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Grant Bailie

I am here for Friends

About Me

I write. This for instance: Mortarville

My Interests

Literature, Art, Music, some snack foods.

I'd like to meet:

And people who will purchase MortarvilleAnd other people too.

Music:

Billie Bragg,East River Pipe Teenage Fan Club, Jad Phair, The Chills, The Smiths, Magma, Burt Kaempfert Johnny Mercer, Jonathon Richman, Fountains of Wayne,Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Mathis, Big Star, Cake, Brian Wilson, Ben Kweller, Magnetic Fields,Sparkle Horse, Townes Van Zandt, Harry Nilsson Hoagy Carmichael, The Ramones, Flaming Lips, The Undertones, Tenpole Tudor, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Apples in Stereo, Muddy Waters, Paganini, John Prine, Hefner, T-Model Ford, Half Japanese, Nanci Griffith...etc. etc. etc.

Movies:

Written on the Wind, Magnificent Obsession, Bringing Up Baby,Holiday, Meet Me in St. Louis, La Dolce Vita,Gun Crazy,Nightmare Alley,Laura, Audition, Comic Magazine, Dead or Alive II, Rear Window, Vertigo, Marnie, The Searchers, Bandwagon, Big Trouble in Little China, Kung Fu Hustle, etc

Television:

The Simpsons, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Angel, Iron Chef, Top Chef, Project Runway,The Soup, Get Smart, Get A Life, SCTV, Little House on the Prairie, The Prisoner.

Books:

Pale Fire, The Subteraneans, Day of the Locust, Lolita, Ada, Miss Lonely Hearts, Ask the Dust, Breakfast of Champions, The Great Gatsby, CosmicComics, Red Harvest, The Glass Key, Portnoy's Complaint, The Great American Novel, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, The Post Office, The Subterraneans ,Trout Fishing in America, Revenge of the Lawn, The Elephant Vanishes, Where I'm Calling From, Appasionatta, Winesburg, Ohio, Wise Blood, Famous Fathers.

Heroes:

Anton Chekov, Jane Goodall.

My Blog

Book Tour--Coming soon to a town near you!

Depending on your definition of the word "soon". And whether or not you live near one of these towns... Cleveland--Mac's Backs, on Saturday, February 2nd at 5:00PM. Chicago--The Book Cellar Friday, F...
Posted by Grant Bailie on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:25:00 PST