Pepe Aranda, is a fine musician and has a band
called SOLAZO. They play here when they're
in town.
PILAR SANCHEZ, a friend of mine
from Spain who lived for a while here in Floyd County, has a website devoted to
dance, including flamenco, archetypal, modern and belly dancing. While she was
living here, she used to teach dance classes at the Mountain Rose Dance
Center in the town of Floyd, as well as the community I was living in at the time.
Her dance school is called Puella Lunaris�
Danza Mediterr�nea� School. Check out the innovative expressions of this fine
dance instructor.
STARROOT
is a visionary artist with a very fine homepage. There's also some music,
some of which I helped produce in my studio and some of which I played on.
Starroot is a "Mayan daykeeper", and has an extensive knowledge of the
"Dreamspell" calendrics. She has given workshops on this and also does Mayan
oracle readings.
JUNIPER, owns two shops;
one in Blacksburg, and one in Roanoke, Virginia. They're called "Seeds of Light"
and besides selling beads and beading supplies, she sells jewelry,
musical instruments, imported clothing, CD's and tapes, original arts and
crafts, stained glass, candles, incense, gems and minerals, books, greeting
cards, and many more gift items too numerous to list here. Check out the
"Seeds of Light" webpage.
A fine artist and healing arts practitioner,
LAURELSONG has been painting
for over twenty years and supporting herself through her artwork. She likes to
paint animal and nature scenes and has a website I designed for her with some of her
artwork. Laurel does Cranio-Sacral rhythms, Reiki healing, and with a knowledge of
general chiropractic, uses her healing touch to help others.
LISA MARIE has a band called Lisa Marie and the Rip Chords and they
perform on a regular basis in clubs around Massachusetts. She describes her band as
a danceable blend of blues, rock, funk and swing - spiced with a dash of jazz, a
drop of country sweetness, a whole lotta soul and a truckload of energy to spare!
You can check out their performing schedule on their website.
