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Turtle, Benjamin

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!” - A. Ginsberg

About Me

i got a job, making money for the man, puttin' chicken in the bucket, with the soda pop can, puke green uniform, on my back, i had to set it on fire in a vat of chicken fat. standin' right here with the beer in my hand and my mouth is full of sand and i don't understand, 14 days i been sleepin' in a barn, better get a paycheck, tack it to my arm.

My Interests

theatre, reading Bukowski, Nabakov, Sallinger, Ten. Williams, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Mametmusic, funny people, funny tv, all kinds of movies-- i'm a musician-guitar mostly but i can play a little drums and bass and keyboard. and i am sometimes a playwright. i had a play produced in nyc this summer at the cherry lane theater.

I'd like to meet:

funny smart people.

Music:

zolof the rock and roll destroyer, built to spill, weezer eliot smith, dylan, beatles, springsteen, wilco, kitty kat dirt nap, beck, mary lou lord, that dog, saves the day, promise ring, motion city soundtrack, death cab for cutie, le tigre, bikini kill, zeplin, liz phair, halfway to holland, circa survive, the orion experience, nirvana, mates of state, the postal service.

Movies:

everything Tarantino.I like 80's Horror movies too. I am a huge fan of comedy, so i love jim carey and will ferrel movies. i am not sure how to spell their names though.

Television:

the office, buffy the vampire slayer, south park, nick at nite.

Books:

everything bukowski-my favorite is ham on rye, also-- notes from the underground (nabakov), the inferno (dante), e.e cummings, and mostly i've read a lot of plays- glass menagerie (twilliams), streetcar (twilliams), true west (sshepard)...also, ionesco, eugene o'neil, churchill, chikamatsu, Wedekind, Albee, A Miller....an on and on and on. i like classic greek tragedy like Prometheus Bound and Medea. I also like NOH drama because i like how playing a flute can change everything. i love Catcher in the Rye-sallinger is great. oh, and t.s. elliot, because my life is measured in coffee spoons

Heroes:

no heroes at all.