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toni

the truth told lies under starry skies, and i've seen a few of them falling.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

lord byron and shelley (during the laudanum years), william s burroughs, my new baby nephew who is far,far away,snow, little red riding hood (she needs a stern talking to), the wolf (ah the lure of the bad boy), francisco goya,augustus boal,john of fife, kandinsky,mabel stark - tiger tamer extraordinare (i don't support animals in circus' but her life was fascinating), anyone who makes me laugh, people who feel the gentle tug of the simple joys of life.Oh and anyone who has or is travelling, let me live vicariously through you,it won't hurt a bit i promise.

Music:

mogwai,tom waits, at the drive in, the go betweens, midlake, the brunettes, sparklehorse,bright eyes, neil young, art of fighting,swervedriver, fleetwood mac, the national, bloon, pavement,spiritualised,paradise motel,the magnetic fields, the pixies, beastie boys,my bloody valentine, sandpit, godspeed you! black emperor, cold war kids, velvet underground,spain,okkerville river, cocteau twins,the smurfs (beer, beer, smurfing beer, you don't get drunk and it isn't dear),boards of canada, tokey tones,augie march, the motels,life without buildings,sigur ros, wilco,broken social scene,sebadoh, nick drake,barry white,guns and roses, postal service,toto (africa - in my top ten), decoder ring,arab strap,patsy cline, gershwin,the smiths,armstrong,badly drawn boy,cowboy junkies,teenage fanclub, howling bells (thanks chris),...

Movies:

santa sangre, jesus of montreal, dirty rotten scoundrels, betty blue, cool hand luke,sommersault, the ice storm, lost in translation, blade runner - the first film i ever saw at the cinema when i was 8, the princess bride, unbearable lightness of being,tess, haunted summer,trust, naked (best film ever)- hate animal films ie The Bear-, spirited away,the killing fields,blood sucking freaks, robin hood (with Errol Flynn),shogun assasin,the colour purple,...

Books:

Anything by Henry Miller, Murakami,Tom Robbins, Kafka, Milan Kundera,venero armano, um, I really do read alot, honest,but I will have to add when I can think of what I've actually read, lame I know. Maybe I should give up on books and get some of those subliminal memory tapes to listen to while I sleep... Bukowski, Irvine Welsh, 1950's etiquette books. I love libraries as opposed to book hoarding, and horror of horrors I am a page-corner-folder, don't ever lend me a book.Brett Easton Ellis books - loved them all even his controversial most recent is it a book is it a biography. will self,anais nin,"moonbeam on a cat's ear" by marie louise gay,george elliot, tim winton - you are a god among men.

Heroes:

he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast and he's gotta be fresh from the fight

My Blog

round 6

i've been feeling a little guilty lately. i have behaved badly towards an old friend and i am ashamed. i let the phone ring out, ignored the insistant knock at the door. and yet, despite my appalling ...
Posted by toni on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:37:00 PST

5

Greetings my treasured blog respondents (blogees?), round 5. Q. what is the worst job you have ever had? I could say that being a parent is the worst job ever, but seeing as it is also the best, it ha...
Posted by toni on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:20:00 PST

round 4

That, folks, is the deafening sound of me clapping and jumping up and down on my polished wooden floor. The blinding light?  My enormous beaming grin. Wonderful, wonderful friends, you have all p...
Posted by toni on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:22:00 PST

round three

Ok. So, straight into round three. Q. at your first proper concert/gig (why do I hate the word gig, it makes me shudder), who did you see? There easy peasy and none to creative. But, seeing as the on...
Posted by toni on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:48:00 PST

truthdare round 2

sshhhhhh.listen very carefully. there, faintly in the back ground behind the birdsong, hear it? a sort of  wet, squelchy, slightly retching sort of sound. that my friends is the sound of you...
Posted by toni on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:59:00 PST

games are fun

lets play a game Category: Writing and Poetry i have been tossing about in ideas for this unused part of my space. finally i have come to a decision. we will use it to play truth or dare. obviou...
Posted by toni on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:42:00 PST