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Dana

Lucky Monkey...Lucky Me!

About Me

I've had a pretty wild life - from playing in rock bands since I was 15 to living in a shack in Jamaica herding goats - it's been an awesome adventure! Currently, I live in Detroit and I own an award winning tattoo shop called Lucky Monkey Tattoo Parlour in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I also play bass in two awesome rock bands 60 SECOND CRUSH and CRUD! I co-own AURAL PLEASURE MUSIC - with my cool biz partner Erica Lewis - it's our music promotions/events/PR/and management company based in Detroit and HOLLYWOOD and now also ON THE ROCKS DETROIT with hot ad agency wonder gal Kathy Vargo!!!! myspace.com/luckymonkeytattoo

My Interests

Music, tattoos, travel, nature, art, tiki's, the Caribbean, sushi, meeting cool new fun creative people...

I'd like to meet:

Cool, creative people from around the world who love art, rock music and tattoos!

Music:

Queens of the Stone Age, Throw Rag, Collide, Iggy Pop, The Kills, The Stooges, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Danko Jones, The Paybacks, Eagles of Death Metal, Velvet Revolver, The Verve, PJ Harvey, David Bowie, Tool, VAST, A Perfect Circle, The Black Keys, Flogging Molly,The Cult, Dopesnake, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, Snake River Conspiracy, 60 Second Crush, X, Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Motor Dolls, Marilyn Manson, The Distillers, Crud, Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy, Johnny Cash, Hank III, Grand Nationals, The Doors, Lords of Acid, Praga Kahn, Pigface, Pig, Social Distortion, Lupine Howl, Spiritualized, Curve, Patti Smith, MC5, Speedball, The Fags, Skeemin' Nogoods, The Hard Lessons, The Sirens, Gore Gore Girls, The Avatars, Paradime, The Dirty Americans, Broadzilla, The Posies, R.L. Burnside, Soundgarden, Elastica, NY Loose, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth, Jeff Buckley, Chris Isaak, Jack Johnson, Chocolate Watchband, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Aretha Franklin, Coyote Shivers, Teddy Richards, The Ruiners, The Cramps, Cold, Motorhead, Betty Blowtorch, Howling Diablos, Calexico, Crank County Dare Devils and many, many more...

Movies:

Iron Man, Sin City, Shaun of The Dead, Wolfcreek, Apocolytpta, Napolean Dynamite, Fight Club, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Mars Attacks, Independence Day, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill I and II, Pirates of The Caribbean, Ed Wood, The Piano, Sid and Nancy, Dracula, Death to Smoochy :), The Doors, True Romance, any Hitchcock flick, Run Lola Run, Clay Pigeons, Romeo is Bleeding, Sleepy Hollow, The Fall

Television:

The Simpsons, Weeds, Dexter, Miami Ink, LA INK, Heros, VH1's Best Week Ever, Medium (even though I make fun of it!), E's The Soup, reruns of Sex in the City. Chappelle Show, Xfiles and Seinfield!

Books:

"Geek Love", "Catch A Fire," "Thirteen Tattoos," "Freak Like Me," "Stripped," "Papillion," "Diary of an Emotional Idiot, "Johnny Cash Biography," "Middlesex," "Shag Party," "Grandmother Moon, " "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and Dean Koontz's huge catalog of thrillers!

Heroes:

My mom and anyone who has the courage to pursue their dreams with integrity and passion.

My Blog

60 Second Crush and Crud WIN at Detroit Music Awards!

I'm so stoked - both my bands 60 Second Crush and CRUD won at last night's Detroit Music Awards: Best Hard Rock Band and Best Industrial Band!Props to all the great bands in both those categories too ...
Posted by Dana on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:31:00 PST

Best of The Blow Out!

My band 60 Second Crush got major ROCK PROPS from Detroit Rock Review for our BLOW OUT show - check it out here - and thanks to all you who made it a HELLACIOUS night of fun! xoxo Danahttp://detroitr...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:14:00 PST

60 Second Crush on MTV ROAD RULES + Fox 2 News Video

Songs from our new CD Street Corner of Fear will be featured on MTV's Road Rules TONIGHT at 10:30 pm!andCheck out the video from our show at the Metro Times Blow Out that aired on Fox 2 News!http://ww...
Posted by Dana on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:18:00 PST

Me in Bassgirls.com

Here's the link...all my bass secrets ;) revealed!http://www.bassgirls.com/bass_forresterdana.htm
Posted by Dana on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:20:00 PST

Honky Tonk Lemonade = YUM!

I just got back from Nashville with my band 60 Second Crush - and my new favorite drink is a Honky Tonk Lemonade (made famous at LEGENDS in Nashville!) - give it a try or better yet buy me one at the ...
Posted by Dana on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:50:00 PST

Why I didn't Buy a CBGB's shirt at CBGB's

Okay so my band 60 Second Crush just rawked CBGB's for the MEANY Fest in NYC...It was a blast..but I couldn't bring myself to buy a CBGB's shirt (sorry pals) because you can get the SAME shirt at HOT ...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:56:00 PST

Naughty Me

Apparently my name Dana means NAUGHTY in Gaelic. Thanks to my pal famed Irish illustrator Fran Kennedy for the Info: The first a has a fada over it, Dána: definition: Naughty : adj (chil...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:52:00 PST

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

WORKED as a PA for MTV's "Making the Band," Fox's "Nanny 911" and CMT's "The Visitors" during Detroit shoots. SWATTED flys off the bologna for the CMT shoot in Yale, Michigan..it was the BOLOGNA FE...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 06:47:00 PST

24 hours in New Orleans

This is from 10/28/04: Was suckerpunched in the face on Bourbon Street. Made out with a stripper - and FELL off my chair! Went to a real voodou temple and bought "supplies." Picked up a t...
Posted by Dana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

24 hours in Detroit...

In 24 hours: I rocked up front to The Dirty Americans (killa band on Roadrunner!) Said hello to Paradime (from Kid Rock's band) and Ron Asheton (the Stooges) at same show. Almost got attacked...
Posted by Dana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST