Old-fashioned fountainspritzers in glass&nozzle /accordians/ cello/ mandalins /mandalas/ violins/ violas, victrolas/ yukalayles/ fiddleheads in season; freshmade anything by an old world-style mama, seaweed jello, honeydew bubbletea, Swenson's banana or praline ice cream westernside; pacificside Magnolia Coco-Ube, mango & jackfruit /coconut sherbet / baby bananas; and lest we not forget another bowl of Halo-Halo sittin' on a cup-size of shredded ice topped with cornflakes and sugar... hummmm/ In my N.o D.amn G.ood Yesteryears our milkman was the local italian truck who delivered you italy's pop; Pisa & Brio by the glass case. "Sprite" a cheap substitute for exotic juices such as roasted coconut with pulp, litchie, mango, pear, all the guavas,etc. Cocktails... pre-dinner. Big fan of home entertainment ___ 1920s radioplay; record play, lounge atmospheres and reclining spaces, fingerpaintings and raw canvas, refining natural accoutrements and environmental activist organisations. Racing into the Outdoors and casual tempoed globetrotting, back by dinner/in for bedtime. Obsessively Work as hard as you can ..and rest the best way you know how.
I'd like to meet:
Mogwais and Ewoks, but not on myspace.
The Urban Stream
The Urban Islanders
Charles III
Renee
Jød
Jhenny
DJ Static
Studio Furnace
Lavish Flash City
Kamaka
Ella
Nathallie Nittaya
Moe
Lo and the Magnetics
Yen
Liz
David
Beirut
The Blow
DIBONDOKO
Ilaktra
Chet Baker
Pizzicato Five
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Pink Martini
Lin&Coton
The Stolen Sweets
Smoking Jesus
Alphadeita
essential monsters
The Flaming Lips
The Sounds
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Music:
"Crooners, Muses, Loungers and Troub-adorers"... there exists a plethora of gems to behold // to name a few /// Abba, Acme Music (Tamara Savoie singin' "Ain't Misbehaving" w/Stephen Poch-Goldin), A-ha, ALPHAVILLE, Annie Lennox, Erykah Badu, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Elmer Bernstein & His Orchestra, John Coltrane, The Blow esp."True Affection", Peter, Bjorn & John, Beirut, Belle and Sebastien, Bossa Nova, Sarah Brightman, Bright Eyes, Chet Baker, Chopin, Cole Porter, Cocteau Twins, Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Dead Can Dance, Enigma, Indigo Girls, Back to Mine (Everthing but the Girl) Compilation, Lisa Gamble in her buskerdays circa1998 esp. "My Stealtoe Boots", Julee Cruise, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Nyman - Time Lapse, Yma Sumak, Nancy & Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Gwen Stefani, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhart, Digable Planets, Dibondoko, Irving Taylor & Henry Mancini: Terribly Sophisticated Songs/ A Collection of Unpopular Songs for Popular People Warner Brothers 1210,
Sesame Street Fever & Sesame Street Disco, DJ Mini, Brian Eno "Music for Films, Music for Vampires, Music for Airports, The Plateaux of Mirror" etc..., Flaming Lips, Feist, Frente, Goldfrapp, Honorable mention for Iggy Pop as SuperRockStar collaborator on many projects, Imogen Heap's "Hide & Seek", Cyndi Lauper, Claude Lamothe, Madder Rose esp."Diane", Heather McLeod "Funny Thing" 1997, Mtl., Manu Chao, M.I.A., Miriam Makeba, This Mortal Coil, Nina Simone, No Doubt, Frank Loesser *Slow Boat to China*, Lo and The Magnetics, Vanessa Paradis, Mike Patton, Peaches, Lords of Acid, Eagles of Death Metal, Pink Martini, Edith Piaf, Pavarotti & Friends, Pizzicato Five, The Royal Mountain Jamboree (Mtl.1996-98), Jesus & Mary Chain, Jill Scott, The Sounds, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Killers, Kennedy & Karen Young
Movies:
Adaptation, A Room with A View, Aeon Flux, American Psycho, Bagdad Café, Baraka, Batman Begins, The Blue Lagoon, Boogy Nights, Boiler Room, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Boondock Saints, "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover", Citizen Kane, Candy by Neil Armfield 2006, The Dark Crystal, Dead Again, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Down with Love (lovely apartment), Zachary Segal films at illproductions.net, Gary Oldman's performance in Dracula, Dune,
