Friday, June 29, 2007

Surprise! Tony G Farewell Dinner Party

This event took place over at Mekong Restaurant on the corner of 6th Avenue and King St. (This is in downtown Manhattan for all you folks outside of the Promised City)

Anieu (the event organizer) surprised Tony by throwing a Farewell Dinner in his honor.

An entire back room was rented and was packed, packed, packed!

Check out the pics



Highly talented director and producer Nick S., and brilliant genius comedienne Adara Almonte



World's spunkiest dance instructor Melissa (she really is spunky! . . . and she likes taking table cloths and turning them into hats as you can see . . . makes me wonder what happened to my table cloth as I can't find it . . . hmmmmmm)



Sara and friend



Dazzling jazz pianist Andru McCann, Tony, Nick, and amazing fashion designer Heather in the front



John and Andru



Here's looking at you! Philip Akka is one of the most sought after and best flame artists in the world . . . and he also happens to be a great friend and roommate (he is also highly sought after by the ladies)



Anieu (the organizer), James, and his nephew



Melissa (again), and Marcus!



Marjan and Tony

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Gina Mauro Art Show @ Doron Braunshtein Gallery

On June 28th at Doron Braunshtein Gallery @ Apollo Braun Boutique in New York City's Lower East Side artist Gina Mauro presented her artwork.

This is the artist that so far out of all the previous artists, has works of art that really resonate with who I am and my personality.



Here are some pics from this VERY well attended and wonderful event.








From left to right

Ann, Doron Braunshtein, and Gina Mauro










This event was sooooo well attended that attendance spilled over to the store exterior.

79th Street Boat Basin Pics











All Photographs © 2007 Antonio Goicochea All rights reserved

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Books I've Read Throughout my Life

Because I'm sure people would love to know
(a)=abridged audio book
(ua)=unabridged audio book
(p)=partially read
(f)=photoread
(f+r)=photoread plus read straight through
An Inclusive List:
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Where The Wild Things Are

The Berenstein Bear's Books (various)
Dr. Seuss Books (various)

The Holy Bible (p)
Jesus Before Christianity
The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form
The Demonologist
Padre Pio (p)

A Guide To The Bodhisattva Way of Life (p)

General Custer's Last Stand

The Art of The Deal
Think Like A Billionaire
Trump: How To Get Rich
Trump 101 (p)
Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success
Why We Want you to be Rich
Midas Touch:  Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't
Think and Grow Rich
How To Win Friends and Influence People
Never Eat Alone
Who's Got Your Back?

The Education Of A Speculator (by Victor Niederhoffer)
When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management (Unabridged Audio Book)
Confessions of An Economic Hitman (Unabridged Audio Book)
The Warren Buffett Way (Unabridged audio)
Jim Cramer's Real Money (Abridged audio)
Learn to Earn (Abridged audio)


The Dollar Crisis (p)
End The Fed
Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver
Gold: The Once and Future Money (p)
The Housing Boom and Bust (By Thomas Sowell)
In Defense of Global Capitalism
Macroeconomics (textbook by Hubbard and O'Brien updated 2nd edition)
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History (p)

Freakonomics (a)

The New Business Road Test (p)
Zero To One Million
Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Cashflow Quadrant
Conspiracy of The Rich (p)
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing
Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ
The ABC's of Real Estate Investing
Own Your Own Corporation
Who Took My Money?

Managing Customer Relationships (By Peppers and Rogers)

Sales Dogs
No B.S. Sales Success (p)
No B.S. Sales Success In The New Economy
No B.S. Direct Marketing (p)
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs
No B.S. Wealth Attraction for Entrepreneurs
No B.S. Wealth Attraction in The New Economy
The Ultimates Letter (p)
The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies (ua)

There's A Customer Born Every Minute
Buying Trances
Hypnotic Writing (f)

Persuasion Engineering
Influence (p)

The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature of Mass Movements (p)

Combating Cult Mind Control

The Prince
The 48 Laws of Power (p)
Seduction (p)
The 50th Law (p)

Bailout Riches

How To Be CEO
Going Places

A Whole New Mind

Letting Go Of Shame: Understanding How Shame Affects Your Life

Why you're Sick Dumb and Broke
It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault

The Hypnotic Patterns of Milton Erickson Vol 1, and 2
The Structure of Magic Vol 1 and 2
Frogs Into Princes
Using Your Brain For A Change
Trance-formations
Reframing
The Adventures of Anybody
Magic In Action (p)
Training Trances: Multi-Level Communication In Training and Therapy
Turtles All The Way Down
Gestalt

Thresholds of the Mind

Power vs. Force (by David Hawkins)
The Power of Positive Thinking
The Attractor Factor
The Missing Secret (Abridged Audio Book)
The Power of Intention
The Success Principles (p)
Inspiration
Unlimited Power
The 4 Agreements
The Active Side of Infinity
It Works
Silent Power
Getting In The Gap
Zero Limits

In The Blink of an Eye (By Walter Murch)

Music Supervision
All You Need To Know About The Music Business
This Business of Artist Management
Copyright Law (p)
The Rise and Fall of Popular Music (p)
The Physics of Sound (p)

Mixing With Your Mind
Mastering Audio: The Art and The Science (p)
The Mastering Engineer's Handbook (p)
5.1 Surround Sound: Up and Running (p)
Spatial Audio (p)

The Tao Of Health, Sex, and Longevity (p)

Depression-Free, Naturally (p) (Great book)

The Student Success Manifesto

Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Jurassic Park
Death of A Salesman
All My Sons
The Sun Also Rises
A Farewell to Arms
A Catcher In The Rye
Homer's The Iliad
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe)
Enders Game
The Giver
Angels and Demons
The Davinci Code
Deception Point
Naked Lunch
A Raisin In The Sun
The Celestine Prophecy
The Testament
Omerta (By Mario Puzo)
Atlas Shrugged
The Schopenhauer Cure (p)
America My Whore (p)

The Hiram Key
Holy Blood Holy Grail (p)

Black Boy (p)
Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur (p)
Losing My Virginity (by Richard Branson)
Screw It Let's Do It (by Richard Branson)
Call Me Ted (Unabridged Audio Book) (As read by Ted Turner himself!)
Get In The Van
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Lennon
Room Full of Mirrors
Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story
The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
No One Here Get's Out Alive
How To Make Love Like A Porn Star
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (p)
Steve Jobs
The Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to Dragons' Den (a)
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity (a)

The No Spin Zone
Who's Looking Out For You
The O'Reilly Factor
Culture Warrior (a)
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity (a)

Arguing With Idiots (p)
Democrats in The Red Zone (p)
How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must) (p)

The Game (by Neil Strauss)

Emergency (by Neil Strauss)

Comedy Writing Secrets
Rock This

Buzzed
The Addictive Personality
The Selfish Brain (p)

Inside the Criminal Mind
Mind Hunter
The Criminal Personality Volume 1: A Profile For Change (p)