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Lauren Knockout

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About Me

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GRADUATED !!!!!!!!!!!!! I love art, and writing. I like to make paintings, prints and books. I LOVE music, and music journalism. I love writing and interviewing. I'm currently running amuck in the city with Richmond's ONLY indy wrestling federation, Richmond Lucha Libre. I'm in LoOoOoOve with the River City Rollergirls. I also

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My Interests

V-Day!


River City Rollergirls, Richmond Lucha Libre, Richmond, Virginia, WDCE 90.1FM, Unitarian Universalism, college radio, going to shows, interviewing people, venus fly traps, graffiti, making art, graffiti, printmaking, comic books, old cartoons, paper arts, seeing art, going to the movies, monsters, Haunted Houses, zombies, robots, octopi, jellyfish, sharks, jellyfish, hippos, rhinos, prehistoric animals like wooly mamoths and dinosaurs, cooking, popcicles, sushi, Roller Derby, ITALIAN! learning about new music, supporting local music and mayhem, Pans, puppies, kitties, Bessie and Harry Houdini, Italian, Frederico Fellini, Halloween, Halloween costumes, Unitarian Universalists, Indiana Jones, Vincent Price, cute little crazy toys, helping people, learning stuff, smooching, indie record lables, indie magazines, and indie movies, clever television shows, dancin' and ruckas.

I'd like to meet:

Kara Walker, iona rozeal brown, Yoshitomo Nara, Marcel Dzama, Artists, Gallery and Museum Directors, funny people, Unitarians, boppers and sockers, dorks, nerds, comic book lovers, movers and shakers, printers and binders, painters and writers, jumpers and climbers, mcees and deejays, lovers, fighters, music makers and dreamers of the dreams, luchadores, luchadoras, derby girls, a baby bunny and an octopus.

Check out this incredible group, C2C, on the turntables at the DMC battle. It's CRAZY! (thanks barnacles)

Music:

I LOVE every kind of music, and I really and truly mean that; I always want to learn more about music.
local stuff: Avail, Strike Anywhere, Double Standard DJs, Contagious, Apocalypse Pow, Infectious Organisims, The Gaskets, VCR, The Set Up, Engine Down, Denali, Delegate, Coastal Drag, Bobby La Beat, Bio Ritmo, Tulsa Drone, River City High, Inquisition, Algebra One, Harm Stryker, The Silent Type, Broken Hips, GWAR, The Hotdamns, Titty Committee, Smoke or Fire, Pink Razors, Gojira-X, and a TON of other local bands; I also like (in no particular order)the AC/DC, The Police, Three Bad Jacks, Pet Shop Boys, Get Up Kids, The Shins, Buelah, Cat Power, Death From Above 1979, Captured! By Robots, The Rapture, The New Amsterdams, Smoosh, The Replacements, The Postal Service, Elvis Costello, Appleseed Cast, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dunn, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Hank III, Dolly Parton, Leanne Rhymes, Elvis, Kind of Like Spitting, My Chemical Romance, New Order, Joy Division, The Faint, HiFi, We Are Scientists, Hot Hot Heat, Hot Water Music, Murder By Death, Lucero, The Lawrence Arms, Rancid, Black Flag, Against Me, Rise Against, Black Cash, Von Bondies, Metric, Reggie and the Full Effect, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder at the drive-in, the mars volta, Cursive, The good life, Beep Beep, Dresden Dolls, Broken Spindles, Bright Eyes, radiohead, modest mouse, elliot smith, The beta band, clinic, the flaming lips, fugazi, james brown, jets to brazil, new pornographers, rolling stones, The Ramones, spoon, Nancy Sinatra, they might be giants, tom waits, tv on the radio, weezer, wilco, wu-tang clan depeche mode, the cure, interpol, Pitty Sing, Lesley and the LYs, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Har Mar Superstar, Ugly Duckling, Diggable Planets, MC Lyte, The Roots, beastie boys, COCO, Theivery Corporation, Kid Koala, Fannypack, Avenue D, Cinematic Orchestra, Adventure Time, Cornelious, Cloudcult, Pachelbell, Offenbach, Beethoven, DJ Force, DJ Craze, DJ Shadow, diplo, M.I.A, Girl Talk, Mix Master Mike, Run DMC, rjd2, mos def + talib kweli = blackstar, public enemy, NERD, Fresh Prince/Jazzy Jeff, kanye west, rondo brothers, Prince Paul, dan the automator, HBMS, these arms are snakes, The Strokes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, The Descendents, radio 4, ted leo/pharmacists, black eyes, milemarker, cibo matto, pedro the lion, mary prankster, hot snakes, Sahara Hot Nights, Rival Schools, Ladytron, Dead Milkmen, Velvet Underground, Nico, Kraftwerk, cLOUDDEAD, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, Iron and Wine, The Unicorns, Islands, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, ...sooooooo much music, my head will explode! this doesen't even graze the surface! music turns the world! Teach me what you know about music.

