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caroline

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About Me

I'm a writerI'm from London.I've written stories for LA Weekly, Swindle Magazine, URB, Angeleno, BPM, The Whole Life Times, Women's Health, Frontiers, Los Angeles magazine, the LA Times, The Book LA...I'm Style Editor for Metromix.com. http://losangeles.metromix.commy website...www.carolineryder.com

My Interests

my interests change from day to day

Music:

Yoko Ono, YYYs, John Lennon, Sonic Youth, Def Leppard is my guilty pleasure. Currently listening to Mountain Party, RTX, and Eric Layer.

Movies:

Withnail and I, Over the Edge, Henry and June, Pink Flamingos, My Own Private Idaho, The Deerhunter, Drugstore Cowboy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Streetcar Named Desire, Adaptation, A Bout de Souffle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Dune, Spinal Tap, City of God, Betty Blue

Books:

Oscar Wilde, JT Leroy, Anais Nin, Brett Easton Ellis, Khalil Gibran, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, Dennis Cooper, the girls and boys in my writing group.

Heroes:

Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Frida Kahlo...why are all my heroes dead crazy people?

My Blog

Jeremy Scott Cover Story

In BPM mag - coming out next month. This is the raw version.   Jeremy Scott  The i-D And the Ego..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> By Caroline Ryder  ...
Posted by caroline on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:52:00 PST

My Summer Soup Made from Old Broccolli and Wrinkly Pears

I just made up this recipe after realizing i had loads of old fruits and vegetables Take a whole broccolli head and chop up, not too small. include the stalks. Chop up two heads of celery into bits a...
Posted by caroline on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

I Just Wrote This - about John Sinclair, MC-5 manager, White Panther founder

For BPM mag   John Sinclair..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> By Caroline Ryder   "When I realized there wasn't going to be a revolution I said to myse...
Posted by caroline on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

I am Style Editor At Large for Metromix

Metromix is a new website being launched by the LA Times/Tribune for 21-29 year olds...being that I am very immature for my age (30 going on 23), they gave me the job of Style Editor At Large for the ...
Posted by caroline on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:19:00 PST

Interviewing John Sinclair, manager of the MC5 today

John Sinclair, founder of the White Panther party, manager of the MC5, is meeting me today for coffee and a chat at a cafe on Motor and Venice...I'm excited...the story is for BPM magazine...
Posted by caroline on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:41:00 PST

LA Times, LA Mag, Daniela Sea

Still wondering if I will ever be let in to Smashbox again after the LA Times piece I wrote about fashion week a couple weeks back. Also I am currently working on a streetwear fashion piece for LA mag...
Posted by caroline on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:05:00 PST

Natalia Fabia is Painting Me Next Week

Natalia Fabia is a wonderful artist. I met her at the Kibbitz Room a while back, she is friends with Gary Baseman who introduced us. I will be sitting for her next week, she is creating new piece...
Posted by caroline on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:40:00 PST

Pam from The Office, Eco-Fashion, Lily Allen

I interviewed Jenna Fisher who plays Pam in The Office today for a Women's Health Q&A. She was awesome..she looks super young...we swapped notes on what it feels like to look younger than your yea...
Posted by caroline on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:34:00 PST

I'm interviewing Dolph Lundgren on Monday

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Posted by caroline on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:21:00 PST