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Kitty La Pirate

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About Me



The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
Oscar Wilde

1/3 Medieval Maiden
1/3 Belly Dancer
1/3 Rockabilly Doll
...add that all up and you got me!

my next events
31.05.-01.06.2008 - Mittelalterlich Fantasie Spectaculum - Weil a.Rh.
06.&07.06.2008 - RockSound - Huttwil
13.-15.06.2008 - Maximilian-Ritterspiele - Horb
02.-06.08.2008 - Lager Companie of St. George - Bern
08.-10.08.2008 - Ritterspiele Broich - Mülheim/Ruhr
19.-22.09.2008 - Mittelaltermarkt & Ritterturnier - Bad Münster am Stein

some pictures I've taken at Saltatio Mortis concerts
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My Interests

History above all. :-)
photography - see my pix @ fotocommunity
antiques, Art Deco, the Baroque Era, bellydancing, Burlesque, castles, cemeteries, cooking, dancing, fashion history, flea markets, Hot Rods, Jugendstil, the Middle Ages, medieval fairs, modeling, old books, Old Hollywood, old photographs, Pin-Ups, pirates, reading, reenactment, the Renaissance, Rock'n'Roll, rockabilly, sewing, sightseeing, silent films, the beginning of cinema, thrift shops, US Cars, Vaudeville, the Victorian Era, vintage clothing

I'd like to meet:



Eleonore d'Aquitaine
if only time travel were possible...

Jack Sparrow! *g*
dreaming IS allowed, right?! ;-)

Music:

Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, Psychobilly etc.
Eddie Cochran, Dixie Bop, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Dick Brave and The Backbeats, Horrorpops, Nekromantix, The Meteors, Mad Sin, Demented Are Go, Tiger Army, Stray Cats / Brian Setzer, The Cramps, The Peacocks, 49 Special

Medieval, Gothic, Batcave, Electro, etc.
Saltatio Mortis, The Scary Bitches, :Wumpscut:, Deine Lakaien, London After Midnight, And One, Welle:Erdball, Inkubus Sukkubus

Rock
Indochine, Billy Idol, Doro & Warlock

Other
Morrissey / The Smiths, Max Raabe und sein Palastorchester, Louis Armstrong, Shakira, 80s Pop and Wave (especially Falco, a-ha, Duran Duran, and many many more... too many to list, actually)

Movies:

Silents
Nosferatu (1922)
Flesh And The Devil (1926)
It (1927)
Pandora's Box (1929)

Talkies
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Women (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

More Recent & New Flicks
Valmont, Les Visiteurs, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 & 3, Cry Baby, Grease, Hairspray, Amadeus, The Aviator, The Name Of The Rose, Shadow Of The Vampire, Shakespeare in Love, Pretty In Pink, Kingdom Of Heaven, Elizabeth, Sleepy Hollow, Taxi 1 & 2

Television:

Documentaries
History
Animals
Galileo

Series
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
The House of Eliott
You Rang, M'Lord?
Red Dwarf
Little Britain
The Simpsons

Books:

Just a tiny selection of my fave books. If I'd list all of them, I'd run out of space...

Biographies, biographical novels
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers (Margaret George)
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Regine Pernoud)
Clara Bow - Runnin' Wild (David Stenn)
biographies of medieval, baroque and Old Hollywood personalities

Historical novels
The Physician (Noah Gordon)
the Benjamin January series (Barbara Hambly)
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Die Wanderhure (Iny Lorentz)

History fact books
The Death of Kings: A Medical History of the Kings and Queens of England (Clifford Brewer)
many others on various subjects

Other
The Barrytown Trilogy (Roddy Doyle)

Heroes:

Eleanor of Aquitaine