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Amanda

amandared84

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

christian bale. for obvious reasons.

Music:

Arcade Fire. Kings of Leon. Radiohead. Otis Redding. Ani DiFranco. Wolf Parade. Ben E. King. TV On the Radio. Modest Mouse. The Avett Brothers. LCD Soundsystem. Bob Dylan. Camera Obscura. Beirut. Sigur Ros. The Walkmen. Broken Social Scene. Interpol. Bell Orchestre. Amy Winehouse. Feist. Joanna Newsom. Fiona Apple. Patty Griffin. Chris Garneau. Sunset Rubdown. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Amos Lee. Fleetwood Mac. The Black Keys. Doug Stone. Ghostland Observatory. Gillian Welch. John Mayer. Joni Mitchell. The Zutons. The Band. The National. Regina Spektor. Explosions in the Sky. Jack White. The Shins. The Streets. The Strokes. Sondheim. Raul Esparza singing Sondheim. Broadway musical soundtracks. "Regulators" by Warren G. and Nate Dog.

Movies:

Seven. 400 Blows. Half Nelson. American Beauty. Secretary. Bukowski: Born Into This. Jesus Camp. Little Children. A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints. Mystic River. Shawshank Redemption.

Books:

The Count of Monte Cristo. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Life is Elsewhere. Burning in Water Drowning in Flame, The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps. Everything Is Illuminated. Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day.

Heroes:

accordian players.

My Blog

play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit

i read this today on my lunch break. I was eating soup and a banana and drinking Diet Orange Soda. "59 Cents a Pound"I like to prowl ordinary placesand taste the people-from a distance.I don't want t...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:17:00 PST

Oh, Bukowski

"The Singular Self"there are these small cliffsabove the seaand it is night, late night;I have been unable to sleep, and with my car above melike a steel motherI crawl down the cliffs, breaking bits ...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:29:00 PST

Stand By Me

I made an important decision today. Definitely worthy of a blog, in my opinion. It's this: If I ever get married, the first song my husband and I dance to will be "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King. Its one...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:07:00 PST