Eldorado (Mtl.) 1995, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Electric Dreams, Equilibrium, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Final Destination (1 not 2 or three), Formula 51, Fritz Lang Films, Gatacca, Ghost in a Shell (1&2) :esp. Innocence, Groundhog Day, Gossip, Heathers, Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks 1975, Immortal Beloved, Impromptu, Kirsten Dunst's performance in Interview with a Vampire, The Island, Jesus de Montreal, Labyrinth, The Last Laugh & Sunrise, A Song of Two Humans by F. W. Murnau, The Lover, Legend, Little Miss Sunshine, The Man with the Golden Arm, Marie-Antoinette, The Marrying Man, Memoirs of A Geisha, Metroland, The Minority Report, Monster In-Law (only for the layout of the connecting Common Courtyard), Moulin Rouge, La Femme Nikita, Leon: The Professional, The Never Ending Story (USA Original), The Notebook, One-Eyed Jacks (1961)"to note his affectionate parole with his horse"+ all movies starring Marlon Brando, Pillow Talk, Prelude to a Kiss, The Princess Bride, Pride and Prejudice by Joe Wright 2004, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet (1968), Rear Window, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984), Seven, The Secretary, The Secret Garden, Shall We Dance (1937), Shawshank Redemption, Shallow Grave + all works of Irvine Welsh, Six Ways To Sunday, Solarbabies, Stay, Stigmata, Super Fuzz, Time Bandits, Trainspotting, Wicker Park, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (based on a true story), Velvet Goldmine, The Vice Guide to Travel, Xanadu
Television:
Adbusters, Aquariums, Planetary/Bio + StaticImage Domes, Art Galleries, Art & Photo Magazines, Luxury Home & Living Magazines exclusively - with features like Permanent Residences on Ocean Liners (I like the moving address concept *ResidenSea*).- tastefully omitting clutter such as gardening techniques, recipes and other irrelevant oddsn' ends you'll find in a mag from ReaderDigest Roledex.
What I mean by that is I like it when the mag is focus-self interest oriented so the theme is carried more succiently through-out a read, The Vice Mag is totally masagonistic yet this not so subtle theme isn't lost on sell-out incongruent ads, sell-out sells; an oxymoron in itself glorifying the belly of the beast. Any tailormade approach strikes a chord of refined ambitious messages, whether I agree with it or not.
Books:
Virginia C. Andrews, Douglas Adams, Douglas Copland, Michael Ende, Anne Rice, Thomas L. Friedman, George Sand and Tennessee Williams.
Subject: The Art of Kissing (HC&Leatherbound)
Heroes:
Madame Tara, Albert Einstein, Frank Lloyd Wright, David Suzuki, Paul Rusesabagina, Paul Shore, Jane Goodall, Jim Henson, Joe Schwarcz, Fashion Designer Kevin from his baby Nevik, Mtl., Spoken Word Stylist and Montreal Grassroots Lyricist / Poet TruthSayer SoothePlayer Activist Heroine Madame Tanya Evanson Advocated the organized talents of Women of Colour McGill - last reminiscence was during my writer / spokenword artist days (age 16-22) & while unearthing performance poeticisms with her and her crew last show at Izart, Old Montreal (1994, last known destination: Vancouver somewhere with her man Will more than a decade ago. Colin Christie & Corey Frost, Chris Bell who left to California straight to Silicon Valley... Those were bohemian times where literary artists breathed their poetic license with candor in regular / everyday, straight & common conversations. There was a time Montreal did experience its own lusty version of Moulin Rouge, poets&troubadours you can easily be and seen gallivanting the streets in search of inspiration. Successful adventures were naturally assured because the smoking was unrestricted, and the insidious of characters were satiated with art and accessible culture. Venues were steeped with a burgeoning expectant audience, ready to enjoy a bill of tongues. Life was easily romantic. I too made my own chapbook tales and bookbinded for Ga Press's "Tales of the Lost Cheebah-ha" by Chris Bell nov.'94/
Fiddlesticks... have you seen my huckleberry-
I am a poet at heart. I hope this message in a bottle reaches all my Bonnies, to all my friends who moved out of Montreal; I hope it traverses to the ends of the earth and finds you back to me. I will always love you and hope we are reunited once again.
My Bonnies who Lie Over the Ocean, my bonnies lie over the sea!, return to the roots of this city, oh bring yourselves backhome to me!
