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Varjak

Close your eyes listen closely........" -Björk

About Me

Music Pusher & Pimp / Fine purveyor of music through the use of turntables and other electronic equipment.

My Interests

Music, DJing, Pimping Music to the People, Film/Cinematography, Photography, Art, Books, Cultivating an enormous collection of music and film, Porn, the Fine Art of Masturbation, the Fine Art of Sex, Women in Baseball Hats, Women playing music, Women who know more about music than me, Tan Lines, Factory Records, the Red Sox, Araki, Women that know there were four Marx Brothers...well five really, NY Times Crosswords and Maureen Dowd OPED's, Hanging With Friends, Drinking to Much Coffee, Never hiding my age and basically never acting my age because as we know age is a state of mind, and Björk performing Hunter on Later with Jools Holand always makes me smile and flustered.

I'd like to meet:

Björk, I've been lucky enough to talk to her on the phone but have never shared a cup of coffee with my muse.
This Weeks Top Artists:

Music:

Björk/Sugarcubes/Kukl/etc.,
Hafler Trio, Pan sonic, Coh, Thomas Koner, Monos, Colin Potter, Nurse With Wound, Mirror/Ora, Christoph Heemann, Andrew Chalk, Asmus Tietchens, BJ Nilsen/Hazard, Tod Dockstader, Bernard Parmegiani, Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varese, David Tudor, Gyorgy Ligeti, Mitchell Akiyama, Philip Samartzis, irr.app.(ext), Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Stilluppsteypa, Purrkur Pillnikk, Richard Chartier, Bernhard Gunter, Thomas Brinkman, Alva Noto, Ryoji Ikeda, Monolake/Robert Henke, John Duncan, Conrad Schnitzler, Kluster/Cluster, Rafael Toral, Beequeen, Tetsu Inoue, Johann Johannsson, Tim Hecker, MEV, Ralph Wehowsky, Double Leopards, Hive Mind, Sonic Youth, Wilco/Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt, Old 97's, Yo La Tengo, Miles Davis, John Zorn, William Basinski, Deathprod, Afghan Whigs, XTC, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division/New Order, The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Godspeed You...(and related), Mogwai, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Low, Brian Eno, House Of Love, AFX/Aphex Twin/etc, Philip Glass, Plastikman (Richie Hawtin), Kooky Scientist, Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Biosphere, Peter Namlook, Bill Laswell, John Fahey, Sandy Bull, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Stereolab, the Verve, Pulp, Ride, Cocteau Twins, Shannon Leynn Gallant, Presley, Varjak(;-p), ........... I could go on and on.

Movies:

Ghost World, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Broadway Danny Rose, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Gaslight, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, The Apartment, Animal Crackers, Casablanca, Queen Christina, Ninotchka, Wings of Desire, Paris Texas, Stranger Than Paradise, Baraka, Leon(the Professional), Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, My Man Godfrey, The Muse, Don't Bother to Knock, Maltese Falcon, Purple Rain, Kissing Jessica Stein, When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, All the Presidents Men, Diary Of A Lost Girl, Pandoras Box, THX 1138, For All Mankind .......etc.etc.etc. To see the complete list of my DVD's Click Here yeah I know nobody should own that many.

Television:

Gilmore Girls (sadly it's going down hill big time), Red Sox Baseball, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Nova, Frontline,TLC and the Discovery Channel What most people would call bad sitcoms I call comfort TV

Books:

I have a preference for Loads of Art and Photography books. Escpecialy the ones with the naked people in them doing weird things. Pretty much anything published by Taschen. Loads of music and film bios.
And for the ones with words and not naked people McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and Dave Eggers/ Nick Hornby (duh)/ David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and all the other wacky This American Life folks/ Banana Yoshimoto/ Pablo Neruda/ Alexander Pope/ Big ups to My Man Will Shakespeare.

Heroes:

uhm Björk ya' think? and Maureen Dowd

My Blog

Digging LP's off my shelf.

The Damned: the Black AlbumThis one is all over the place but once you get to side 3 and the sidelong "Curtain Call' you know it was worth the journey.The Thompson Twins: Quick Step And Side KickOk so...
Posted by Varjak on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST

another lonely saturday night

Beer ++Smoke+=escaping my sadness....
Posted by Varjak on Sun, 27 May 2007 07:56:00 PST

Eloisa to Abelard / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eloisa to Abelard -Alexander PopeIn these deep solitudes and awful cells,Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells,And ever-musing melancholy reigns;What means this tumult in a vestal's veins?Why ro...
Posted by Varjak on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:34:00 PST

Sometimes Life Sucks and their isnt a damn thing you can do.

Last Saturday I decided I needed to finally get my car inspected as my sticker runs out the end of April. Since I work during the week the only time I can do it is on a Saturday and I had been putting...
Posted by Varjak on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:04:00 PST

Björk- Earth Intruders Live on SNL (video)

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Posted by Varjak on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:20:00 PST

BJÖRK: Earth Intruders (Varjak review)

BJÖRK: Earth IntrudersHer first single in a while sees Björk making a serious run for an unconventional pop hit. With Timbaland providing the beats and co Production duties. African band Konono No1 be...
Posted by Varjak on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

Björk-Volta tour dates

U.S. tour dates:May 02 - New York - Radio City Music HallMay 05 - New York - United Palace TheaterMay 08 - New York - Apollo TheaterMay 12 - Chicago - Auditorium TheatreMay 15 - Denver - Red Rocks Amp...
Posted by Varjak on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:51:00 PST

What happened to John Ferminger?

John Ferminger
Posted by Varjak on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:54:00 PST

"It's Oh So Quite" now. RIP Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton, Film Star of '40s and '50s, Dies at 86 It's Oh So Quiet - Directed by Spike Jonze (1995)This video won a MTV Video Award for best choreography. It is a cover of a song ...
Posted by Varjak on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:20:00 PST

Bjork talks Volta

Bjork talks Volta...
Posted by Varjak on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST