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Lori

Follow your bliss

About Me

I recently moved from the coast to the desert in the search of something a little more real and found more than I expected. I miss the ocean but I am learning to appreciate the sometime subtle and often overwhelming beauty of the desert contrasted with the Sierras. Native to California I was raised in the Bay Area and received my degree at UCSB. After graduation I become another twentysomething trying to figure out how to do it better thant the last generation. I am lucky enough to be working for a growing multi media company and independent record label Oniracom. It has allowed me to work and travel with such bands and musicians as Jack Johnson, GLove & Special Sauce, Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO), Matt Costa, Violent Femmes, Donavon Frankenreiter, John Cruz and many up and coming artists such as Matthew McAvene Support independent music and check out Oniracom for our new compilation, sponsered by Simple Shoes, "Solutions for Dreamers, Season 1"
Oniracom Compilation Link

My Interests

"Gimme the beat boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away"

Music (of course!) especially live, movies, kayaking, "every girl goes through a photography phase", violin, mosaics, crocheting, vegetarian cooking, traveling, "stealing" wireless internet from my neighbor, everything sounds better on vinyl, geocaching, smoking in the back of the bus, margaritas, ocean, animals, camping, hiking, swimming, driving late at night, singing in the car, bowling, hot springs, geology, dancing at alo shows, crunchy tacos , burritos, spicy food, curry puffs, sandals (i hate shoes), organic food, meeting new people (although I am shy), brownies, hemp, cuddling with my tabby, High Sierra Animal Rescue

"work like you dont need the money, love like youve never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching!"

"I don't take good pictures cuz I have the kind of beauty that moves"

I'd like to meet:

creative individuals, artists, musicians, music lovers, independent spirits. We are always searching for unique artists and musicians. Check out our website www.oniracom.com and if you like what you see hit me up. We might have a place for your art or music on our online store.

Music:

In current rotation: Of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Andrew Bird, Eligh, Built to Spill, Cake, MF Doom, The Decemberists, Air, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Beulah, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Ozomatli, Ben Folds, Wilco, Theivery Corporation, Bela Fleck, The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Tenacious D, Ween, G. Love & Special Sauce, Xavier Rudd, Soul Coughing, Califone, Iron and Wine, Curtis Mayfield ...

Music that never gets old: Metallica, AC/DC, Talking Heads, The Doors, Weezer, Frank Zappa, Phish, Beatles, Oingo Boingo, Primus, They Might Be Giants, Van Morrison, CCR, Willie Nelson, Nirvana

Bands/Musicians I am totally over: Filter, Ben Harper, Offspring, Pearl Jam, The String Cheese Incident...

Renewed Faith in: The Violent Femmes, Nine Inch Nails...

Bands/Musicians you should check out: Matthew McAvene, The Hero & The Victor, Day and Age, Ritmo y Canto, Pete Gare, Nine Mile, Melissa Larkin and Culver City Dub Collection (www.oniracom.com)

Movies:

Movies I've seen more than 10 times: The Big Lebowski, Half Baked, The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Star Wars (original), SLC Punk, Amelie, A Christmas Story, French Kiss

Some other Favs: The Doors, Donnie Darko (The directors cut!), The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rushmore, Stop Making Sense, Bittersweet Motel, Spirited Away, Wallace and Gromit, Spinal Tap, Waking Life, anything Stanley Kubrick, Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, Pixar... I am addicted to french films, but please stick with subtitles, dubbing is just awful and distracting!

Feed your brain and be entertained: The Corporation, Dark Days, The Fog of War, Out Foxed, The Blue Planet, The Elegant Universe, The Truth and Lies of 9/11, IMAX documentaries

A movie that gives me hope in the face of social inequalities: The Fourth World War

Television:

a guilty pleasure I don't indulge in too often. I don't even have cable. Rely on DVD and downloads to get my fix of: 24, Gilmore Girls, The L Word, Northern Exposure, The Daily Show, Simpsons, Southpark, Family Guy, Wonderfalls (should have NEVER been cancelled)

Books:

"Don't judge a book by its movie"

Heroes:

My parents, my baby sis, musicians who play for the love of it, my co-volunteers at High Sierra Animal Rescue

My Blog

Engaged!!!

Now I get to be pretentious and use the word "fiance" whenever I talk about my boyfriend. We are really excited and looking forward to fall 2007 wedding :)
Posted by Lori on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:59:00 PST

I give in

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:LoriBirthday:St. Patties DayBirthplace:CaliforniaCurrent Location:NevadaEye Color:Brown Eyed GirlHair Color:Whatevers on sale at LongsHeight:Probably shorter th...
Posted by Lori on Fri, 05 May 2006 07:57:00 PST

Kokua Festival 2006

It is that time of year, the third annual Kokua music festival in Hawaii.  If you are going to be there please stop by the merch booth to say hi!  I have been in one place for far ...
Posted by Lori on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:19:00 PST

Just because you are dying to be beautiful...

doesn't mean they have to...   SOME PRODUCTS THAT ARE "NOT" TESTED ON ANIMALS: Almay (Revlon)Arbonne InternationalBare EssentialsBath and Body Works BeautiControl"Beauty Without Cruelty"BIO ESSEN...
Posted by Lori on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:15:00 PST

Oniracom on the road

Check out tour.oniracom.com for behind the scence photos of Jack Johnson 2006 European tour. Also exclusive live GLove & Special Sauce and Matthew Mcavene podcasts. More exlcusive live podcasts to c...
Posted by Lori on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:37:00 PST

"we'll make great pets!"

For those of you myspacers that missed my too early morning bulletin I would like to tell you about a little chihuahua, and other rescued pound puppies, that need a good home. Buck is a chihuahua mix(...
Posted by Lori on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:12:00 PST