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dave

24 hours from Tulsa

About Me

when i was 5 years old, i had a major crush on debbie harry. i like music and art and have an appreciation for beauty in many different things. i'm curious by nature. i'm an expert hugger. hula dancing is totally under rated.

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My Interests

music/ noise, vintage VWs, records, ice cream, art, fashion, photography, my instamatic camera, pixel-vision, candlelight, reel to reel tape machines, teisco, mosrite, tube amps, analog, lo-fi, vintage things, antiquity, kissing, beauty.

I'd like to meet:

a mouse named jerold, an effervescent elephant, isabella rosalini, the late syd barrett (well, before he passed away of course), don van vliet (before he passes away), kate bush, brian wilson. positive people who are trustworthy, have integrity, are intelligent, spontaneous and have a good head on their shoulders.

Music:

air, ladytron, goldfrapp, sergio mendes & the brazil '66, klaus nomi, burt bacharach, the sparks, roxy music/ brian eno, syd barrett, echo and the bunnymen, throbbing gristle, the popinjays, darling buds, abba, beach boys (brian wilson era), siouxsie & the banshees, the smiths, my bloody valentine, cocteau twins, the sugarcubes, kate bush, esquivel, nancy sinatra, captain beefheart & the magic band, tears for fears, astrud gilberto/ antonio jobim, nouvelle vague, the carpenters, 60's pop, leonard cohen, 60's era neil diamond

Movies:

Barbarella Queen of the Galaxy, the Black Hole (another Disney film about going to hell, no kidding), Saddest Music in the World, Logan's Run, The Time Machine (the original George Pal production, not that lame ass remake), Romy and Michelle (because it's about me and Bill), Liquid Sky, the Reflecting Skin, the Nomi Song (although it makes me really sad), Napoleon Dynamite, New York Doll, satyrical commedies, and mockumentaries (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Spinal Tap, etc).

Television:

yeah, they're a good band.
now if you're talking about teevee shows, i'm fanatic about Lost and the OC (hey, everyone's got a guilty pleasure).

Books:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Little Golden Books, Blythe, Oysterboy and Other Stories. yes, i'm quite the literature buff...

Heroes:

David Bowie? at least he could be...
no, but really, my heroes are Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Jobim

My Blog

nacked, wicked, but all in all, ace!

last moments in london. what a beautiful and crazy place... but it's not really my home, and i know this. it's a wonderland like ice cream, cake, and candy. sweet but if you had it everyday, you might...
Posted by dave on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:41:00 PST

here in london

i'm always reminded when i come to london, how small san francisco is in more ways than one. it refreshes that broader perspective that often fades away slowly in the mundane cycle...
Posted by dave on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:58:00 PST

sabbatical

what a strange world this is... a dose of pure freedom, sweet and strangely unfamiliar. how would you live your life ideally if you were financially independent? what would you do? would you do everyt...
Posted by dave on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:50:00 PST

waterfall

lyrics from waterfall by astral:   see all the colours... flushed like a velvet bloomer now. laughing like a lilac lover, forgotten under lotus light, is there a cure now?   breathe under wa...
Posted by dave on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:47:00 PST

there's no secret to...

...taking the leap. it's all about just saying "when".
Posted by dave on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:35:00 PST

desire

what do we want? we want chocolate, candy, ice cream, in other words, we want what is bad for us. until it makes us sick. until the sweet turns sour. its a sad quandry of human behaviour i am led to b...
Posted by dave on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:31:00 PST

twilight time

the storm is turning. the nocturnal me has waited so patiently. the dark turns to light and twilight is eager to break. part of me intrigued by the strange twist of the negative also doesn't want...
Posted by dave on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:01:00 PST

euphoria

i'm still in a strange state of euphoria. maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the cheesy yacht-rock music on the radio, but i'm really happy, happy to smell the sweetness of spring in the distance...
Posted by dave on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:41:00 PST

the working hour

I've got "songs from the big chair" streaming through my head. fucking brilliant album. i love every track on it. just had to share...
Posted by dave on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:37:00 PST

salvadorean, cuban, mexican food

ok, i know this sounds sketchy, but i *swear* the best tamales and pupusas are at "Rosa's Foods", which is a taco truck that usually parks in the parking lot of Kragens on ocean ave. hands down, THE b...
Posted by dave on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST