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About Me

Kennon B. Raines, a performance poet and an educator, says, "Give up your car and get off your cell phone! Take a hike in the canyon or march for world peace. Take the train. Ride your bike. Give peace and the planet a chance."Ms. Raines has appeared in stage productions on both coasts and in numerous independent films in Canada and the US. Since her move to Los Angeles, she's played a supporting role in Personal Vendetta, starring Timothy Bottoms and Mimi Lesseos, as well as having been featured in a series of independent productions. She has appeared in Stephen Frears's The Grifters and in music videos for Paula Abdul and Michael Moriarty (the latter of whom she studied acting with in NYC.) On stage in Los Angeles her most notable roles have been: Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire; a Witch in Macbeth; a murderous maenad in The Bacchae; and Olive, the slob, in the female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. In her latest independent film, "Screech of the Decapitated," she played a biker chic and a lady wrestler. Ms. Raines is an accomplished performance artist and performed her poetry in NYC nightclubs for six years before moving to LA. She was featured regularly at the Pyramid, in its heyday, and in the first 8 Wigstock* festivals. (*The campy, hilarious, drag queen extravaganza of Manhattan's Lower East Side) She staged a one-woman show at LaMama E.T.C. and performed at CBGB's, Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, the World Stage, and The Tunnel, to name a few NYC venues. Kennon has performed her poetry at the Toronto Film Festival and in independent films in Montreal and LA. Other poetry appearances include London, UK; Paris, France; Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; and Atlanta, GA. She was a member of LA's first poetry slam team to San Francisco in '93. In 1994, Ms. Raines produced, directed, and performed in the Hollywood production, "The Naked Word," a theatrical evening of poetry. Presented in a 99-seat theatre, it featured poets ranging in age from 23 to 83, live music, and bared feelings on social, political, and spiritual themes.

My Interests

"LOVE BOMB" 3:06 ..Outdoor excercise, nature, theatre, politics, religion, and all those things you're not supposed to talk about including sex, poetry events, performance art, Fabulous Monsters, and what makes you tick.

I'd like to meet:

Creative types. People who use art and activism to make a difference. Also note that I am not a computer aficionado and sometimes go for weeks without turning on. So if you don't get a prompt reply don't assume I'm snubbing you, sooner or later I'll send up a smoke signal.

Music:

Sandbloom, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Now Explosion, The Brains, Pylon, The Basics, The Roys, NightPorters, The Method Actors, Rose Whipperr & Marc Stowe, The RESTRAINTS, Mr. Uncertain, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Sly & the Family Stone, Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, U2, World Party, Macy Gray, Bobby Matos, Sekou Sundiata, Henry Soul, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Christina Aguilera, Glen Miller, Sinatra, Patti Smith, Bill Withers, Edwin Starr, Janis Joplin, Isley Brothers, Elvis, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Lennon and long stretches of silence.

Movies:

Life is Beautiful, Bobby, LA Confidential, Crash, Gilda, The Man in the Chair, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Giant, His Girl Friday, Watch Along the Rhine, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Lars and the Real Girl, Man of the Year, The Big Bounce, V is for Vendetta,The Professional, Jet Lag, The Bad Seed, Hell in the Pacific, Godfather trilogy, Tombstone, Gone With the Wind, The Mission, The Untouchables, Patton, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, An Inconvenient Truth, Rudy, Casablanca, Out of Africa, The Insider, Goodnight & Goodluck, Moonstruck, Evita, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, Far From Heaven, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Roman Holiday, and way too many to name here.

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, Friday Night Lights, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, West Wing, 24, The Law & Order shows, Turner Classic Movies, The History Channel, Sex & the City, American Dreams, All in the Family.

Books:

Henny Penny, The Volcano Lover, You Can Heal Your Life, Artaud, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice & Men, Catcher in the Rye, Fixing Elections, Severed, On the Road, The Secret Life of Bees, The Mists of Avalon, The Godfather, The Widow of the South, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, biographies in general.

Heroes:

Jesus, Ghandi, Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Nader, Ron Kovic, Granny D, Cindy Sheehan, Judi Bari, Dian Fossey, Frank Dorrel.