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Alex

About Me

Alexandra Scott grew up on a cattle farm in Virginia and cut her teeth playing out as a teenager in the Charlottesville music scene of the late 90’s. She loved Suzanne Vega, the Replacements, Waylon Jennings and early R.E.M.*******One day she packed her truck and moved herself to New Orleans, where she met producer Tim Sommer (Duncan Sheik) with whom she made two records and formed the Eno-homage, drone-punk ensemble Hi-fi Sky.*******Her star was rising in the Crescent City in the summer of 2005. She played Bonnaroo that year and opened for LeAnn Rimes. Then a large hurricane named Katrina formed in the Gulf of Mexico.*******Alexandra evacuated the day before Katrina hit with her dog, her acoustic guitar, her baggiest pair of jeans and some t-shirts. For a while, that was all she had. Amidst the grief and chaos of that time, she found that there was something about the stripped-away-ness of it all that she liked.*******She ended up in New York City, and then in Canada, and then in Providence. She has a long list of states in which her dog has peed.******Alexandra plays underground pop, a type of rock ‘n roll that’s been dubbed *dream-a-billy.* She likes to turn out slow, simple dance songs for long lonely nights to come.*******Based between Providence, New York City, and her truck, and touring the Northeast and Deep South, Alexandra is recording in New Orleans with members of the band Chef Menteur. When not writing songs, Alexandra works on her novel, a ghost story set in New Orleans, acts in film and television projects, and plays with her dog, Jack.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/04/2005
Band Website: www.alexandrascott.com & www.hi-fisky.com www.
Band Members: Alexandra (singing, gtrs, piano, sometimes banjo)
Influences: trees. wind. traffic. other people's conversations. sex. cold water. dreams. desire.
Sounds Like: the last song you hear before you fall asleep
Record Label: Don’t Got One!

My Blog

girls

why i love girls (don't get excited, i mean platonically) is cause of this kind of thing: last night my friend anna came over and no sooner was she in the door than i said 'ooh, i like your sweatpants...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:23:00 GMT

iran, time travel

the more i read about what's happening in iran, the more proud i am of the iranian people - and the more i wish i and my fellow citizens had protested in the streets when george w bush stole his first...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:34:00 GMT

myspace makes me feel dirty

myspace makes me feel dirty, not in the good way; and so i come here less and less these days. i know, and love, that lots of you would like for this blog to appear more frequently.i would like that t...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:53:00 GMT

crocodiles and snakes will invade the yard

 I dreamed about crocodiles and alligators the other night, after my friend J.B.A. and I had a conversation about crocodiles and alligators. The alligators were here in New Orleans. J.B.A. and ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 13:51:00 GMT

where in the world was alexandra scott all this time?

q: where in the world was alexandra scott all this time?a: getting her right leg sawn in half. and a titanium plate and four titanium screws put in it.and receiving a new meniscus and some cartilage f...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:14:00 GMT

inaugural

I'm going to be unabashedly starry-eyed for a moment here - or maybe for a lifetime - and say that what this happy day proves to history is that we can change anything we want to change. After eight y...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:24:00 GMT

monday in new orleans

It seems that I left the northlands just in time, as I keep getting frantic text messages from my friends saying "it's 20 degrees! now it's 30 degrees!". Here in New Orleans it's 72 degrees and there ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:27:00 GMT

yes we did

Hello all yall.This is the post I should've written nine days ago, only I was busy being happy. I spent Election Day calling my home state, Virginia, to get people to vote; and Virginia went blue for ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:55:00 GMT

good morning. vote.

Good morning.Please vote today.Sometimes votes really do matter. This is one of those times.And if you aren't sure who to vote for, use this handy slogan that I made up to keep myself from going total...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:43:00 GMT

i want a boy

hello hello and hello.once again i'm moving. moving is a good excuse for a) letting my house slip into total disarray b) eating strange meals (oreos and a carrot) because I'm trying to clean out my fr...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:02:00 GMT