My Fiancee:
School is now gone from my life so I'm enveloped in my independent music studies. My fiancee and myself both play accordion and guitar. She's endeavoring to become an accordion Goddess. My flirtation with the piano has come and gone recently..... and will be back when we return home to record music. Hard to keep up when you're traveling.
Outisde music I work on short films as a DP/ Sound Mixer/ AD/ PA. Basically I'm interested in anything that puts me around other artistic types.
I'd like to meet:
Anyone who is passionate about what they do and appreciates the passion that others have. You know what you want, security isn't a necessity when love is in play, the world is too great to remain angry, and...I guess if your just as sappy and melodramatic as I'm surely coming off right now... START YOUTHINK.COM QUIZ RESULTS --
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Music:
Green Day, The Beatles, Queen, Garbage (Love Shirley Mansons voice)
Regina Spektor, Classical music on NPR radio The Dresden Dolls, as well the White Stripes (I like guitar masturbation).
The Ditty Bops... saw them in San Fransisco w/ Regina Spektor..and they won me over. Devotchka.... see them in concert!, Bob Dylan, David Bowie- Hunky Dory, the individual members of the Beatles, Gershwin, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Vladimir Vissotski, Kimya Dawson
They Might Be Giants, Beck, Bjork, Sonic Death Monkey/ Kathleen Turner Overdrive. Badly Drawn Boy, Fiona Apple, The Strokes, Adam Green, U2- She Wore Lemoooon!
Currently accepting donations to the HELP GINGER AND SHAWN SHARE THEIR MUSIC WITH THE WORLD FUND. With much respect (and even more if you donate), Shawn.The above fund has been set up for many months without any takers. Well, anyways..... just so's ya knows the fund will also contribute to us getting this....
Accordion notes being bent through it is our little dream.
Movies:
My long running favourite has been Midnight Run with Robert Deniro and Charles Grodin. Recently, however, it has been nudged aside by the movie Amelia. I adore the beautiful cinematography and the wonderful acting. I've tried to work up the nerve to listen to the commentary, but I'm afraid it would ruin by many future viewings.
As far as ones that are not quite at the top of the list there is:
My Blue Heaven, The Motorcycle Diarys
Duck Soup (Marx Bros.) Mallrats ( Because it requires no thought when watching)
L.A. Story, Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( For some reason I write better if its playing in the background)
Lilo and Stitch, Squid and the Whale, Me, You, and Everyone We Know, High Fidelity, Eternal Sunshine, Royal Tenenbaums, Lost in Translation, About a Boy, Love Actually, Adam's Apples, Wristcutters (A Love Story), Marx Bros.
Movies, White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights
Current favourite actor: Colin Firth, Actress: trying to think of a new one presently
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Television:
Stopped watching TV a few months ago. The news is always biased (ummm Fox News) and TV has not produced anything other than reality shows as of late.
I have always been a big fan of the writer Joss Whedon. I was one of the many teenage boys totally devoted to his Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Admittedly it was Dawson's Creek with more blood. His best show, Firefly, was cancelled too soon. Fortunately it's been made into a feature film Serenity.
Right now I stick with reading and music
Books:
The works of Nikolai Gogol in general, Diary of a Madman, The Nose, The Overcoat, Dead Souls, and especially How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich. I just wish I was able to read the original Russian text. Currently learning Russian at an extremely slow pace.
The poems of Ezra Pound. :)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (we have the same birthday)
Envy by Yuri Olesha
About a Boy by Nick Hornsby
What is a Jew?
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Collected Works of Isaac Babel
Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
The Hitchhikers Series
Heroes:
Film school has been the focus of my life for the past 5 years. As a result my central hero has been the assistant director Jerry Zeismer. He worked on Apocalypse Now, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, The Way We Were, along with many others. Even if I don't end up in film I will always look up to Jerry Zeismer. He demanded nothing but quality work at a time when work in the film industry was scarce.
Basically my hero is anyone who is willing to risk what they have in the most unlikely of situations. As far as musicians go.....just about all of them. If you've got the guts to go before a group of people no matter how big or small you've got a fan here.