Movies:

I LOVE going to the movies. I like watching movies... a LOT...a WHOLE LOT! There are too many faves to name them all... Indiana Jones (all of them), Beetlejuice, The Addams Family, Secretary, The Godfather, Heathers, Amelie, Rushmore, Swingers, Shop Girl, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, How to Draw a Bunny, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Dummy, The Field, Big Fish, Spiderman (all), X-Men (all), Everything is Illuminated, The Royal Tennenbaums, Love the Hard Way, Cinema Paradiso, Allegro non Troppo, Hairspray, Cry Baby, Spirited Away, Sonogram, King Kong, Life Aquatic, Sunset Boulevard, and tons many more.

and NOT pterodactyl porn.

Television:

I got a TV. It has three channels. When i had a good tv with free cable I liked to watch; Homewrecker, Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Simpsons, PBS, Documentaries about Jelly Fish, Reno 911, Futurama, Rosanne, Muppet Babies, Saved By the Bell, Smallville, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Pete and Pete, Paker Lewis Can't Lose, Full House, Boy Meets World, Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Animaniacs, various other cartoons, especially old Warner Bros, Betty Boop, and Tex Avery.

Books:

I also like: Invisible Monsters, 100 Years of Solitude. The Outsiders. The Count of Monte Christo, Frankenstein, Frecklejuice, Hollywood, The Giving Tree, and Comic Books! I also like zines, music and culture magazines. I'm a big fan of magazines. I wanna make my own one day. RVA Magazine , Beautiful Decay, Chew on This, Juxtapoz, Found, Dirty Found, XLR8R, Bang. I like graphic Novels like Tokyo Tribes! R. Crumb, old skool Mad Magazine, illustrate suckas!

Heroes:

Artists, my mom, my sisters, my brother, my grandma and grandpa, Dr. Ro.

My Blog

I am so domestic and awesome that...

I put on an apron and was able to bake bread from scratch today! It turned out awesome! I'm so glad and it was soo hearty and delicious and it made the whole house smell great. It also made me complet...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:01:00 PST

Myspace, a day for friends

I saw so many friends yesterday. It was so great! Breakfast with yaya and Nick then I baked a lot of cookies. Then later I chilled for a minute with the Booty Quuen and Rhoda Badcheck, ...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:56:00 PST

I just got back from DC

So I just got back from a fantastic trip to Washington D.C. Very early Tuesday morning Maya was kind enough to drop me at the same old  Chinatown express bus station as usual. It w...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:41:00 PST

Many girls want to be carnal with be because I am such a premium dancer.

I almost forgot how much I love this movie until I was reminded by my research for Gogol Bordello. Everyone rent this and watch it at least twice, and "be sure to secure the door w...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:02:00 PST

pomp and circumstance

I GRADUATED! That's right! In one last ditch effort to get the hell out of that god forsaken- white baseball cap wearing- collar popping- trust fund spending- ivy plant creeping- greek life partying- ...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:09:00 PST

BARF on the radio

Tune in to WDCE 90.1FM (or listen on line at www.wdce.org) this Tuesday from 5-7pm for a very special edition of Scenester Extraordinaire with me Lauren Knockout. James Callahan will be there to disc...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:12:00 PST

Look alive people!

You might not recognize me. I cut OVER a foot of hair off of my head and I look DAMN FINE if I do say so myself. I donated my hair to Locks of Love. They will probably sell my hair to C...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:13:00 PST

This one's a doozy

On Monday I had Diana and Derrick over for pork chops. They are both delightful and it was awesome to hang with them. I'm getting really excited about Diana's art work. I'm so excited to see her weara...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:50:00 PST

Do you even know what a DEATHMATCH is...

...it means some one is going to die! RICHMOND LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTS: LARIATS OF FIRE November 25th @ Alley Katz. Doors open at 9pm. 18+ Tickets are $10 at the door (or get them in advance at Wond...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:13:00 PST

Was Houdini a SPY?

Was Houdini a SPY? ""The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero" will be released on Halloween  the anniversary of Houdini's untimely death at age 52." I CAN'T WAIT TO READ...
Posted by Lauren Knockout on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:49:00 PST