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Richard

Did you know, the Cherokee word for Trees, is Celts?

About Me

At the moment I am a Caregiver, and a writer, now residing somewhere in Middle River MD, not too far from where my Grandparents used to live. I write poetry, stories and screenplays, and I also enjoy cooking, and traveling. I also like to play music, and have done some acting work, on television, and film, as you will read on my profile. I also enjoy long conversations,with good friends, (as well as loved ones), and like to collaborate with, other artist's, musicians, and writers such as myself.

My Interests

British Poetry, (both avant garde', modern and classical), and British Poets,in general. I am also an avid reader, of Beat Generation Poetry, and have a deep interest in Dadaism, Surrealism, as well as Christianity, Judaism, Druidism, and Spiritual Humanism. I'm also into Be Bop Jazz, 1920's and 30's Jazz, and 40's as well as, Electro-Synth Pop Swing Music, Japanese Idol, Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, Jazz, Classical, Opera, Industrial, Disco, New Wave and No Wave, Walking, Eating sushi, pasta,bread, steaks, Vegetarian, Indian, Creole,Greek, Italian, German, Southern, English Food, as Southwestern, Spanish, and Soul food.

I'd like to meet:

Classical Musicians, , Artists, Poets, Jazz Artists, Musicians, Beatniks, Comedians, and R&B singers. Goths, Punk Rockers, and Burlesque Models.

Music:

Joy Division, Kate Bush, David Bowie , Eva Trout, Motley Crue, Red This Ever, Osark Mountain Daredevils, AC/DC, The MC5, Marianne Faithful, New Order, The Doors, Love and Arthur Lee, X-Ray Spex, Public Enemy, Saint Etienne, Psyche, Death Cab for Cutie, Fisherspooner,Sparks, Wumpscut, Fleetwood Mac, Brazilian Girls, The Fixx, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Julie London, Frank Sinatra, The Cramps, Electric Hellfire Club, Sabotage Lords of Acid, Morcheeba, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Charles Mingus, Berlin, Beetoven, Regina Spektor, Eva Cassidy, Sean Lennon, Lyndsey Buckingham

Movies:

Ghost Adventures:The Beginning, A Beautiful Mind, Pulp Fiction, The Hunger, The Libertine, Sirens, Andy Warhol Superstar, Hellraiser, Freaks, Capote, Touch of Evil, Dogma, The Moderns, Children of the Grave, and Star Wars, etc.

Television:

Ghosthunters, Battlestar Galactica, Most Haunted, Six Feet Under, Mythbusters, The Benny Hill Show, Merry Melodies, Are You Being Served?, Top Chef, and anything on AMC or TCM.

Books:

On The Road, by Jack Kerouac, Delta of Venus, by Anais Nin, What Strange Hell Is This:The Biography of Dorothy Parker.

Heroes:

Eric Bogosian, Deborah Iyall(lead singer of Romeo Void, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Kate Bornstein, Gertrude Stein, Tristan Tzara, Ian Curtis, Charles Bukowski, Jean Cocteau, Dorothy Parker, Edgar Alan Poe, Lord Byron.

My Blog

Frank Alan Lane: A Story about my Grandfather

Bohemian in My Family Tree   Yes it's quite true, my Grandfather, Frank Lane, was a maker of bathtub gin, in the early 1920's, during, the prohibition. However, I would be cutting short...
Posted by Richard on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:31:00 PST

Catching Up On Life/31,December,2003

31, December, 2003More than four years ago, I decided to take a leave of absence from my job, at the Baltimore School for the Arts, in order to help my Father, (Robert Lane), during his recovery from ...
Posted by Richard on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:41:00 PST

Repost of a Poem from 2005

Spirit in Present Time In the present time, should youever  become frustrated with your role in life; just turn  counter clockwise,and begin to speak,  with a voice,that tellsthe p...
Posted by Richard on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST

Heading Toward The Age of 40

It feels good, throwing myself back into writing once again. And like most artists I needed to step Away from the art form, for a while. There was no other way to put it,I had go on a long hiatus, in...
Posted by Richard on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:40:00 PST

Be Bop Poems

For The Love Be Bop The beat is what drives the heart;And the rhythm, isThe universal source, Bringing theSpirits back into balance.Listen as the drums, andBass pour through your soul.The saxophones,...
Posted by Richard on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:36:00 PST