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ASHCROFT54

The random thoughts that make sense.

About Me


Made by Andrea Micheloni I got a new camera for Christmas and a new lens for my borthday. An Olympus E-510 for Christmas and a Sigma 105mm macro lens. These are some of the photo's I shot at my friend's house.This is my Flickr page if you would like to see more of the photos from The Salton Sea and Leonard Knight's website. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashcroft54/ http://www.salvationmountain.us/ Me at work.

My Interests

Flickr Flickr Flickr !!!

I'd like to meet:

The people I would like to meet are the friends I have met on my space. Why limit yourself to only a few people you know? When you can meet so many different people with other ideas that float in thier head. I also wanted to add that I would like to meet all the band members to CLOUDBERRY JAM. Hang out and talk to them and photograph them.Also the person who took this cool ass shot of these spray can nozzles...A

Music:

Richard Ashcroft, The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Suede, Cloudberry Jam, Oingo Boingo, The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Smiths, Morrissey, New Order, Joy Division, XTC, Echo And The Bunnymen, OMD, Depeche Mode, R.E.M., The Housemartians, Tears For Fears, The Wonder Stuff, My Bloody Valentine 10,000 Maniacs, The Cranberries, HUM, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Coldplay, Interpol, The Ocean Blue, Gorillaz, 311, Air, Zero 7, Groove Armada, ASH, Beck, Modest Mouse, Nada Surf, Death Cab For Cutie, Keane, Snow Patrol, Travis, Jack Johnson, Linkin Park, Incubus, DJ Tiesto, Deepest Blue, Paul Oakenfold, Daft Punk, Paul Van Dyk, Dido, Weezer, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice And Chains, Soundgarden, BT, Paul Van Dyk, Kula Shaker, Bush, The Killers, Kula Shaker, The Farm, The Cardigans, and the list goes on...O yeah I wanted to add, anything that OM Records puts out.

Movies:

Lost In Translation, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, Ghost World, High Art, Austin Powers 1,2,3, Go Fish, Bound, Notting Hill, When Harry Met Sally, Love Actully, About A Boy, I Heart Huckabees, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Hitchhickers Guide To The Galaxy Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine And The Spotless Mind, Napoleon Dynamite, Superstar, 28 Days, Hero, Practical Magic, Motorcycle Daries, Kill Bill Vol.1&2, Sin City, Spiderman 1&2, X-men 1,2,&3, Star Wars 3,4,5 & 6, Closer, Bend It Like Beckham, Garden State, The Natural, The Saint, Harold & Kumar, Punch Drunk Love,and any movie from John Huges made in the 80's and anything Studio Ghibli and the list goes on...

Television:

I don't really watch that much tv anymore, becasue I don't have the time for reality T.V. Not a whole lot of shows i like to take the time to watch. These are the shows I really do like to watch, The L Word, Queer As Folk, 6 Feet Under, Starngers With Candy, Northern Expousure, and Will And Grace. Now if I am at home and sitting in front of the T.V. I would be watching IFC, Sundance, A&E, and Food Network.

Books:

If I have anytime I would read, I guess I will invest on books on CD. But I do love any books that David Sedaris has written, love "Holidays On Ice". I would like to add someday I would like to go back to Japan and go to this museum. I also love art books from from this publishing company "TASCHEN". They make inexpensive books on all sort of art and culture.

Heroes:

When it comes to heroes, they are not just a hero in my eyes. Francis Bacon to me is someone I approve with his type of work. He is someone I feel I have connection with his paintings and the fact he died the same year my mother did. I love how the paintings are a reflection of his own life, how he felt and saw the world around him. He expresses himself as a real tortured soul. I feel the same way sometimes. Things not working out like your hoped, or that you were bad dealt with bad hand. He found a way to cope with reality and expressed the best way he knew how. I find his work amazing.Francis Bacon painter and his portait with meat 1952. I find Gilbert & George interesting, yet "QUEER". They are my heroes, because they can work together and become one with eachother. That takes a lot of work, to put up with one another and someone has to worship cabbage...smiles. I love the zen and simplistic styles of Mark Rothko. Sandy Skoglund for her amazing set ups and cibachrome photographs. Jackson Pollock for his choatic paintings. I see it as anyone's life can be a mess. Nam June Paik...someone showed me his work & I love his sculptors. Bernard Faucon...I love his use of color and the square frame...The idea of lost boys comes to my mind...Lost inoccents that we forget when we grow up.

My Blog

Schmap !! California

Another little step in direction of being discovered. A website called Schamp !! is using one of my images for a tour in Little Italy. The funny thinkg is what they used is not there anymore. It this ...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

Canon 40D

I wanted to post photos of the new DSLR I got on Tuesday. It's the Canon 40D. Now I have the freedom of choice when it comes to lenses and other accessories. I also feel now my options are more open a...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:54:00 PST

Lil Bit...My Cat.

I wanted to let people know that Lil Bit, my cat has passed on. She was 17 years old and lived a long life for a cat. She was a beautiful calico cat. I will miss her dearly. Update...Lil Bit came hom...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Thu, 08 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

Naruto...

My new obsession is Naruto. I've read all the mangas and watched all of the anime episodes. Why am I obsessed with Naruto? You'll just have to watch it and see for yourself.  ...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

Salton Sea Trip

This is the second time I've been to the Salton Sea. I'm hoping in the furture I can go again with my photo buddies or maybe I will just take someone with me. They have to love to explore and not be b...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:14:00 PST

The Digital Dream

Well, I finally broke down and decided to take a real digital class at Grossmont. I will finally learn how to really use photoshop properly or learn how to use it and break all the rules. This is not ...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:06:00 PST

It's a small world after all...

I just wanted to talk about how small the gay and lesbians world is after all...It's funny I was looking through the people I have added as friends on my space...some I knew from the gay.com and yahoo...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:52:00 PST

Birthday Blog !!!

Today another birthday came and went...wow I was so surprised with the birhtyda greetings and messages...now I will have to go and say thinsk to everyone who sent me b-day messages...smiles...So let m...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:15:00 PST

NEW CAMERA !!!!

I got  new camera yesterday, so excited about it...It's an Olympus Evolt 500 & it came with  two lenses...I texted all my friends and one person said "AWWWWWW, someones in love." When I ...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:14:00 PST

I should post a new blog....

It's been ahwile since my last post of life chapter...Where do I start...my life has been a bit busy lately with work and doing little projects for people...I'm still working on this project for a wom...
Posted by ASHCROFT54 on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:48:00 PST