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Beatgrrrl

ROCK & ROLL IN THE FOXHOLE! ®

About Me

a.k.a. DJ Mardou -Specializing in Subterranean Sounds | I have an unhealthy obsession with mid-century and Danish modern design, furniture & architecture | Incorrigible | Love to cook | Kiss the sun and shake my tail-feathers | Easy going | Vintage clothing junkie | Left-handed | Loyal | Love, love, love music! | Watch way too many movies | Japan obsessed | Incurable thrift and flea market shopper | Minimalist -less is the new more | Knowledge and pop culture junkie | vinyl-aholic | Drink Jameson Irish whiskey | Avid voter | Know it is not easy being Green | I really get *it*, and I come from a long line of *it* getters | Beat Generation aficionado | Love shiny things! | I'm an only child (TRANSLATION: overactive imagination + semi-socially retarded)| VOLVO for life® | PINBALL wizard! | Smarter than the average bear | Boggle and Scrabble addict | I have had the same best friend since kindergarten (Alicia) | I incorporate please and thank you in my lexicon | official member of TURBOJUGEND San Francisco | I have been with my husband for 14 years and it is STILL as exciting as the 1st day (I love you WHISKEY-SOAKED BOY a.k.a. Mike Hammered!) | I am a Unitarian Universalist |

My Interests

Music | Beat Generation Literature & Poetry | Mid-Century, Post and Danish Modern Architecture, Design & Furniture| Vinyl Records | Politics | How to Stay Young | Vintage Clothes | Tiki Culture | Money | Poodles | Sunshine | Bearbrick | Bowling | Movies | Rollerskating | Skim Boarding | Lowbrow Art | Men in Rabbit and/or Squirrel Suits | Travel | Bloggin' | Volvos | The Never-ending Search for Knowledge & the Truth |

I'd like to meet:

Bon vivants | Lovers of mid-century and Danish modern and Danish design and architecture | Forward thinkers | Film buffs | Nice people | Ordinary people | Extraordinary people | Beat lit lovers | Collaborators | Vinyl record lovers | Thrift shoppers | Geeks | Politic and news junkies | Beatniks | Sun worshippers |DESIGN: Eames | Nelson | Marc Newson | Karim Rashid | Robin Day | Jacobsen | Bertoia | Wegner | Zeisel | Aalto | Noguchi | Panton | Starck | Breuer | Girard | Gruau | ARCHITECTURE: Gaudi | Lautner | Niemeyer | Neutra | Fuller | Gehry | Schindler | Lomax | Frey | Streng Bros. | Wexler |

Music:

| 60's R and B and Northern Soul | 60's French Pop | Bossa Nova | 70's Funk | Spy Music | Anything on Irma Records| Rockabilly | Modest Mouse | Morrissey | Turbonegro | Del-Monas | Bellrays | The Smiths | Au Pairs | The Clash | Gang of Four | Syd Barrett | Diamanda Galas | Antony and the Johnsons | the Dears | Toilet Boys |Roky Erickson | Bloc Party | Cocteau Twins | Dead Can Dance | Public Enemy | American Music Club | Red House Painters | the Pogues | EPMD | Queen | Monkees | Hank Williams | Johnny Cash | Rush | Eric B and Rakim | 400 Blows | Shawn Lee | Ween | Iggy and the Stooges | Jewdriver | MC5 | Luxuria Radio | Arling and Cameron| Les Sans Culottes | The Upper Crust | United Future Organization | Throwrag | Divine Comedy | Murder City Devils | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Sam Cooke | Radio Reelers | the Fleshies | Rock-n-Roll Soldiers | Curtis Mayfield | Eddie Haskells | Small Faces | The Specials| Dwarves | Ramones | Public Enemy | LCD Soundsystem | DJ Shadow | Nina Simone | Detroit Cobras | Ursula 1000 | Gaza Strippers | X | the Damned | Serge Gainsbourg | Afghan Whigs | Lazy Cowgirls | Riverboat Gamblers | Violent Femmes | Nashville Pussy | The Dirtbombs | Dead Boys | Talking Heads | John Barry | Gabor Szabo | Shig and Buzz | This Mortal Coil | The Hellacopters | the Flakes | Ennio Morricone | Motorhead | The Dictators | Joan Jett | Captain Sensible | Manic Hispanic | Robyn Hitchcock | Adam Ant | Jeff Buckley | Throbbing Gristle | Riverboat Gamblers | Ultramagnetic MC's | Fairground Attraction | New York Dolls | Kool Keith | Galt McDermott | Barry Adamson | Bowie | T. Rex | Billy Childish | Zen Guerilla | Wes Montgomery | Thee Headcoats | Nick Cave | Thee Milkshakes | Thee Headcoatees | Holly Golightly | Menace | Gun Club | AC/DC | Thin Lizzy | Nurse With Wound | Red Meat| Curtis Mayfield | the Birthday Party | John Barry | The Cramps | Nina Hagen | Grace Jones | Marvin Gaye | Barry White | the Knitters | Mars Volta | Jimmy Smith | The Invisible Men |Jackie and the Cedrics | Deadbolt | Wildhearts | the Untamed Youth| the Boss | Martians | 5,6,7,8's | Sons of Hercules | Knuckel Dragger| the Immortal Lee County Killers | Demonics | the Dragons | Stitches | Charlie Byrd | Bjork | the Go! Team | the Slits | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Runaways | Cheap Trick | Carl Stalling Project |

