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rachel bradley

"wanna see these gunboats? i give bare second on the first date"

About Me

dumps like a truck. what. what?post-grad/pre-job... planning future travels and trying to figure out what to do in the meantime.

My Interests

pirates, playing dress up, the 1920's, ej bellocq, frida kahlo, lewis carrol, india, glam rock, party dresses, burlesque, josephine baker, the lollies, rodney austin, the cockettes, haight-ashbury, chocolate, boba, sushi, cowboy boots, rollerskating, rain, photo booths, body paint, saris, tutus, peaches christ and midnight mass, ZOO NIGHT, cooking

Music:

bessie smith, david bowie, janis joplin, bob dylan, avenue d, beck, the dresden dolls, leonard cohen, the specials, lou reed/velvet underground, grateful dead (american beauty and workingman's dead), peaches, seksu roba, jimmy cliff, M.I.A., graceland, diplo podcasts feat. underage indiginous australians, rufus wainwright, billie holiday, robert johnson, pre-war american blues/folk recordings, buddy holly, johnny cash

Movies:

there is this really wonderful documentary called "invisible children" about how a rebel group in uganda has been abducting kids and forcing them to be soldiers -- look it up. also, hedwig and the angry inch, cry baby, hairspray, edward scissorhands, anything bollywood (lagaan, devdas, mangal pandey), my own private idaho, queen margot, all wes anderson (tenembaums, rushmore, and the life aquatic), the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert, amelie, city of lost children, beetlejuice, blue velvet, frida, velvet goldmine, strip-o-rama, ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars, indochine, o brother where art thou, big lebowski, king of hearts

Books:

me talk pretty one day, the poisonwood bible, the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven, weetzie bat + dangerous angels, shes come undone.. oy too many to even name