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Nikki

I'm the mutha flippin'...

About Me



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For more of my photography, go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikkijacobsen

This is me spinning fire:

My Interests

djing at V89, photography, art in most forms, music, cinematography, large format cameras, originality, learning from someone else's perspective, autumn, finding beauty in the mundane, meteor showers, interesting people, roadtrips, circus folk, spinning fire, climbing stuff, thunder storms, diversity, hugging trees, playing in the rain...

I'd like to meet:

I like originality, creativity and anyone who can make me laugh.

Music:

Against Me!, Gogol Bordello, Man Man, Manu Chow, Bleach 03, The Go! Team, Girl Talk, Peaches, The Blow, Beirut, Cornelius White, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Johnny and the Moon, Animal Collective, Chin Up Chin Up, Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, Cocorosie, Pamplona, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellingtion, Louis Armstrong, Raymond Scott, Venetian Snares, The Mountain Goats, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, Mirah and the Black Cat Orchestra, The Octopus Project, Jose Gonzalez, Sons and Daughters, Nouvelle Vague, Glassjaw, The Mattoid, Reverened Horton Heat, Dropkick Murphys, Leftover Crack, The Smiths, The Gorillaz, Postal Service, The Fiery Furnaces, Metric, Poison the Well, Neon Blonde, The Blood Brothers, Intellekt, Saul Williams, Bob Dylan, The Dresden Dolls, Echo Me Astronaut, Blonde Redhead, Stars, The Strokes, The Brunettes, The Decemberists, The Elected, Xiu Xiu, Styrafoam, The Gipsy Kings, Johnny Cash, The Faint, Mommy and Daddy, Damien Rice, Jolie Holland, Horse Feathers, Regina Spektor, Lady & Bird, etc.

Movies:

The 300, Eternal Sunshine, Cry Baby, Sicko, The Notebook, The Science of Sleep, Pan's Labyrinth, Paris Je T'aime, Across the Universe, Garden State, Big Fish, Kill Bill I and II, American History X, Brahm Stoker's Drakula, I 3 Huckabees, Orgasmo, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dazed and Confused, Princess Bride...

Television:

That 70's Show, Arrested Development, The Office, Flight of The Conchords, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Chapelle show, Lost, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Project Runway

Books:

Recent Readings

Irvine Welsh
Neil Postman - Amusing Ourselves To Death
Jack Kerouak - Dharma Bums
Scott Adams - God's Debris: A thought Experiment

Favorite Arists:
David Lachapelle

Andrea Giacobbe

Jason Sho Green

Theo Jansen

Rodolphe Simeon

Banksy

Jenni Tapanila

Jerry Uelsmann

Ron English

Cindy Sherman

Andy Warhol

Keith Carter

Dave Mckean

Alessandro Bavari

Ken Garduno

Mark Ryden

George Blakely

Favorite Websites:

Pleix
La Blogotheque
Tokyo Plastic Check out the Drum Machine.

Heroes:

Rodolphe Simeon David Lachapelle Michael Moore

My Blog

Door To Door Athiests

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Posted by Nikki on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:07:00 PST

Stop Motion Michelle Gondry-esque Videos

Lesley collected these and posted them.  I'm simply redistributing the amazingness!  Behind The Scenes Video for Sprint's Stop Motion Video Video Editor Playing With Stop Motion and Music ...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:07:00 PST

A Modern Day Da Vinci

"Theo Jansen, artist, studied science at the University of Delft Holland. The first seven years being a artist he just made paintings. Then he starts a project with a big flying saucer, wh...
Posted by Nikki on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:02:00 PST

Like A Bird On A Wire

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Posted by Nikki on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:59:00 PST

Andrew Bird Take Away Show

This one's amazing. I love how everyone reacts in the background. BlogoTheque Take Away Shows #45.3 - Andrew Bird - Spare-OhUploaded by lablogotheque #45.2 - Andrew Bird - Weather ...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:45:00 PST

Dancing Queens

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Posted by Nikki on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

The Shins Take Away Show

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Posted by Nikki on Fri, 11 May 2007 06:06:00 PST

This is how we do Easter...

Benefit shows and Zombie Jesus Easter Egg hunts make for one hell of a good Easter weekend. Here is my small documentation on it ...
Posted by Nikki on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:30:00 PST

Everything Looks Better Through a Fish Eye

I finally got to use my new digital camera and my fish eye. Manley and I spent a day out on the town playing with my new toys. Somes a bit cheesy, and the color is never as good on the web, but we had...
Posted by Nikki on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:12:00 PST

Mes habites

Here's how you play:Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird or random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 people to be tagged, list their names...
Posted by Nikki on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:50:00 PST