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red- el roy red

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

daydreams

My Interests

books; eyeglasses; afros; good food; waiting till they beg; video art; road bikes; architecture; memory; paramours; interpersonal relationships in books / in communities/ in streets. the jackie photos; jockstraps; the idea of the ocean. the pleasure of text. photographs. cityscapes. movies vs. films. the sweetness in people. baked goods. pope john paul.

Music:

the nueva cats, etc. think about life. gang of four. codeine. the fat boys. css. j.ruin. j.doroin. do make say think. the lovely feathers. the metal. codeine, robo sapien/ mojave 3, innocence mission/ no funeral/ american anolog set/ office/ pit er pat/ mono/ mahjongg/ mum/ to rococo rot/ slowblow/ smiths/ morrissey/ the faint/ xiu xiu/ magnetic fields/joy division/ low/ marriage/ k./ the coup/ stars/ miss-e./ the plastic +tracy/ the softies/ magnetic fields/ julie d./dead prez/ secret stars/anthony and the johnsons/ final fantasy/ arch. in helsinki: too much to write here

Movies:

rat.catcher or wild side or... me and you and everyone we know; plata quemada(burnt money), miranda july videowork, pauline et paulette, morrissey videos, lillies, ma vie en rose, the red balloon, streetwise, parkerposey everything. stylewars.let's talk about gregg araki or pedro almodovar or bruce la bruce but there's so much more

Television:

david attenborough's a wet dream. simon schama's my fingerblaster.

Books:

authors: jeanette winterson/ eric blank/ dale peck/ lacan/ satre/ proust/ calvino/ roland barthes/ walter benjamin/ pat califia/ helene cixous/ jt leroy/ martin a. douglas/ judith butler/ mack-e friedman/ nan goldin. . .margaret atwood. cunt-ups- dodie bellamy/ anne carson/ michelle tea/ paige mcbee/ luce irigaray/ bell hooks/ wilchins... short history of nearly everything. general: math and science texts. literary criticisms. theory of all kinds.

My Blog

put on a sweater before you leave home

and i am protesting every momentthe typewriter stoppedthe way i could never really tell you what i was thinking and how you could never really look at meand knowi can never believe in the evolution of...
Posted by red- el roy red on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:00 PST

if it’s not us then who

"distance is for lovers." -e.t.c.and spring has finally hit a homerun (but it's not outta the ballpark yet)i txt m.i.a. today say couldn't we live like this foreverour bodies in motion/ our hearts dre...
Posted by red- el roy red on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:55:00 PST

how did i end up at another south philly party?

there's hardly a moment to waiti take the party from the bedroom to the streetsto south philadelphiawhy do i leave the house1. to ride my bike2. views of the city throu...
Posted by red- el roy red on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:10:00 PST

our subtle acts of bravery// why we stay in bed

b/c a body is a weapon hearts break.or is it: hearts don't breakthe division is innatei'm stuck in 93 or 2003 or it doesn't even matterb/c no one knows the secret star quote or even caresfinally phila...
Posted by red- el roy red on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:42:00 PST

is it wrong to miss philly? kind of?

in the middle of nowhere:my favourite places to eat and sidewalks to walk down;the houses i've lived in and loved in and lefti'm in the cafe i went to as a kidin wigs and the way we would hold hands i...
Posted by red- el roy red on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:49:00 PST

how’d i get so gay

as if heartbreak weren't natural i ice cream myself in the house watching the men and women of brittain turn themselvesto martyrs into legends(oh i am a monolith) and on the street i am a smokestacki ...
Posted by red- el roy red on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:24:00 PST

philly vs. chicago vs. berlin

1. the nicest part is the ride home. the sunsets. the cloudscapes. and still as if it weren't enough: we learn to breathe 2. and when you weren't looking i can't help but smile i tell myself that it...
Posted by red- el roy red on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:45:00 PST

what was the definition of jihad again?

what to do about hurt hearts when the problem is yr own and no one else's.(this is gay)1. read a book2. ride a bike3. watch the clouds4. write a blog 5. bake some cupcakes6. dvdtv7. think about life ...
Posted by red- el roy red on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:45:00 PST

philadelphia: hard-on or heartbreak

variations 1 through 3 it's the clouds last night and today that did it. i mean, i could tell you that i love you. but you already know. -------------------------- sometimes, i'm the easiest t...
Posted by red- el roy red on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:27:00 PST

too hot to bake

i miss everyone i've ever lived w/          everyone i've ever seen naked          the first girl i kissed   ...
Posted by red- el roy red on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:42:00 PST