Movies:

| Head | Our Man Flint | Camille Claudel | Office Space | Last Time I Committed Suicide | Swimming with Sharks | Jean De Florette | Danger!: Diabolik | the Big Blue | The Fountainhead | Heartbeat | My Architect | Gleaming the Cube | Clockwork Orange | Beat Girl | Carrie | the Car | Scanners | Flower Drum Song| Marathon Man | 9 to 5 | any John Hughes film | Basquiat | Lost Highway | Psyche Out | Naked Lunch | Betty Blue | Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! and ALL Russ Meyer films | The Big Blue| Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | the Warriors | All David Lynch movies | Andy Warhol's Dracula | American Psycho | the Blob | Kentucky Fried Movie | Arnold | Mother, Jugs and Speed | Bullitt | His Girl Friday | Pee Wee's Big Adventure | Raising Arizona | Iron Giant | They Call Me Mr. Tibbs | Rock-n-Roll High School | Human Traffic | Hate | Sin City | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Heathers | Office Space | Valley Girl | Kitten with A Whip | Johnny Guitar | Chappaqua | Donnie Darko| Lars and the Real Girl | Plan 9 from Outer Space | Spaghetti Westerns | Virgin Suicides| Glengarry Glen Ross | Mommie Dearest | Harold and Maude | Gummo | Barbarella | Enter the Dragon | Eating Raoul | History of Violence | Sid and Nancy | Bottle Rocket | Swingers | Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 | the Godfather | Ice Storm | Un Chien Andalou | Say Anything | Better Off Dead | Brain Candy | The Man Who Fell to Earth | La Dolce Vita | Car Wash | Easy Rider | Documentaries | 70's Blaxploitation and Italian Horror | The Gong Show Movie | Jesco the Dancing Outlaw | 60's Bollywood | ...too many to really list all

Television:

| The Wire | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Daily Show | Colbert Report | Laugh-In | Best Week Ever | The Soup | Swing Town | Later.. with Jools Holland | I Dream of Jeannie | Adult Swim | HR Puff-n-Stuff | Bugaloos | Brini Maxwell Show | Get Smart | Schmoo | Land of the Lost | the Hills | Freaks and Geeks | Bewitched | Current TV | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Get A Life | That Girl | Love American Style | Tex Avery cartoons | Twilight Zone | History Channel | Animal Planet | Flight of the Conchords | Welcome to the Parker | Mad Men | Big Love | First 48 | 60 Minutes | Entourage | Bill Maher Show | Chelsea Lately |

Books:

| Love All the People/Bill Hicks | Subterraneans/Jack Kerouac as well as most of the Kerouac collection | Hardcore Zen/Brad Warner | One Hand Jerking/Paul Krassner | Story of My Life/Jay McInerney | Jonathan Adler/My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living | PAD: The Guide to Ultraliving | Kelly Wearstler/Modern Glamour | Apartment Therapy/Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan | Memoirs of a Beatnik/Diane DiPrima | Walden/Henry David Thoreau | Everyone Worth Knowing/Lauren Weisberger | Love and Other Near-Death Experiences/Mil Millington | We Thought You'd Be Prettier/Laura Notaro | I also have terrible magazine obsession; DWELL magazine, ReadyMade magazine, Juxtapoz magazine, BUST magazine, VICE magazine, The Nation magazine, Skeptic magazine, Swindle magazine, Metropolis magazine, Smithsonian magazine, Pop Metro Magazine, Modernism magazine, Mental Floss magazine, Interview magazine, Atomic Ranch magazine

Heroes:

a HERO ain't nothin' but a sandwich: Bill Hicks | Luc Besson | Carol Moseley-Braun | DJ Lance Rock | Lt. Ahren Watada | Abe Vigoda | Stephen Colbert | Red Foxx | Chuck Barris | Banksy | Jon Stewart | Sister Corita Kent | Stephen Sprouse | Designer Patrick Kelly | Ray and Charles Eames | Flip Wilson | Saul Bass | David Lynch | Dalai Lama | Lucille Ball | Sid and Marty Kroft | Mr. Rogers | Steve McQueen| Jack Kerouac | Barak Obama| Rip Taylor | John Lautner | Eva Ziesel| Sammy Davis Jr.| the cast of Electric Company | Lenny Bruce | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Mohammad Ali | Angela Davis | Paul Lynde | Ed Bradley | Dr. Mae C. Jemison |

My Blog

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Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:30:00 PST

The Dreaded "C" Word

My blogs in the past have always been a little impersonal, but life threw Brian (my husband, other half and BFF) and I a lil' curve ball that left us stunned -he was diagnosed with cancer.  I wan...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:44:00 PST

Another reason why I want to hug this man

During a January 2008 concert Morrissey, enunciating every consonant, pointedly remarked "God Bless Barack Obama" and ranted against "Billary Clinton". The anti Clintons rant followed a performance of...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:36:00 PST

My favorite song --right now

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Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:29:00 PST

DJ Andy Smith/ Revenge of the Sunset Strip Photos

Photos from the DJ Andy Smith show at the Roxy in October ...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:46:00 PST

My favorite song --right now

Looks like Mr. Doherty may be on road to gettin' his 'affairs' in order.Babyshambles - There She Goes (live) Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:45:00 PST

Eames Lounge Chair Debut (NBC 1956)

Part I Part II...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:55:00 PST

A Couple of Silkscreened Posters from the S.F. Days (circa 2003)

Artwork and silkscreening by the talented Lil' Tuffy...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:00:00 PST

Gustavo Santaolalla to Score On the Road Movie

Composer Gustavo Santaolalla who just won an Oscar for composing the soundtrack for Babel and won an Oscar last year for Brokeback Mountain, as well as scored another movie I love Motorcycle Diaries i...
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:13:00 PST

Children's Album of the Year

www.dylanhearsawho.comThis is allegedly a Dylan impersonator singing Dr. Seuss, but I think this is his PR rep's attempt at distancing him from the brilliant absurdity....
Posted by Beatgrrrl on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:07:00 PST