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Katy Towell

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About Me

Children are scary. It's true. If you ask them, they'll tell you. Or perhaps they won't, but don't let that fool you. It's all part of their plans.

This is the official MySpace for Childrin R Skary, but don't forget to visit Skary.net for updates and info.


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My Interests

art, literature, creative writing, publishing, politics, film-making, antiques, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Victorian era, the macabre

I'd like to meet:

Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, Guillermo del Toro, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave. I'm thinking we could all do brunch.

Music:

16 Horsepower, Astor Piazzolla, Asylum Street Spankers, Beck, Billie Holiday, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, David Eugene Edwards, Depeche Mode, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Eels, Ella Fitzgerald, Gidon Kremer, Gogol Bordello, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong, Man Man, Marc Bolan, Martinibomb, Mellowdrone, Mississippi John Hurt, Murder By Death, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Old Time Relijun, PJ Harvey, Poe, Portishead, Radiohead, Rehkmire, Robert Johnson, Roxy Music, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Son House, Talking Heads, The Bird and the Bee, The Dresden Dolls, The Fall, The Tango Saloon, Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, T-Rex, Woven Hand, X

Movies:

Dracula, Nosferatu, The Horror of Dracula, Phantom of the Opera, Young Frankenstein, The Forbin Project, Dark City, Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Pan's Labyrinth, Pride and Prejudice, Blade Runner, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, The Village, Shaun of the Dead, V for Vendetta, Shadow of the Vampire, Metropolis

Television:

TV? Whassat?

Books:

Dracula, Phantom of the Opera, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, House on the Strand, She, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Good Omens, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, V for Vendetta, Y - The Last Man comics, The Moor's Last Sigh, My Name Is Red, The Handmaid's Tale, Anthem, Neverwhere, Coraline

Heroes:

Harry Clarke,Charles Addams, Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, Alphonse Mucha, Romain de Tirtoff, Stephen Crane, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Fritz Lang, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Shel Silverstein

My Blog

Time Off

Greetings everybody!I have tasty news and not-so-tasty news, but it's still news, right?First, the not-so-tasty (for you). I'm taking a couple of badly-needed months off. This means no Halloween carto...
Posted by Katy Towell on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:52:00 PST

Just checking in...

Katy, here, reporting in. I'm still alive. I repeat: still alive. Still catching up and a little afraid of my inbox right now, but I'm getting to it. lol Lots of things are delayed right now, but I wi...
Posted by Katy Towell on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:55:00 PST

Guess whos on YouTube? (Besides your Aunt Ethel)

If you hadn't already seen the player on my MySpace profile, you now know that I finally buckled to peer pressure and uploaded most of my movies to YouTube. You'll still want to watch the movies in a ...
Posted by Katy Towell on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST

Whats next for Skary, you ask?

Thank you so much for all the response to Ida 2! You wouldn't believe how nervous I was about this one. While I still don't think it's one of my best art-wise, the story was very important to me. I ca...
Posted by Katy Towell on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:01:00 PST

Ida’s luck Part 2

Here she is. Rocking you like a hurrica-HAAAAEEEEEENE-uh. (Sorry for that.)(As always, don't forget to vote at NG!) (It helps if you've seen this first. There may be some audio syncing issues. I can't...
Posted by Katy Towell on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:51:00 PST

Ida News - (Maybe tomorrow? Or Friday? Place your bets?)

Sorry Ida 2's not up yet! My technical problems were tougher to sort out than I thought, and then I had visitors and things to do, and sinus problems... I'm pretty sure Godzilla attacked at some point...
Posted by Katy Towell on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:26:00 PST

Ida-ish?

I fail. Actually, my audio fails. I'm still trying to sort out audio-related crashing issues (any Flash-smart folks have suggestions?), but after today, I won't be at my own computer until Monday. Yip...
Posted by Katy Towell on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:29:00 PST

Countin' Down to Ida!

I'm getting a lot of messages asking, "Where's Ida? Where's Ida? You said she'd be here!" I did and she will! The second half of Ida's story is coming up latelatelate tonight. It's possible that this ...
Posted by Katy Towell on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:31:00 PST

The wait is almost over!

The wait is almost over! Good news, guys! Ida's Luck Part 2 will be ready to show in three days! THREE DAYS, PEOPLE! It would be sooner, but I have to take a break and also figure out s...
Posted by Katy Towell on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:12:00 PST

It's like Christmas in July

SO MUCH NEWS. CAN'T... GO ON. SAVE... YOURSELVES.Just kidding. Sorry AGAIN that I've been a ghost lately. Not only have I been busy with Creazil orders and this and that, but there've been other thing...
Posted by Katy Towell on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:17:00 PST