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raquel

MUSIC IS MY RELIGION SO DANCE WITH ME

About Me

Editor of aquatulle. Any pop culture enthusiasts want to contribute? Punk meets Creem meets Star Hits.. NYC New Wave DJ extraordinaire, writer whose down in the park, and now manager of some brilliant and creative geniuses of all art forms. My 2 New Party Nights --The Pleasure Principle at Manitoba's and The Makeout Session at Fontana's... Find us...../style

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

interesting people who are into good music, unique friends and folks with common interests...

Music:

ULTRAVOXGARY NUMAN .. width="425" height="350" .... TALK TALK DEPECHE MODE, ADAM ANT , GARY NUMAN, KILLING JOKE,.. width="425" height="350" .... DAVID BOWIE, BLONDIEBLONDIE,THE MOTELS, TALK TALK, ULTRAVOX, LADYTRON, THE CARS, JOAN JETT, THE RUNAWAYS, THE FITNESS, BAD RELIGION, THE KILLERS, THE RAMONES, UNDERTONES, SIOUXSIE SIOUX, THE CLASH, THE DAMNED, DEVO, BUZZCOCKS, THE START, BAUHAUS, GOLDFRAPP, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, TUBEWAY ARMY, JIMI HENDRIX, T REX, EARLY POLICE, SQUEEZE, GRACE JONES, CHIC, TALK TALK, RUSH--yes even a new waver can love RUSH, ROXY MUSIC, BRYAN FERRY, BOW WOW WOW, THE DICTATORS, THE DAMNED, RICHARD HELL, KRAFTWERK, THE SUN, MUSE, DEPECHE MODE

Movies:

Auntie Mame Times Square

Sixteen Candles, Say Anything, (ANYTHING CUSACK), Mommie Dearest, Amadeus,Better off Dead,SmithereensThe Hunger, Krush Groove, Breakin', Valley Girl, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Barefoot in the Park, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Dogtown and Z Boys, The Kid Stays in the Picture, After Hours, Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Wild Style, Barefoot in the Park, Body Double, Rear Window, Valley Girl, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Looker

Television:

Square PegsNight Flight, A&E's Biography, VH1 Classic, Game Show Network, Frasier, While You Were Out, Uncle Floyd, American Justice, Match Game, CSI, The West Wing, OLD Hollywood Squares with Paul Lynde, ALL Sid & Marty Krofft classics--Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Lidsville, etc, Solid Gold--yes.. even Solid Gold Pink Lady and Jeff (for a good laugh), Electric Company, ABFAB, Arrested Development, TV Party, Anderson Cooper, Real Time with Bill Maher, what's left of punk rock & DIY in NY--which is anything on public access

Books:

Anything David Sedaris, Augusten Burrows, Judy Blume, Any and all interesting Biographies, Oscar WildeThesaurus, and anything with quotes.

Heroes:

MY MOM, MY DAD, MY BROTHER RUSS-my other half, MY GRAMS, MY UNCLE NICKY WHO HAS BATTLED CEREBRAL PALSY ALL HIS LIFE AND STILL HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ATTITUDE I'VE EVER WITNESSED, MARTHA DAVISDEBBIE HARRY, ANNE BANCROFT TINA TURNER, SUSAN SARANDON, SOPHIA LOREN, CLARA BOW, DAVID BOWIE, GARY NUMAN, AUNTIE MAME, THE RAMONES, THE CLASH, ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS AUTHORITY AND STILL FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST ALL ODDS...

My Blog

MOFO HITS THE BIG SCREEN BABY!

I'm tired... I'm exhasperated....I'm over the moon! It has been a complete roller coaster ride over the past few months but all for the greater cause for Drive. Guy's Choice is now complete and I'm pr...
Posted by raquel on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:42:00 PST

DRIVE'S DOSSIER

WELCOME TO THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF DRIVE'S DOSSIER! Hi Everyone! It has been a very exciting few weeks for everyone on the DRIVE roster! I wanted to get you up to date so that you know all of the in...
Posted by raquel on Sat, 19 May 2007 05:52:00 PST

DON'T FORGET ABOUT MY AIDS WALK FOR GEORGE!!

Friday, March 16, 2007 ..> WALKING FOR GEORGE-AIDS WALK NY In August 2004, I lost one of my most brilliant and creative friends, George Guzman who I worked with at Nickelodeon. I've had a hard ...
Posted by raquel on Sat, 05 May 2007 09:51:00 PST

Mesmerized by Midge...

It is mindblowing to me, that after all of these years, I'm still overwhelmed by Midge Ure and Ultravox. I believe that this re-affirmation began when Randy had a video party and showed a clip of them...
Posted by raquel on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:09:00 PST

Tampa here I come...

So, as you can imagine, launching a brand new company can be overwhelming. To switch up the scenary a bit, my mom and I am going to visit my amazing brother, Russ, who I affectionately call Riff in Ta...
Posted by raquel on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:52:00 PST

FEELING SENTIMENTAL....

Over the past week, I have felt incredibly sentimental for two friends that I have lost in my life. One, is George who I am walking in honor of for the Aids Walk. I am so honored that s...
Posted by raquel on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:57:00 PST

WALKING FOR GEORGE-AIDS WALK NY

In August 2004, I lost one of my most brilliant and creative friends, George Guzman who I worked with at Nickelodeon. I've had a hard time trying to come up with the proper words to express my love fo...
Posted by raquel on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:11:00 PST

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FOR DRIVE

I'm back from LA and what an exciting week it has beenThe Logo Channel launch in LA went along brilliantly with Erasure and Dangerous Muse on the decks! I'm so proud of that event, and I loved working...
Posted by raquel on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:59:00 PST

THE NEW DRIVE WEBSITE!

 I am very excited to announce that the Drive Entertainment Group's website is now up and running! Thanks to the incredible work of Sonia Ortiz, Drive's designer, our web extraordinaire mr. leon ...
Posted by raquel on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:24:00 PST

DISTANCE

 "In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged." "Though we drifted apart in distance I still think of you as being right here. And although we h...
Posted by raquel on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:55:00 PST